"Trap Paris" is a song by American musician Machine Gun Kelly featuring American musicians Quavo and

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. It was released on April 13, 2017, via Bad Boy and

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Background and concept

The song is originally about a night in

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but Machine Gun Kelly felt that "Germany" had too many syllables, whereas

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was "just so quick". Kelly hesitated to add a second verse to the song, and seeing as the

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does not have that many collaborations, he decided to more collaborations. He contacted Quavo for a possible feature. Quavo responded by sending his verse. Kelly got Dolla Sign on the song after they were at Sean Combs's house party and traded numbers for a feature. Ty recorded the chorus the following day. This was Kelly and Ty Dolla Sign's first time working together. The song was officially released on April 13, 2017.

Music video

The music video was released June 7, 2017 and it was directed by Ben Griffin. As of June 2019, the music video has received over 34 million views.

Charts

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References

2017 singles 2017 songs Machine Gun Kelly (musician) songs Quavo songs Songs about Paris Songs written by Machine Gun Kelly (musician) Songs written by Sonny Digital Songs written by Quavo Songs written by Ty Dolla Sign Ty Dolla Sign songs {{2017-single-stub