"Rum and Raybans" | |||||||||||||
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Single by Sean Kingston featuring Cher Lloyd | |||||||||||||
Released | November 16, 2012 | ||||||||||||
Recorded | 2012 | ||||||||||||
Genre | EDM, synthpop | ||||||||||||
Length | 3:32 | ||||||||||||
Label | Epic, Beluga Heights | ||||||||||||
Writer(s) | Cameron Forbes, Sean Kingston | ||||||||||||
Producer(s) | The Elev3n | ||||||||||||
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"Rum and Raybans" is a song by American recording artist Sean Kingston, featuring vocals from British singer Cher Lloyd. Written by Cameron Forbes and produced by "The Elev3n", the song was originally released as the second single from Kingston's third studio album, Back 2 Life but was scrapped due to poor charting. It was released on November 16, 2012 as a digital download, in both a clean and an explicit version.
Amy Sciarretto from PopCrush described "Rum and Raybans" as a "sister song" to Nicki Minaj's "Pound the Alarm".
A lyric video was uploaded to YouTube on October 16, 2012. The music video (directed by Hannah Lux Davis) was released November 18, 2012. It shows Kingston partying with other people, while Cher Lloyd does not appear in the video. Chris Brown makes a cameo appearance in the video.