Talk (Yeat song)

"Talk" is a single by American rapper Yeat, released through Field Trip Recordings, Listen to the Kids, Geffen Records, and Interscope Records as a single on September 2, 2022.[1] The song serves as the lead single to Yeat's sixth extended play Lyfe, and found success after going viral on TikTok. In the United States, the song entered at number 42 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2]

"Talk"
Single by Yeat
from the EP Lyfe
ReleasedSeptember 2, 2022 (2022-09-02)
Length2:54
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)BNYX
Yeat singles chronology
"Rich Minion"
(2022)		 "Talk"
(2022)		 "Already Rich"
(2023)

Composition

On "Talk", Yeat raps in a braggadocious manner about fame, money, and the success of his music. The beginning of the song features a sample of a video taken in February 2022 of fans being interviewed outside a canceled Yeat concert. Throughout the track, Yeat makes references to luxury objects such as sports cars and makes a reference to Tonka trucks as he frequently does in his music: "Huh, riding in that, B-U-L-L Tonka truck / Riding 'round with these bust-down watches on me, I got my blicky tucked / Headin' number one up on these charts, bitch, yeah, it's stuck as fuck".

Critical reception

Kieran Press-Reynolds of Pitchfork noted the song's harsh instrumentals and unnerving background vocals, writing: "Police sirens set a frantic scene, and then a shrieking synth catapults Yeat's flexes into the sky: "Head #1 up on these charts, we stuck or what?" Mangled background vocals creep like demonic backup singers shadowing Yeat's steady voice. Barely any other major label rap production in 2022 sounds as unhinged and off-kilter as this."[3]

Charts
Chart performance for "Talk"
Chart (2022) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[4] 55
Global 200 (Billboard)[5] 85
Iceland (Plötutíðindi)[6] 31
Lithuania (AGATA)[7] 58
South Africa (RISA)[8] 63
US Billboard Hot 100[2] 42

Certifications
Certifications for "Talk"
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[9] Gold 40,000‡
United States (RIAA)[10] Gold 500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. Cowem, Trace (September 2, 2022). "Yeat Shares New Single "Talk" From Forthcoming 'Lyfë' Project". Complex. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
  2. @billboardcharts (September 12, 2022). "@yeat1_'s "Talk" debuts at No. 42 on this week's #Hot100" (Tweet). Retrieved September 13, 2022 – via Twitter.
  3. Press-Reynolds, Kieran (September 15, 2022). "Yeat: Lyfë Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  4. "Canadian Hot 100: Week of September 17, 2022". Billboard. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
  5. "Billboard Global 200: Week of September 17, 2022". Billboard. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
  6. "Tónlistinn – Lög" [The Music – Songs] (in Icelandic). Plötutíðindi. Archived from the original on September 13, 2022. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
  7. "2022 37-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. September 16, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  8. "Local & International Streaming Chart Top 100 Week 36-2022". The Official South African Charts. Recording Industry of South Africa. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  9. "Canadian single certifications – Yeat – Talk". Music Canada. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  10. "American single certifications – Yeat – Talk". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
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