“High Fashion” is a song by American rapper Roddy Ricch, featuring production from American producer Mustard. The song was released on May 19, 2020 as the fifth single from Ricch’s debut studio album Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial (2019). It marks Ricch and Mustard’s second collaboration, following the Grammy-nominated “Ballin'”.
A love song, “High Fashion” incorporates 90s R&B, with Ricch employing high-pitched vocals, which were compared to the work of Young Thug. The song simultaneously topped four Billboard airplay charts: R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, Rap Airplay, Rhythmic Songs and the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop chart.
“If we hop in the Benz is that okay?
Is it okay if I call you my Prada bae?
I ain’t no player, I just got a lot of baes
But let me tell you, I like you a lot, bae
I wanna start at the top and the bottom, bae
Know you want the shoe with the red on the bottom, bae
You know I like when you ride at the top, bae
She want Chane’-ne’, Dio’-o’
I’m only doin’ cash, I don’t need promo
I pull up to the high rise, I’m in the four-four
Inside cocoa
If I got a feeling, I keep it inside my heart
And I keep a Patek, too, ’cause I don’t do facades
You can see my diamonds even when I’m in the dark
And since you got it, it make you go and do anything you want to”
“High Fashion” is a piano-driven West Coast hip hop song influenced by 90s R&B. According to NME, it is “a loating thug-love song” that comprises “tranquiliser-like” piano chords, which “float atop lofty 808s and snare.” Lyric-wise, Ricch “devotes his lyrics to a fashionable love interest that has held him down both in the streets and in bed. Roddy chooses to spoil his lover while serenading her with memorable hook and witty verses”. As noted by Billboard’s Heran Mamo, Ricch “raps about his girl’s favorite designers that he uniquely abbreviates while name-dropping other brands throughout the track”.
Check out the music video for “High Fashion” below:
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