"Framed" is a song by American rapper

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. It was first released on December 15, 2017, as a twelfth release track from his ninth solo studio album '' Revival''. A music video for a non-single track is released in April 2018.

Composition

The song, produced by

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, samples Czechoslovakian

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band C&K Vocal's 1976 song "Pilgrim". In the third verse of the song, the word "raping" is censored in the line: "Just escaped from the state pen for raping eight women who hate men."

Music video

A music video for the song was released on April 3, 2018. This followed a trailer for the video that was previously released on March 28. As of March 2025, the video has received over 30 million views. The video begins with Fox 2 News reporter Josh Landon playing the role of a reporter named Stan Dresden (referring to Eminem's song Stan) on a CRT TV, stating: "''It's been a terrifying two weeks in the city of Detroit after Marshall Mathers, professionally known as Eminem, escaped from an asylum."'' Then the music starts and Eminem raps the first verse in a forest and a house. After that the music cuts, the news reporter interviews a detective named Shelter (referring to a music venue of the same name, which was used as a rap battle venue for Eminem's character ''B-Rabbit'' in his film titled 8 Mile), who goes into the house that Eminem is in. Eminem raps the chorus of the song in that same house. The second verse starts in a forest, then cuts to the detective inside the house. Detective Shelter conducts an interrogation through the second chorus, but sees Eminem is in

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of the accusations. The third verse starts with a black screen that says "3 AM," referencing his song '3 a.m.' which also depicts mental issues and murder. Then he is taken back to the mental asylum, where he gets a needle shot into his arm as the video slowly fades.

Live performances

The song made its live debut at Eminem's

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performance on April 15, 2018. The song was placed on most setlists for the Revival Tour.

Reception

In a positive review, '' XXL'' called the song "eerie and awesome." In contrast, ''

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'' reacted negatively, stating, "his slow-motion yelling of the title aims for an unholy hybrid of

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, and Pee-wee Herman, and somehow still falls short."

Charts

Legacy

On his 2018 song " The Ringer" from his follow-up album ''

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'', Eminem references the U.S. Secret Service visiting him in response to lyrics on ''Revival'' perceived to be threatening towards then-president

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filed a

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request with the Secret Service to find out if this was true. In October 2019, the Secret Service revealed to BuzzFeed that, in response to an email from a

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employee pressing the agency to investigate Eminem for his "threatening lyrics" about

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on "Framed," they had conducted a

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and arranged an interview, in which the interviewers read the verse out loud to Eminem—and he rapped along. The agency subsequently decided against referring the case to a federal prosecutor.

References

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