Lil Yachty enjoyed one of 2022’s biggest viral moments with the ubiquitous “Poland,” but he’s now admitted he didn’t even want to release the intoxicating track.
Lil Boat sat down with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe earlier this week for a rare interview promoting his Let’s Start Here album, during which discussed the success of the F1lthy-produced “Poland” and how it vexed him.
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“That was irritating,” he said. “I was pissed because I made ‘Poland’ while making this album on a day when they were mixing and I was in the other room just bored with the homies. I would’ve never dropped ‘Poland’ — ever — because I wanted to pivot myself into this.
“So I was really irritated when it dropped, but I’m so grateful it did. Like I said, I really don’t know what I do next. I don’t know if I’ma do this again or do more rap.”
The warbling hook (“I took the Wooooock to Poland,” a reference to Wockhardt, the pharmaceutical company that produces promethazine-codeine syrup) inspired countless memes on social media.
The Quality Control rapper eventually released the AutoTune-laced song in October to capitalize on the viral moment and “Poland” invaded the Billboard Hot 100 where it cracked the Top 40 and the Lyrical Lemonade-helmed visual currently boasts over 24 million views.
Word of the song traveled so far that Yachty allegedly received an invite to the country from Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
“Thank you for the call,” Quality Control CEO Pee wrote, alluding to a recent phone conversation with Prime Minister Morawiecki. “Let’s make arrangements to get Mr. Yachty to [your] country to celebrate.”
Morawiecki replied: “Will check the schedule and get back with you. Thank you for your time.”
Pee then sent the text exchange to Lil Yachty, who initially had no clue who Morawiecki was. After looking him up online, an astonished Yachty wrote back: “Oh shit.”
“Poland” has earned co-signs from many of Lil Yachty’s rap peers since its release. Drake shared a screenshot of him playing the song on Spotify to his Instagram Stories, while Wiz Khalifa called the track “hard” and praised Yachty.
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Offset and Steve Lacy both were captured belting out “Poland”’s earworm hook in separate clips on social media as well.
