'Rockstar' was produced by North Carolina producer SethInTheKitchen who also co-wrote the song.

In Rolling Stone, Jon Blistein noted the video 'boasts a distinctly cinematic feel' as the two rappers are heavily armed shooting a horde of zombies with 'plenty of over-the-top action,' that is 'balanced by a refreshingly self-aware sequence' in which the two perform the song backed by a group of zombies dancing and playing instruments. The seven-minute video also features a scene set to DaBaby's chorus and first verse to 'Amazing Grace', which also is featured on Blame It On Baby following by the credits playing his verse from the Black Lives Matter remix. The Reel Goats-directed video was premiered on June 26, 2020, starring the two rappers hunting zombies in an open field.

Music video ĭaBaby teased a music video for 'Rockstar' a week before its release, posting pictures on Instagram of the filming location.

'Rockstar' has also spent six weeks at number one in both Australia and the UK, and eight weeks atop the Irish chart. It spent seven non-consecutive weeks atop the chart. Topping the chart for a second week, it became the first single to spend multiple weeks on top after a run in which five songs each spent a first and only week at the summit. Along with ' The Box', Ricch became the first artist to achieve his first two number one singles in the same year since Ed Sheeran did it in 2017. It also became DaBaby's first number one and Ricch's second on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts. It became DaBaby's first chart-topper and Roddy Ricch's second. 'Rockstar' reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 in its seventh week, for the chart issue dated June 13, 2020. Reviewing the song's predecessor album for Entertainment Weekly, Sam Hockley-Smith found 'Rockstar' and ' Find My Way' 'catchy and brooding', 'allowing him to rehash harrowing moments of violence, inner turmoil, and PTSD.' In Pitchfork, Dani Blum noticed DaBaby 'doesn't imitate Roddy Ricch as much as adjust his tone to complement the feature,' thus, 'his voice becomes softer, as close as DaBaby gets to tender, as he talks about the physical jolt of PTSD.' Commercial performance The song received nominations for Record of the Year, Best Melodic Rap Performance, and Best Rap Song at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. On June 12, 2020, DaBaby released a ' BLM (Black Lives Matter) remix' of 'Rockstar', which replaces the intro with an extra verse from him, before the rest of the song, regarding the George Floyd protests that started in May 2020, and his own experience with police abuse. Its music video is set in a zombie apocalypse. Outside of the United States, 'Rockstar' topped the charts in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Greece, New Zealand, Portugal, the Republic of Ireland, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, and peaked within the top ten of the charts in Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. 'Rockstar' spent seven non-consecutive weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100. The song was released on April 17, 2020, as the second single from DaBaby's third studio album Blame It on Baby (2020).

' Rockstar' (stylized in all caps) is a song by American rapper DaBaby, featuring fellow American rapper Roddy Ricch.

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