Juice WRLD's "Lucid Dreams"

One Song

Hartbeat

Music Commentary, Music Interviews, Onesong, Comedy, Music

4.9 • 876 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

On One Song, we do our best to give flowers to artists we admire, especially those who left us far too soon. On this episode, Diallo and LUXXURY break down Juice WRLD’s monster hit from 2018, “Lucid Dreams.” They dive into what influenced Juice to channel his emotions into his music, how his signature song brought emo rap to the mainstream, and why the song’s lyrics about heartbreak and mental health inspired a younger generation to comprehend their emotions.

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0:00.0	Luxury.
0:03.3	D'allar-Riddle.
0:04.0	Today's song was one of the most streamed songs of 2018.
0:07.9	It peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100.
0:11.2	Damn you, Maroon 5!
0:12.7	And Cardi B with girls like you for several reasons now.
0:16.6	Oh, my.
0:17.5	This song went six times platinum in the streaming era.
0:21.1	Yeah.
0:21.5	And more recently, the song has been certified Diamond.
0:24.5	That means 10 million times.
0:26.3	Yeah.
0:26.5	Like, that's insane.
0:27.5	It doesn't happen anymore so much.
0:28.7	I can't think of a song that's gone Diamond recently.
0:31.0	And the fact that it was like not number one.
0:33.5	The fact that it was like kept from the number one position is crazy.
0:36.2	That is staying power.
0:42.2	And on top of all that, the song has been regarded as one of the signature songs in quote, emo rap,
0:46.4	a genre that successfully moved from the underground to the mainstream in the 2010s.
0:51.4	And now it's time to give flowers to an artist who is one of contemporary hip-hop's biggest champions,
0:55.0	an artist who made a huge impact before his untimely passing.
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