We stayed so long trying to edit verses and edit the beat. “Black Beatles.” It barely made our album. So Mike Will said, “Lemme play this joint from Rae Sremmurd.” Gucci said, “Man, I rock with them young boys.” Boom - he laid his verse down. I sent that to Mike Will, then boom! Mike Will was in the studio with Gucci Mane - as soon as Gucci Mane was out, they was cookin’ up ’cause they go way back. I had a couple different versions of it, actually. Our album was due in three days, and it was getting out in two days. I was like “Yo, that beat is so crazy.” And I just took it home that night to my studio where I record all our hits at. Mike Will had made a bunch of beats - his latest batch - and then I heard that beat. “Black Beatles” was one of the final songs recorded for SremmLife 2 and a reason why the album was delayed. In the midst of the rise of “Black Beatles,” Swae Lee spoke with Rolling Stone about the Mannequin Challenge, a chance meeting with Paul McCartney and how the song delayed their album’s release. The Private Lives of Liza Minnelli (The Rainbow Ends Here) Everyone from top athletes to presidential candidates to an actual Beatle have done their take, and their former tourmate NickI Minaj even released a remix to celebrate her “Throw Sum Mo” collaborators’ success. The song began to go viral from there and eventually earned the duo their first Number One hit. After brothers Swae Lee and Slim Jxmmi happened upon Colony High School’s Mannequin Challenge video on Twitter (soundtracked by their burgeoning hit), the pair did their own take. Fans instantly gravitated to the smooth, vibe-y, Mike Will Made It-produced song, but amplified its popularity by editing photos of the real Beatles with pictures of members Swae Lee and Slim Jxmmi, Mike Will Made It and featured artist Gucci Mane.īut it’s the viral popularity of the Mannequin Challenge, an online meme that finds participants posing as still as possible while the camera constantly moves, that has catapulted the song to the next strata. From the moment Rae Sremmurd dropped their sophomore album SremmLife 2, “Black Beatles” was a standout.
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