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ISpy (Kyle song)

"iSpy"
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Single by Kyle featuring Lil Yachty
Released December 2, 2016
Format Digital download
Recorded 2016
Genre Hip hop
Length
  • 4:13 (single)
  • 3:44 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Ayo
  • Superduperbrick
  • Lege Kale
Kyle singles chronology
"Blame"
(2016)
"iSpy"
(2016)
"Want Me Bad"
(2017)
"Blame"
(2016)
"iSpy"
(2016)
"Want Me Bad"
(2017)
Lil Yachty singles chronology
"After the Afterparty"
(2016) After the Afterparty2016
"iSpy"
(2016) iSpy2016
"It Takes Two"
(2017) It Takes Two2017

"iSpy" is a single by American rapper Kyle. It was released on December 2, 2016, by Indie-Pop and Atlantic Records. It features vocals from American rapper Lil Yachty. The song was produced by Ayo and Lege Kale.

In an interview for website Genius, Kyle spoke on the creation process behind the song:

The making of “iSpy” it was super casual. It was me and Ayo in the studio. We just wanted to make some feel-good shit. I just had this little piano and started playing bomp bomp bomp—very badly, though, ’cause I’m not that raw. And then Ayo replayed it and made it saucy.

The music video was released on April 7, 2017 on Kyle's YouTube account. It was directed by Colin Tilley. The official video features the heads of Kyle and Lil Yachty animated onto to children's bodies for the duration of the video, with one critic noting that, "their childish sense of humour beams out of every scene." Discussing the idea for the video, Kyle said, "It was [Tilley's] concept. I just agreed on it. I told him, 'This song is fun. The video needs to be twice as fun...' It doesn't get more feel good than being a baby surrounded by incredible looking women at the beach with no cares in the world."

Prior to the release of the official video, an animated lyric video was released on Kyle's YouTube channel and amassed 19 million in its first month, causing the song to receive an uptick in recognition.

The lyric video was well received, with one critic saying, "The track itself came out [in 2016], but the video...makes the song sound even better." The lyric video was produced by Carpool Films, directed by Jayme Lamperle, and animated by Lamperle, Courtney Garvin, Frank Gidlewski, Evan Red Borja and Jake Reed.

David Drake of Complex wrote that the song is "reminiscent of 'Broccoli', between the stop-start kick drums, its sweet charming tone, and the evident fun of its screwball lyrics".

"iSpy" debuted at number 80 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the chart dated January 14, 2017. It has so far peaked at number four on the chart, becoming Kyle's first and Lil Yachty's second top five single.

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
double-daggersales+streaming figures based on certification alone


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