Keep Calm (Fuck U)
| Keep Calm (Fuck U) | |
|---|---|
| Prince Kay One & Emory | |
| publication | 18th October 2013 |
| length | 4:43 min. |
| Genre (s) | Pop , German hip-hop |
| Author (s) | Kenneth Glöckler , Marcel Uhde , Michael Nortey , Sonal Schönfeld |
| text | Kenneth Glöckler, Kenneth Jonathan Lloyd Jr. , Michael Nortey |
| music | Prince Kay One, Swamijee |
| Label | AP Allstars |
| album | Rich Kidz |
Keep Calm (Fuck U) , or in the radio version simply Keep Calm is a song by Prince Kay One and Emory . It was released as a single on October 18, 2013 and a week later on the album Rich Kidz . On November 22, 2013 a remix EP was released. Emory is involved as a guest singer. The song reached number 11 in Germany, number 15 in Austria and number 30 in the singles charts.
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The lyrics of the song are about the life of the rapper Kay One and his attitude towards school education and career plans. At the end of the second verse, the listener is asked to “hold on” to their dreams. The hookline of the song is sung by Emory in English.
Track list
| # | title | Guest musician | producer | length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep Calm (Fuck U) | Emory | 4:43 | |
| 2 | Keep Calm (Radio Version) | Emory | 4:05 |
| # | title | Interpreter | producer | length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep Calm (Fuck U) (Radio Version Without Rap) | Emory | 3:16 | |
| 2 | Keep Calm (Florian Arndt Club Mix) | Kay One & Emory | Florian Arndt | 5:21 |
| 3 | Keep Calm (Florian Arndt Radio Mix) | Kay One & Emory | Florian Arndt | 3:31 |
| 4th | Keep Calm (Superfreakz Club Mix) | Kay One & Emory | Superfreakz | 4:48 |
| 5 | Keep Calm (Superfreakz Radio Mix) | Kay One & Emory | Superfreakz | 2:55 |
| 6th | Keep Calm (Banks & Rawdriguez & Cop Dickie Edition) | Kay One & Emory | Banks & Rawdriguez & Cop Dickie | 4:36 |
Music video
The music video premiered on the website of the music streaming service Ampya a week before the single was released . The video begins with a conversation between two young children in which they say that they want to become a rapper or singer in their future . The video often shows scenes with a white Lamborghini . You can also see Kay One and Emory on the roofs of Frankfurt and at a performance.
Commercial win
The single entered the German single charts at number 11 in the first week of sales and was in the top 100 for a total of 15 weeks. Keep Calm (Fuck U) is after the singles Fackeln im Wind and VIP Kay One's third top 20 single and Germany and his song that has been in the German charts longest to date.
In Austria it reached number 15 and initially stayed in the charts for six consecutive weeks, only to be in the Austrian top 75 for another six weeks on January 17, 2014 after more than a month of chart abstinence. With a total of twelve weeks, Keep Calm (Fuck U) is the Kay One single that has been in the Austrian charts longest to date and, after the VIP, which was ranked 9th, his song with the second-highest chart position in this country.
In Switzerland, Keep Calm (Fuck U) reached number 30 and was only in the singles charts for one week.
| Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
 Germany
|
11 | 15th |
 Austria
|
15th | 12 |
 Switzerland
|
30th | 1 |
Live performances
On January 5, 2014, Kay One and Emory appeared in the ZDF television garden . The performance, which both played in playback and ended with a snowball fight in the artificial snow, earned a lot of malice and negative criticism in the press and internet media. The rappers Bushido , Chakuza , D-Bo , Fard and Vega also made derogatory comments about the performance on Facebook and Twitter . Kay One later explained in a video interview with the website 16bars.de that, based on their experiences at an earlier appearance on the ZDF TV garden, he and Emory had expected to appear in an après-ski setting and therefore after appearing on the set themselves Had doubts about the compatibility of the appearance with their image , but would have been persuaded by the film staff to carry out the appearance.
Also, Keep Calm (Fuck U) regular part of Kay Ones live shows.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH
- ↑ ampya.com ( Memento of the original from October 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Kay One: Appearance in the ZDF television garden . laut.de, January 8, 2014; accessed on June 22, 2015
- ↑ Prince Kay One: ridicule after appearing in the "ZDF television garden" . Bunte.de, January 8, 2014; accessed on June 22, 2015
- ↑ Everything about Kay One's appearance at ZDF Fernsehgarten is right . vice.de, January 8, 2014; accessed on June 22, 2015
- Jump up ↑ Chakuza, Bushido, Fard, Vega and D-Bo comment on Prince Kay One video . hiphop.de, January 7, 2014; accessed on June 22, 2015
- ↑ Kay One about his time with Bushido, Shindy, TV Shows & Al-Gear . ( Memento of the original from June 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 16bars.de, June 21, 2015; accessed on June 22, 2015 (video)
