"Royalty" is a song by

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band,

Down with Webster Down With Webster is a Canadian rap rock band from The Beaches area of Toronto who signed with Universal Motown in April 2009. Down with Webster was originally formed for a middle school talent show. The band released their first official EP, ' ...

. The song was released as the third single from the band's album Time to Win, Vol. 2 on January 10, 2012. The song peaked at #75 on the

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Background

The song was written by Down with Webster band members Tyler Armes, Patrick Gillet, Cameron Hunter, Andrew Martino and Martin Seja. Royalty was produced by

, Zale Epstein and Brett Ryan Kruger. Allison of

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said that the lyrics of "Royalty" are "about a girl who parties too hard." The beginning of the song uses a sample from the track "I'd Like" by the musical act Freshlyground. The looped sample in the background is from New Zealand band

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(or Mt Eden Dubstep) entitled Sierra Leone. The song was nominated for "Director of the Year" at the 2012 MuchMusic Video Awards.

Music video

A music video for the song was filmed in

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over two days starting on January 8, 2012. The music video was directed by Chris Wong. It premiered on February 2, 2012 on

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and

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. Allison of

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said that band "lights up the screen both figuratively with their dark party track and literally with instruments set ablaze" in the music video.

Chart performance

"Royalty" debuted on the

at #98 on the week of February 18, 2012 and climbed up to #75 on the week of February 25, 2012.

Charts

References

{{Down with Webster 2012 singles Down with Webster songs 2011 songs Universal Music Canada singles