24K Goldn “Mood” hit #1

Mood 24K Goldn with Iann Dior

Writer(s): Golden Von Jones, Michael Olmo, Keegan Bach, Omer Fedi, Blake Slatkin (see lyrics here) Released: July 24, 2020 First Charted: September 5, 2020 Peak: 18 BB, 111 BA, 12 ST, 18 RR, 14 A40, 8 MR, 14 UK, 111 CN, 111 AU (Click for codes to charts.) Sales (in millions): 7.0 US, 1.2 UK, 11.61 world (includes US + UK) Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 748.39 video, 1947.41 streaming

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About the Song: Rapper 24K Goldn was born Golden Landis Von Jones in 2000 in San Francisco, California. He released his first music video in 2017 and his first single, “Valentino,” in 2019. The song reached #92 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has been certified double platinum. That same year he released his debut EP and signed a record deal with Columbia Records. In 2020, the “genre-bending” “uptempo pop rap and rap rock song” WK “Mood” was released as the lead single from 24K Goldn’s debut studio album, El Dorado. The song featured rapper Iann Dior, who was born Michael Ian Olmo in 1999 in Puerto Rico. In 2019 and 2020, he released three singles which would reach platinum status. The two first worked together on Dior’s 2019 single “Gone Girl,” which 24K Golden co-wrote. SF The pair of rappers “sing-rap about their toxic relationships in which their lovers are always in a ‘mood.’” WK The song developed while they played the video game Call of Duty. At the same time, producers Omer Omer Fedi and KBeaZy were working on a beat and 24K Goldn idly started signing along with a guitar riff Fedi was playing. WK The producers saw the potential of the ad-lib and pleaded with the rapper to set the game aside and record the hook. SF Alexander Cole of Hot New Hip Hop’s called the song “perfect for summer” and said its title “fits the vibe as we get a very summer-inspired beat.” WK Billboard’s Andrew Unterberger called it an “impossibly fresh” “visceral banger.” WK Slate’s Chris Molanphy went so far as to say the song had “one of the most instantly infectious rap-rock refrains ever.” WK Resources: DMDB encyclopedia entry for 24K Goldn SF Songfacts WK Wikipedia First posted 2/18/2024; last updated 10/13/2024.