After XXXTENTACION’s death and multiple memorial services, fans have something new from the late artist to remember him by. His camp has released the video for “SAD!,” which was written and creative directed by X.
The six-minute video barely features the audio of the song and instead acts as a short film that shows X fighting an older version of himself at his own funeral. The video also features a conversation between X and a mysterious being named Gekyume — a word X made up earlier this year, defining it as a “‘different state’ or ‘next’ universe of thought.”
Gekyume talks to X about self-love, being misunderstood by the public, and ultimately tasks him to spread positivity. Gekyume also poses many rhetorical questions like “why do you love? and “Why do you hate?”.
Meanwhile, X approaches a casket of his former self in a church, which leads to them fighting during the funeral. The fight spills over into an alley, and X eventually wins.
Near the end, director JMP focuses in on some notes near the body of the older version of X that read, “Oh! And I want her love all to myself,” and “People change/ Things change/ And so did I/ As long as the outcome is good for myself and family I’m not complaining.”
Gekyume asks one final question: “Are you satisfied?” at which point X gets up to leave. The video ends with a title screen that reads, “LONG LIVE PRINCE X.”
“SAD!” was a hit before X’s death, but it has hit some major milestones in the last week, including getting the most streams on Spotify in a day and being the first posthumous, solo single since Biggie’s “Mo Money Mo Problems” to hit the #1 spot on Billboard’s Hot 100.
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Fucking weirdo. No body cares
“Weirdo” – a classic word for classically simple people that are too dumb to understand artistry, so they listen to mediocres like Troy Ave lol…I’m gonna leave your “no body cares” comment alone because there’s just too many ways to make fun of it
All this does is make me wonder if he made the video then plan his death for fame? And even if he did…. it just makes me open Spotify, search 90s music and blast it!
Cuz this generation is taking awhile to pass… we all know it will
Planned his death for fame? Get a life.
Its more like someone else sacrificed him to get extra money. Lets be honest, the longevity of these new artist is not existent. He is bigger now than he was alive.
Lol all you old folks waiting for this generation to “pass” are gonna die waiting. Progression happens, cultures change, and that’s just that (source: human history)
Yeah because people still bump Nelly and Petey Pablo right… lmao shit will pass girl. Just a phase.
It took one video for me to stop judging this kid,I think I know his musical direction was now…let me go back to sleep I think I’m depressed
demonic videos..
I liked it. The irony of this video and his death is crazy. So he basically was showing the death of his old self and the birth of a new person. I wonder how his new transition would have been. We’ll never know. I guess it was too late for him.
It appears he was revealing a change of his stage name to Prince X as part of his transformation.
Damn, I didn’t notice that. Prince X definitely has a different vibe.
R.i.p…but NUKKA PLEASE!
Who cares? Scorpion comes out tomorrow. The 6ix God will bless us with 25 bangers. This video will be forgotten by tomorrow, everyone will be bumping Drake.
Whaaat?
this shit is TRASH, sound like a low budget drake or any of these other youtube fly by night ” rappers”
Conspiracy money money they kill u for money he knew it that he was goin to die no interest in the world allll he wanted was love which he never got he may have had severe Adhd wen younger that led to so much anger and bahivour problems RIP xxx lovlely boy god wanted u back this worlds nearly over u saw it alllllllllllll
There is a lot of references to XXX being the 2Pac of his generation and in his genre of music. I didn’t listen to much of his music until post-death, but am realizing the HUGE following and impact he has on his fanbase. This impact can be compared to 2Pac’s impact somewhat.
Now I don’t miss him
Because But I feel him
He tried of all this devil things
He was doing I get it for something
He said,,, ?? Now his real life start again
Thinking of going to hell god will save him
Ya dumb-AF