"Chosen" is a song by American rapper

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, featuring American singer

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and fellow American rapper

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. It was released as a single from the deluxe version of Blxst's debut EP ''No Love Lost'' on December 4, 2020, through

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and Evgle. In 2021, the song garnered attention due to Internet memes on

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, later gaining over 150 million views.

Background

The song contains a guitar sample from ''Electric Soul - Guitar Loops and Riffs'' by Treehouz. Blxst told ''

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'' that working on the song was just "a normal day", explaining: "I was just working. It felt fun creating it. Something about it felt different. It gave a different energy as I was recording it. Then Ty Dolla Sign laid his verse, and it was all up from there."

Music video

An accompanying video was released on March 25, 2021. According to a press release from Red Bull Records, the inspiration behind the video was three college films: '' School Daze'' (1988), ''

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'' (2000) and ''

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'' (2007). It shows the three artists holding a party at "Evgle University", "tailgating with cheerleaders at football games to partying at frat houses with the step team". As of August 2022, the video has over 65 million views.

Live performance

On November 4, 2021, Blxst and Ty Dolla Sign performed the song on ''

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''.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal and

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. * Blxst – producer, composer * Tharealcstylez – producer * Tharealjfkbeatz – producer * Treehouz - producer * Christopher Wilson – composer * Jeremy Lawrence - composer * Jared William Grace – composer * Michael Ray – composer * Tyrone Griffin – composer

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References

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