A$AP Rocky has previewed a collaboration with Westside Gunn during a performance overseas.
The Harlem rapper performed in Paris on Friday (January 26) as part of Le Gala des Pièces Jaunes, a charity concert at the Accor Arena.
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During the orchestral concert, Rocky performed an unreleased track that includes vocals from the Griselda rapper. The song, reportedly titled “Whiskey,” is produced by Clams Casino and also features Damon Albarn, according to Genius.
“If I come correct she might give me sex/ ‘Cause I’m way to grown to flex/ Way too, way too grown to stress you/ I know how it feels/ Wake up over text, make up over sex/ Make her holla ‘Yes, yes, yes,‘” A$AP Rocky raps on the song.
Rocky’s girlfriend Rihanna was spotted watching his set from the crowd. Among the other names on the Le Gala des Pièces Jaunes lineup were Pharrell, Maroon 5 and J Balvin.
A$AP Rocky premiered a new track titled "Whiskey" at Le Gala des Pièces Jaunes 🎻🔥
Westside Gunn adlibs at the end 👀 pic.twitter.com/rjiwCUwn5v
— Kurrco (@Kurrco) January 27, 2024
A$AP Rocky performing with a live orchestra is too hard 🔥 pic.twitter.com/DZOWqvPzOt
— Kurrco (@Kurrco) January 28, 2024
A$AP Rocky was spotted in the studio with Westside Gunn and Gorillaz’s Damon Albarn in November.
“In the studio all night with the Brodie @asvpxrocky,” Gunn wrote on X at the time. “I still can’t believe he had me in there with the @gorillaz and don’t ask if we cooked something….. OFCOURSE WE DID. #STYLECHAMPS #SUPERFLYGOD #GXFR #ICON #ANDTHENYOUPRAYFORME #ART #CULTURE #FASHION.”
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Rocky and Gunn previously collaborated on “Shootouts in Soho” from the latter’s 2022 album 10. The song came after the pair linked up in April 2022.
“#The Homie @asaprocky pulled right up on me late last night dolo on some RNS and kicked it for hrs,” Gunn wrote on social media. “He layed his vocals for MICHELLE RECORDS he brought a case of @mercerandprince and got his BOCHELLA merch early… This is What Culture Looks Like #FLYGOD #LordFlacko #GXFR #ASAP #ART #FASHION #Culture #ICON #RIPVIRGIL.”
A$AP Rocky has been teasing his new album Don’t Be Dumb for some time and recently described it as his “best work yet”.
“I’ve been really experimenting as usual and what I like about this is it feels like my best work yet,” he told Dazed in October. “I want to leave expectations wide and open. I don’t want to tell you what to expect. I just want people to experience it how they do naturally.”
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While further details remain scarce, Rocky previously revealed that Tyler, The Creator, Lil Yachty, Miguel and Thundercat would make appearances on the project.
“We got some help from a lot of friends there,” he told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe last year. “We got Miguel, we got Tyler, The Creator, we got Lil Yachty here, we got Thundercat. Those are some heavy hitters.”
