Young Metro

Album: We Don't Trust You (2024)
Charted: 9
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Songfacts®:

  • "Young Metro" is the second cut from Future and Metro Boomin's We Don't Trust You album. The song's title is based on one of Metro's first producer tags.
  • Future spits fire about drugs, women and cash, just like always. He throws in some shoutouts to Evel Knievel, Adidas, his crew Freebandz, and even compares himself to the Beatles!
  • Special guest The Weeknd isn't front and center like usual. Nah, he's chilling in the backseat, letting his angelic vocals blend into the cinematic vibe instead of going for the usual collab vibes like in 2016's "Low Life."

    The Weeknd keeps it real simple, just hitting us with "I been drownin'" over and over, laying down that despondent vibe. You might've caught that line before in his feature on Kanye West's "Hurricane" where he was all about expressing his feelings of struggle and pain.
  • Metro Boomin throws in heavy drums, bass, and Fargo pianos, crafting a beat that's straight up haunting. The Weeknd's moaning in the background add to the harrowing vibe.
  • Directed by Hidji World and Omar Jones, the video's straight-up warzone. Future, Metro, and The Weeknd are holed up in a concrete bunker, looking ready to rumble. Only their closest crew gets in, and Future brought some girls for company, of course. Don Toliver shows up later on, and they huddle up all night strategizing their next move before the scene fades out.

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