"Wish" is a song by American DJ

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featuring American rapper

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. It was released on March 23, 2018, as a single from Diplo's EP ''

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'' (2018) and Redd's debut studio album ''

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'' (2018).

Composition

Trevor Smith of ''

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'' described the style of the song as almost "bright and fast enough" to be

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-friendly, even though it has a dark subject matter. The song also features a "dreamy melody" from Diplo.

Music video

The official music video was released on April 25, 2018. It opens with Diplo and Trippie Redd posing on the balcony of a lavish mansion, before Redd goes inside and plays with a group of baby goats. He wanders inside the mansion, as he experiences psychedelic effects. Eventually, Redd swings from a chandelier surrounded by fireworks, as an escape from the goats. An alternate music video was released in February 2020. This visual takes place in a warehouse and starts off with Trippie Redd seemingly killing clones of himself, through the use of

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, until a stand-in actor kills him by mistake. The video crew panics and attempts to call an ambulance, but the director suggests to "keep rolling", instead wrapping Redd's body with a trash bag and throwing it over a bridge.

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