"In My Feelings" is a song by Canadian rapper

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from his fifth studio album ''

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'' (2018). It was released to

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and contemporary hit radio on July 10, 2018, as the album's fifth single. The song features additional vocals by the City Girls, though they are uncredited on the official version. The song topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart for ten weeks and broke several records.

Composition and samples

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track. Upon its release, several outlets reported that the song and "Kiki" was about

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, Drake's first girlfriend and childhood friend from Toronto. It was also reported that "KB" was K'yanna Barber, a resident of

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. Drake also makes references to Jennifer Lopez ("

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"), whom he briefly dated in 2016, and Quality Control duo City Girls, made up of members Yung Miami ("Resha") and JT. The City Girls also provide uncredited vocals. The track samples "Smoking Gun (Acapella Version)" by

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for the breakdown. "

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is also sampled and the track ends with audio from the episode "Champagne Papi" from the television series ''

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''. The song was later slightly altered and re-uploaded to streaming sites with additional sampled vocals from Lil Wayne.

Release and reception

The song inspired an Internet meme dance challenge known as the "Kiki Challenge", "In My Feelings Challenge" or "DoTheShiggy", the latter being a reference to the comedian Shiggy, who posted a video on his Instagram account of him dancing to the song; this video was credited for inspiring the challenge. The dance challenge is to walk outside of moving vehicles (

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) and dance in oncoming traffic. Originating in the US, the challenge later spread to other parts of the world where in some countries it caused controversy and public concern. The challenge is subject to fines on public roads in the Philippines. ''

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'' deemed the bounce track as the highlight of the double album, with writer Ben Dandrige-Lemco saying, "it takes a whole 20 songs to get to the best part of the album, 'In My Feelings'". ''

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''s Jonny Coleman felt that the song, along with "Nice for What", "might be two of the most enduring tracks

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. Andy Hutchins of ''

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'' called the song "a disastrous misunderstanding of

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." '' Billboard'' named "In My Feelings" the 42nd-best song of 2018.

Commercial performance

In the '' Billboard'' magazine issue dated July 14, 2018, "In My Feelings" debuted at number six on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, one of seven top 10 entries by Drake that week. The following week, partly due to the rising popularity of the dance challenge associated with the song, it ascended to the top spot of the chart, becoming Drake's sixth number-one single on the chart. On the issue dated July 28, 2018, "In My Feelings" broke the streaming record for the most streams in a single week with 116.2 million streams (later being broken by "

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on the week of April 13, 2019, which has the current record of 143 million streams) and retained the top spot on the chart. It remained on top for ten consecutive weeks until it was unseated by " Girls Like You" by Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B. It ultimately remained in the top ten for 14 weeks. It also reached number one on the Canadian Hot 100 and the

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. In the UK, it did not enter the charts on the first week due to chart rules, but the next week, due to the popularity of the dance challenge, it entered at number four. A week later, it rose to number one, becoming Drake's fifth number one in the UK and his third consecutive number one in 2018. "In My Feelings" spent four weeks at the top of the chart, before being replaced by " Shotgun". The success of "In My Feelings" made Drake the record holder for most number one hits among rappers in the history of the Hot 100 chart.

Music video

The song's

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was shot on July 23, 2018, in

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and was directed by

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, whom Drake previously worked with on the videos for "

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" earlier in the year. The song's music video was released on August 2, 2018, on Drake's YouTube channel. "KeKe" is played by

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while her mother is played by

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. The video takes place in New Orleans and shows people dancing to the song, including Yung Miami of the City Girls and

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. Comedian Shiggy, who has been credited with inventing the viral "In My Feelings Challenge", makes a cameo as a production assistant as well as a dancer in the video. At the end of the music video, a small montage of celebrities and internet influencers participating in the "In My Feelings Challenge" is displayed. A few of these people include

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, J-Hope (BTS), Steve Aoki,

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, Ryan Seacrest,

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. As of May 2021, the music video on

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has amassed more than 263 million views.

Awards and nominations

Usage in media

"In My Feelings" is featured in the heavily panned '' YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind''.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes and

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– production, recording * Noel "Gadget" Campbell – mixing * Harley Arsenault – mixing assistance, recording assistance * Greg Moffet – mixing assistance, recording assistance * Ronald Moonoo – mixing assistance * Blaqnmild – production * TrapMoneyBenny – production

Charts

Weekly charts

Monthly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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