Lyrics:
Its the eye of the tiger
Its the thrill of the fight
Rising up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known survivor
Stalks his prey in the night
And hes watching us all with the eye of the tiger
24kGoldn — Mood. An exclusive live performance for Vevo DSCVR ARTISTS TO WATCH 2021, an annual series highlighting those that are shaping the future of music.
It’s safe to say 24kGoldn was born to shine. His first name actually IS Golden, how’s that for starters? What’s more, at the age of 20, the alt-rapper has already gone platinum with “Mood,” his insanely catchy track with pal iann dior. As the story goes, the chart-topper was made offhand during a Call of Duty gaming sesh with Golden, iann, and producer pals Keegan Bach and Omer Fedi. “It was the first guitar riff that Omer played," Golden has said, «and without even thinking I started singing, “Why you always in a mood? Omer was like, ‘that’s fire.‘” It may sound like lightning in a bottle, but the sunny San Francisco native’s success comes as no surprise to Soundcloud users. Three years ago the indie community was showing love to Golden’s early and strong efforts “Valentino” and “Ballin’ Like Shareef,” the latter an eye-wink reference to both Shaquille O’Neill’s son and their Gen Z tribe. Where’d the musicality come from? Goldens mom tells a story of her son frequently using chopsticks as drumsticks on an upside-down yellow bucket. After that he did time in a local choir. In high school, an older friend told him about the availability of a studio. “The more music I made, the better it got, and the more people wanted to hear it.” Now his tracks have A-listers such as Justin Bieber and J Balvin hopping on remixes. The pandemic precluded a full band participating in our Artist To Watch performances, but that didn’t affect the musics energy. Golden and his pink-haired pal brought plenty of fire. Enjoy these live takes of “Mood” and “Coco.”
Executive Producer: Micah Bickham
Director: Priya Minhas
Producer: Averi Smith
Producer: Sacha Noelle
Director of Photography: Franklin Ricart
Editor: Ramy Elsokary
Music
℗ 2017 Beartrap, LLC, under exclusive license to Interscope Records.
Released on: 2017-09-29
Producer: blackbear
Producer: Andrew Goldstein
Studio Personnel, Remixer: Tarro
Composer Lyricist: Andrew Goldstein
Composer Lyricist: Matthew Tyler Musto
Directed Edited by Cole Bennett
Song Produced by Nick Mira
Director of Photography — Taylor Randall
3D Animation by Nocturnal FX
Steadicam by Xavier Thompson
Executive Produced by Sal Tarantino
Lyrics:
STUCK IN A CONVERSION THAT I CAN’T FINISH
COUPLE STEPS BACK TRYNNA FIND THE WORDS TO GET IN IT
KEEP IT COOL LIKE THAT
DON’T KNOW WHERE TO PLACE MY EYES WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY THINKING
CAUSE MY BRAIN LIKE TO MOVE TOO FAST
THERE AINT NOTHING NEW BOUT THAT
I WANNA GO WANNA GO WANNA GO WANNA GO
I GET WEIRD SOMETIMES
TELL ME IS IT HOT INSIDE
STANDING UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT
AND I KNOW AND I KNOW AND I KNOW AND I KNOW I GET IN MY MIND
IS IT GETTING HOT INSIDE
CAN EVERYTHING STOP?
CAUSE I’M COVERED IN SWEAT
AND IT’S NOT MY FAULT
MY THOUGHTS ARE SPINNING OUT OF MY CONTROL
I GOT ME COVERED IN SWEAT
AND I THINK YOU KNOW
AND NOW IT’S STARTED I CAN’T LET IT GO
O, SWEAT! O, SWEAT! O, SWEAT!
NEVER BEEN GOOD AT HANDLING ALL THE PRESSURE
SO I TOOK A LITTLE SWIG OF THAT JUST TO MAKE IT FEEL BETTER
KEEP IT COOL LIKE THAT
POP ANOTHER BETA BLOCKER JUST FOR GOOD MEASURE
CAUSE MY BRAIN LOVE TO MOVE TOO FAST
SO I GOTTA DO SOMETHING BOUT THAT
AND I KNOW AND I KNOW AND I KNOW AND I KNOW I GET IN MY MIND
IS IT GETTING HOT INSIDE
CAN EVERYTHING STOP?
CAUSE I’M COVERED IN SWEAT
AND IT’S NOT MY FAULT
MY THOUGHTS ARE SPINNING OUT OF MY CONTROL
I GOT ME COVERED IN SWEAT
AND I THINK YOU KNOW
AND NOW IT’S STARTED I CAN’T LET IT GO
O, SWEAT! O, SWEAT! O, SWEAT!
OH I REALLY NEED THAT SPACE TODAY
I REALLY NEED SOME TIME AWAY
LIKE REALLY NEED SOME TIME AWAY
CAUSE I’M COVERED IN SWEAT
AND IT’S NOT MY FAULT
MY THOUGHTS ARE SPINNING OUT OF MY CONTROL
I GOT ME COVERED IN SWEAT
AND I THINK YOU KNOW
AND NOW IT’S STARTED I CAN’T LET IT GO
Composer Lyricist: Taylor Swift
Composer Lyricist: Jack Antonoff
Composer Lyricist: Richard Fairbrass
Composer Lyricist: Fred Fairbrass
Composer Lyricist: Rob Manzoli