"Coup d'Etat" is a song recorded by South Korean rapper

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featuring American DJs

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and

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, who also served as co-producers. It was released through

YG Entertainment YG Entertainment () is a South Korean Multinational corporation, multinational entertainment agency established in 1996 by Yang Hyun-suk. The company operates as a record label, talent agency, music production company, event management and conce ...

on September 2, 2013, as a track on G-Dragon's second studio album of the same name.

Background

In June 2013,

announced that

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and

would be collaborating on the album, with Missy Elliot appearing on " Niliria" while Diplo appeared in "Coup d'Etat." Jessica Oak from ''Billboard magazine'' describes the album's title track, co-produced by American DJs Diplo and Baauer, as a slow tempo trap influenced song, which samples

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's "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised." YG Entertainment released the

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for "Coup d'Etat" on

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on September 1, 2013, which garnered over 750,000 views after a day. ''Seoul Beats'' praised the direction of the music video, describing it as "a vivid three minute, twenty-two second journey to the shadowy side of G-Dragon's visual imagination."

Chart performance and sales

Weekly charts

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Awards and nominations

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