"Brad Pitt's Cousin" is a hip hop song by American
hip hop duo
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring American rapper Xperience from their third studio album ''
This Unruly Mess I've Made'' (2016). The song was released as a promotional single on April 12, 2016 only in Australia and New Zealand.
Background and release
Following the large success of the duo's debut album ''
The Heist'' (2012),
Macklemore revealed on January 15, 2016 with an Instagram post the ''
This Unruly Mess I've Made'' release.
"Brad Pitt's Cousin" was released as the third single off of the album on April 12, 2016, succeeding "
Dance Off
"Dance Off" is a song by American hip hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring British actor and musician Idris Elba and fellow American musician Anderson .Paak, released in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and selected European cou ...
".
The song cites the American actor
Brad Pitt
William Bradley Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and film producer. He is the recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. ...
.
Critical reception
The song received mixed reviews from music critics. Killian Young of ''
Consequence of Sound'' gave the album overall a 'C−', and said of "Brad Pitt's Cousin": "we have
hip hop culture
Hip hop or hip-hop is a culture and art movement that was created by African Americans, Latino Americans and Caribbean Americans in the Bronx, New York City. Hip hop culture is characterized by four key elements: rapping, DJing and turntablis ...
: the awkward interjection from God, and the awful reference to the long-expired “deez nuts” meme." Spencer Kornhaber of ''
The Atlantic
''The Atlantic'' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher. It features articles in the fields of politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science.
It was founded in 1857 in Boston, ...
'' commented that Macklemore "tries to make it seem like he loves being called the actor’s ugly relative, and opens with him bragging about his cat’s Instagram followers".
Music video
The song's music video was released on April 11, 2016, exclusively to
Macklemore's
Facebook
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page. It was recorded in London and directed by Lewis.
Chart performance
In Australia, "Brad Pitt's Cousin" entered the
Australian Singles Chart
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the offici ...
at number 40 on August 6, 2016.
The song did not enter the
New Zealand Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 9 on the Heatseekers Singles Chart.
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Track listing
Charts
Release history
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Downtown (Macklemore and Ryan Lewis song)
2016 songs
Macklemore songs
Ryan Lewis songs
Songs written by Macklemore
Songs written by Ryan Lewis
Brad Pitt