A$AP Rocky has shared his new single ‘Punk Rocky’, and the video features an impressive cast, including Winona Ryder – watch it here.
‘Punk Rocky’ is the lead single from his upcoming album ‘Don’t Be Dumb’, out next Friday (January 16), and it features a psychedelic rock sound.
“She ain’t gon’ be in my life no more / Got me crying in the microphone,” he sings in the track. “Let me shout on the megaphone / That ho ain’t my type no more.”
And ‘Punk Rocky’s surreal video has already made a strong impression on fans. In the footage, Rocky sports pink rollers in his hair and is rehearsing in a garage with his punk band as Ryder, who plays a neighbour, looks on. The actress watches the band in a Beavis And Butthead T-shirt while eating blackberries, before another neighbour becomes unhappy with the noise. Along with Ryder, the video stars Danny Elfman, Thundercat, and Rocky’s cousin A$AP Nast.
The video appears to be an important part of the album’s narrative, in which the rapper showcases six alter egos. In the clip, he brings five of them to life. Per Variety, there’s “Rocky portraying GR1M, Tommy Revenge as RUGAHAND, Thoto as BABUSHKA BOI, the Williams twins as SHIRTHEAD, and DUMMY appearing alongside them.”
Rocky directed the video himself, alongside Folkert Verdoorn and Simon Becks – watch it here:
Last Friday (January 2), he teased the single with a 14-second snippet of the song and video on social media. He captioned it: “VIDEO OF THE FUCCKIN YEAR !!!
