"Brad Pitt's Cousin" is a hip hop song by American

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duo

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featuring American rapper Xperience from their third studio album ''

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'' (2016). The song was released as a promotional single on April 12, 2016, only in Australia and New Zealand.

Background and release

Following the large success of the duo's debut album ''

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'' (2012),

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revealed the ''

'' release with an Instagram post on January 15, 2016. "Brad Pitt's Cousin" was released as the third single off of the album on April 12, 2016, succeeding " Dance Off". The song cites the American actor

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Critical reception

The song received mixed reviews from music critics. Killian Young of ''

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'' gave the album overall a 'C−', and said of "Brad Pitt's Cousin": "we have

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: the awkward interjection from God, and the awful reference to the long-expired 'deez nuts' meme." Spencer Kornhaber of ''

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'' commented that Macklemore "tries to make it seem like he loves being called the actor's ugly relative, and opens with him bragging about his cat's Instagram followers".

Music video

The song's music video was released on April 11, 2016, exclusively to

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page. It was recorded in London and directed by Lewis.

Chart performance

In Australia, "Brad Pitt's Cousin" entered the

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at number 40 on August 6, 2016. The song did not enter the New Zealand Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 9 on the Heatseekers Singles Chart.

Track listing

Charts

Release history

References

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