"Babushka Boi" is a song by American rapper
ASAP Rocky, released as a single through ASAP Rocky Recordings,
Polo Grounds Music and
RCA Records on August 28, 2019. The music video was released the same day.[1]
Background
ASAP Rocky began wearing a
babushka headscarf to cover the resulting cut on his face after he fell off his scooter in September 2018. This inspired
Frank Ocean, who posted a picture on his
Instagram of himself in a babushka, with ASAP Rocky commenting "Babushka Boi" on the image and later adding the phrase to his own Instagram.[2] Rocky previewed the song at the 'Injured Generation Tour' in January 2019,[3] and shared a trailer of its music video on August 26.[4]
Music video
The
Nadia Lee Cohen-directed music video was also released on August 28. It was inspired by Dick Tracy and features ASAP Rocky,
ASAP Ferg,
Schoolboy Q,
ASAP Nast and Kamil Abbas as prosthetic-enhanced gangsters robbing a bank and on the run from police, who are portrayed as
anthropomorphic pigs.[5][6] The criminals get into a shootout with the police which "leaves ASAP and his crew with some fresh sausage meat."[7][8]
It has been noted that it was filmed before ASAP Rocky's arrest and detainment in Sweden. The video was produced by Virgin Soil Pictures.[5][9]