Pills & Automobiles

Album: Heartbreak On A Full Moon (2017)
Charted: 46
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Songfacts®:

  • Chris Brown teams up with three of 2017's most successful rappers for this trap-inspired track. Breezy handles the Auto-Tuned laced first verse in which he muses about his sex appeal and getting high. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Kodak Black and Yo Gotti then all contribute rhymes about hot women, cool cars, and gifting their ladies with expensive jewelry.
  • Production was handled by OG Parker, who also worked on Migos' hit song "Slippery," Smash David and The Martianz, comprising Hutch and Hide. Hutch recalled to Genius that he got lost in the zone and kept pressing loops when he started making the beat.

    "The main melody of the song came together, like I was just making a loop kit. It was just the whole night. I was like, I needa get a kit out tomorrow. So I was just crushing like loop, loop, loop. Not even paying attention, pretty much, just in the zone. Just going, going, going, loop, loop, loop. Then it's became what it is. So I made probably a 100 loops over one night. And then sent it over to Smash David, and then he took it from there, like outta nowhere."

    Smash David added an uptempo beat, loops, and hi-hats. He recalled: "I was just playin' the Martianz loop. I always start with the melody first and since that was already done, I started adding the high hats. I like to start with the high hats first, give it a feel. Then after that I added the clap. Then I had a little rhythm goin', so I started addin' the percussion. Which is the little ring in the back. Then I added the kick. And once I had that I just gave it a turn of vibe with the 808. And that was it. Then after I had this I just sent it to OG and then he just did his thing."

    Parker then set out to give the song a stronger synth and hook. "When I got it I was like, for the second half of the hook, I'ma switch it up," he explained. "I guess I gave the beat kind of more character. It was just missing you know what I'm saying, that piece to complete the puzzle."
  • The song's music video is set at a twerking water party. The four artists are joined by a slew of models as they all frolic at Splash Kingdom Waterpark in California. The idea is not an original one – Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj previously threw a pool party in their visual for the 2012 song "Beauty And A Beat."

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