JACQUES: 16-year-old newcomer Lil Mosey delivers
the music video for the smooth cut, “Kamikaze.”
JACQUES: “Kamikaze,” is the first track
off of the Seattle rapper’s debut mixtape,
“Northsbest.”
“Kamikaze” is produced by Kid Culture
and Royce David.
The beat samples the 90s boy band Immature’s
slow jam, “Never Lie.”
JACQUES: This music video was shot in England
and is the second collaboration between Mosey
and director Cole Bennett. In July, Lyrical
Lemonade debuted the visuals for ‘Noticed.”
“Kamikaze” also shares a name with Eminem’s recent surprise album.
JACQUES: The term “Kamikaze” is Japanese
for “Divine Wind.”
During the final years of the World War II’s
Pacific Theatre, the word was used for pilots
carrying out suicide missions by crashing
planes full of explosives into U.S. ships.
Here, Mosey may be insinuating that he and
his pals are ready for anything.
JACQUES: As for the Xanax reference, in a
"VERIFIED" interview, Mosey told Genius that
he stays away from drugs.
LIL MOSEY: Yeah, I don’t do drugs no more, I only
be smoking in “Boof Pack.”
Just the fact that it wasn’t doing nothing
for me and all of my bros, does not like,
it was only bringing us down and making us
do like dumb shit.
JACQUES: Back in June, Mosey caused some controversy with his hometown.
LIL MOSEY: I’m really the only nigga who
made it out there, but, other than that,
yeah, there’s nothing going on in Seattle.
JACQUES: Some locals took issue with this
and Mosey responded on Instagram saying that
he is trying to do for Seattle what Drake
did for Toronto.
Following his first breakout track
“Pull Up” in 2017, “Kamikaze” has
racked up more than two million views on YouTube
and fans are excited for what’s next.
If you’d like to learn more about “Kamikaze,”
check out the song page on Genius.com.
I’m Jacques Morel with Genius News, bringing
you the meaning and the knowledge behind the music.
Peace!
