"Juggernaut"
Song by Tyler, the Creator featuring Lil Uzi Vert and Pharrell Williams
from the album Call Me If You Get Lost
ReleasedJune 25, 2021
Length2:26
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Tyler, the Creator
Music video
"Juggernaut" on YouTube

"Juggernaut" is a song by American rapper Tyler, the Creator, released on June 25, 2021 from his sixth studio album Call Me If You Get Lost. It features American rapper Lil Uzi Vert and American musician Pharrell Williams.

Composition

The song contains a reverberating bass in the production[1] and sees Tyler, the Creator boasting about his wealthy lifestyle and clothing line Golf Wang.[2]

Wongo Okon of Uproxx wrote of "Juggernaut", "The track is a bass-knocking number that's equally chaotic and erratic as it is energetic and bouncy. This is thanks in large part raucous placement of the song's drums that provide a unique landscape for the three rappers to lay their bars on."[3]

Critical reception

The song received generally positive reviews. Chris DeVille of Stereogum wrote it "brings the best out of both Lil Uzi Vert and Pharrell, who goes wild in a way I haven't heard since Future's 'Move That Dope'".[4] Luke Morgan Britton of NME called it a "bassy bruiser".[5] Jeff Ihaza of Rolling Stone remarked the song is "a collaboration that makes almost too much sense, and one that might erase memory of the lackluster 'Neon Guts' from Uzi's Luv is Rage 2. It's Tyler in his element, spewing silly but kind of genius bars ('I'm so fuckin deadass I need some Timberlands') and bragging like someone whose known how much they deserve for a very long time. It's not necessarily the best track on Call Me, but it is easily the most fun. Tyler's approach remains as anti-professional as ever. He's done rapping about sexual assault and violence for the sake of shock value, but he's not done ignoring the industry at large. On 'Juggernaut,' we hear how refreshing that feels for his collaborators — both Uzi and Pharrell sound enlivened — and get a sense for the power Tyler, the Creator has harnessed in his decade-long career."[6] Jon Caramanica of The New York Times favorably responded to Pharrell's verse, calling it one of the "startlingly good guest verses from his elders".[7] David Crone of AllMusic commented, "an intergalactic warble colours Uzi's 'JUGGERNAUT' tour-de-force".[8]

Music video

An official music video was directed by Tyler, the Creator (under his alias Wolf Haley) and released alongside the song.[9] It begins with Tyler walking through a lemon field, before performing on top of a monster truck styled as a Rolls Royce Cullinan, which is being pulled with a rope by a clone of himself. The video ends with Tyler falling from the sky, when the words "Call Me If You Get Lost" suddenly appear. Lil Uzi Vert and Pharrell do not appear in the video;[2] Tyler performs his own verse as well as Uzi's.[9]

Charts

Chart performance for "Juggernaut"
Chart (2021) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[10] 49
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[11] 30
Global 200 (Billboard)[12] 38
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[13] 36
US Billboard Hot 100[14] 40
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[15] 14

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[16] Gold 500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ Eustice, Kyle (July 4, 2021). "Tyler, The Creator's 'Call Me If You Get Lost' Is A Beautiful Balance Of Ego & Total Vulnerability". HipHopDX. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  2. 1 2 Powell, Jon (June 25, 2021). "Tyler, The Creator shows off a monster truck Cullinan in "JUGGERNAUT" video". Revolt. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  3. ↑ Okon, Wongo (June 25, 2021). "Tyler The Creator Earns The 'Juggernaut' Title With Lil Uzi Vert And Pharrell". Uproxx. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  4. ↑ DeVille, Chris (June 25, 2021). "Premature Evaluation: Tyler, The Creator Call Me If You Get Lost". Stereogum. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  5. ↑ Britton, Luke Morgan (June 28, 2021). "Tyler, the Creator – 'Call Me If You Get Lost' review: a love letter to the genre that made him". NME. Archived from the original on June 28, 2021. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  6. ↑ Ihaza, Jeff (June 30, 2021). "Tyler the Creator Trades Teenage Angst For Mature Introspection on 'Call Me If You Get Lost'". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 30, 2021. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  7. ↑ Caramanica, Jon (July 8, 2021). "Tyler, the Creator, an Insider Forever on the Outside". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  8. ↑ Crone, David. "Call Me If You Get Lost – Tyler, The Creator". AllMusic. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  9. 1 2 S., Madusa (June 25, 2021). "Tyler, The Creator Drops The "Juggernaut" Video". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Tyler, The Creator feat. Lil Uzi Vert and Pharrell Williams – Juggernaut". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Tyler the Creator Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Tyler the Creator Chart History (Global 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Tyler, The Creator feat. Lil Uzi Vert and Pharrell Williams – Juggernaut". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  14. ↑ "Tyler the Creator Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  15. ↑ "Tyler the Creator Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  16. ↑ "American single certifications – Tyler, the Creator – Juggernaut". Recording Industry Association of America.
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