"Wasted" is a song by American rapper and singer

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featuring fellow American rapper and singer

Lil Uzi Vert Symere Bysil Woods ( ; born July 31, 1995), known professionally as Lil Uzi Vert, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. They are characterized by their face tattoo, facial tattoos, facial piercings, eccentric hairstyles and androgynous ...

. It was released on July 10, 2018 before being added to the former's debut studio album ''

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'', which was released earlier in May 2018 with Uzi as the only feature of the album. It premiered on Apple Music's Beats 1.

Reception

The video game series ''

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'' is referenced in the song, as is its developers,

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, as ''HotNewHipHop'' described the reference as "a charming play on the message that pops up when you die in ''Grand Theft Auto''" games. Uzi Vert's verse is described as distorted, and stated by

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as a "rapid-fire verse" on which they reference "molly, hakuna matata, and a dominatrix."

Composition

The meaning of the song is stated as "Juice getting vulnerable about a partner who's trying to 'get closer to Satan' by talking to him 'in the Matrix'" and "tackling the duality of drug culture, one where users are aware of their own demons but keep coming back for one reason or another." The song is described as "melancholic, shoegaze-y and dispirited." It reflects on consuming drugs with girls who make both Higgins and Woods sad. Compared to the musical style of American rapper

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, it is noted for its "jaded and new age pop sound." The song consists of a "heavy trap beat."

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References

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