Flo Milli — Not Friendly. An exclusive live performance for Vevo DSCVR ARTISTS TO WATCH 2021, an annual series highlighting those that are shaping the future of music.
We’ve been proving our love for Flo Milli all year. Back at the start of 2020, the Alabama rapper put her IDGAF swag on full display in our Brooklyn studio with dope updates of “My Attitude” and “In the Party.” The latter track is one of the 12 that form her debut EP. The signature brashness that critics and fans love marks its title, Ho, why is you here? But it wasn’t too long ago that the MC wasnt so full of herself. Shes said that right before her come up she was “depressed as fuck, no job, no car." Making beats was her only outlet. One day last spring, she flipped on a beat and spit out a searing hook; “Beef FloMix” quickly went viral on TikTok, and that’s when Milli’s momentum shifted into overdrive. Part of her music boasts a Young Thug influence mixed with doses of Erykah Badu and Jill Scott — the latter courtesy of Flo’s mom’s R
Directed by Matty Peacock
Written by Shawn Mendes, Matty Peacock, Connor Brashier
Produced by Roisín Audrey Moloney
Executive Produced by Andrew Gertler, Kim Dellara
Head of Production Casey Wooden
Production Company Caviar
Creative Direction by Connor Brashier
Director of Photography Larkin Seiple
Production Design JC Molina
Editor Isaac Hagy
Visual Effects by Ingenuity Studios
Color by Alex Bickel @ Color Collective
Sound Design Human Worldwide
I wonder
if I’m being real do I speak my truth or do I filter to how I feel
I wonder
Wouldn’t it be nice to live inside a world that isn’t black and white
I wonder
What it’s like to be my friends
Hope that they don’t think I forget about them
I wonder
I wonder
Right before I close my eyes
The only thing that’s on my mind
Been dreaming that you feel it too
I wonder what it’s like to be loved by you
Yeahhhh
I wonder what it’s like
I wonder what it’s like to be loved
I wonder
Why I’m so afraid of saying something wrong and never said I was a saint
I wonder when I cry into my hands I’m conditioned to feel like it makes me less of a man
And I wonder if some day you’ll be by my side and tell me that the world will end up alright
I wonder
I wonder
Right before I close my eyes
The only thing that’s on my mind
Been dreaming that you feel it too
I wonder what it’s like to be loved by you
Yeahhhh
I wonder what it’s like
I wonder what it’s like to be loved by you
I wonder what it’s like to be loved by you
Yeahhhh
I wonder what it’s like to be loved by you
I wonder what it’s like to be loved
Right before I close my eyes
The only thing that’s on my mind
Been dreaming that you feel it too
I wonder what it’s like to be loved by you
Boy, I can see the way you dancing, move that body
I know its crazy, but I feel like you could be
The one that Ive been chasing in my dreams
Boy, I can see youre looking at me like you want it
Oh, usually Im like, «Whatever,» but tonight
The way you moving got me with my mind
It started when I looked in her eyes
I got close and Im like «Bailemos» (hey)
La noche está para un reggaetón lento (ehe)
De esos que no se bailan hace tiempo (ooh)
Yo sólo la miré y me gustó
Me pegué y la invité: «Bailemos?» (hey)
So now we dancing un reggaetón lento
Just get a little closer, baby, let go
Excuse me baby boy, just had to dance with you now
See theres nobody in here that comes close to you, no
Your hands are on my waist, my lips you wanna taste
Come muévete, muévete, muévete
Our bodies on fire, with full of desire
If you feel what I feel, throw your hands up higher
And to all the ladies around the world
Go ahead and muévete, muévete, muévete
It started when I looked in her eyes
I got close and Im like «Bailemos» (hey)
La noche está para un reggaetón lento (ehe)
De esos que no se bailan hace tiempo (ooh)
Yo sólo la miré y me gustó
Me pegué y la invité: «Bailemos?» (hey)
So now we dancing un reggaetón lento
Just get a little closer, baby, let go
Do you know I like you when I take you to the floor (the floor)
I know you like this reggaetón lento (lento)
This aint stopping, baby, til I say so
Come get, come get some more
Boy, I wish that this could last forever
Cause every second by your side is heaven
Oh, come give me that, give me that boom, boom, boom, oh
I tell you, baby, you, baby, you get me hotter
Loving made me sick, made me sick, youre my doctor
Dont you know youre playing with fire tonight
Can we get it right here one more time
It started when I looked in her eyes
I got close and Im like «Bailemos» (hey)
La noche está para un reggaetón lento (ehe)
De esos que no se bailan hace tiempo (ooh)
Yo sólo la miré y me gustó
Me pegué y la invité: «Bailemos?» (hey)
So now we dancing un reggaetón lento
Closer, baby, let go
Yo sólo la miré y me gustó
Me pegué y la invité: “Bailemos, eh?”
La noche está para un reggaetón lento
De esos que no se bailan hace tiempo
It started when I looked in her eyes
I got close and Im like, «Bailemos» (eh)
So now we dancing un reggaetón lento
Just get a little closer, baby, let go
Muévete, muévete
Báilalo, báilalo
So now we dancing un reggaetón lento
Lets get a little closer, slow the tempo
Muévete, muévete (just dance with me now)
Drop it low, drop it low
So now we dancing un reggaetón lento
Just get a little closer, baby, lets go
Directed by Matthew Cullen and Produced by Bernard Rahill, Patrick Nugent, Javier Jimenez, and Danny Lockwood
Lyrics:
(Snoop)
Greetings, loved ones
Let’s take a journey
(Verse 1)
I know a place
Where the grass is really greener
Warm, wet and wild
There must be something in the water
Sippin’ gin and juice
Laying underneath the palm trees (undone)
The boys break their necks
Trying to creep a little sneak peek (at us)
(Pre-Chorus)
You could travel the world
But nothing comes close to the golden coast
Once you party with us
You’ll be falling in love o o o o
(Chorus)
California gurls
We’re unforgettable
Daisy Dukes, bikinis on top
Sun-kissed skin so hot
We’ll melt your popsicle
Oh oh oh oh
California gurls
We’re undeniable
Fine fresh fierce
We got it on lock
West Coast represent, now put your hands up
Oh oh oh oh
(Verse 2)
Sex on the beach
We don’t mind sand in our stilettos
We freak in my Jeep
Snoop Doggy Dogg on the stereo oh oh
Pre-Chorus
You could travel the world
But nothing comes close to the golden coast
Once you party with us
You’ll be falling in love o o o o
(Chorus)
California gurls
We’re unforgettable
Daisy Dukes, bikinis on top
Sun-kissed skin so hot
We’ll melt your popsicle
Oh oh oh oh
California gurls
We’re undeniable
Fine fresh fierce
We got it on lock
West Coast represent, now put your hands up
Oh oh oh oh
(Snoop)
Toned tan fit and ready
Turn it up cuz it’s getting heavy
Wild Wild West Coast
These are the girls I love the most
I mean the ones, I mean like she’s the one
Kiss her, touch her, squeeze her buns
The girl’s a freak, she drive a Jeep and live on the beach
I’m okay, I won’t play
I love the bait just like I love LA
Venice Beach and Palm Springs
Summertime is everything
Homeboys bangin’ out
All that ass hangin’ out
Bikinis, zucchinis, martinis, no weenies, just a king and a queenie
Katy my lady (yeah)
Lookie here, baby
I’m all up on ya
Cuz you’re representin’ California
(Chorus)
California gurls
We’re unforgettable
Daisy Dukes, bikinis on top
Sun-kissed skin so hot
We’ll melt your popsicle
Oh oh oh oh
California gurls
We’re undeniable
Fine fresh fierce
We got it on lock
West Coast represent, now put your hands up
Oh oh oh oh
California
California
(Snoop)
California gurls, man
I really wish you all could be California gurls