"Bleed It" is a song by American rapper
Blueface
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. It was released as a single on January 11, 2019 and released to
rhythmic radio
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on February 19, 2019.
It is the lead single from his second extended play, Dirt Bag (''2019'')''.'' The music video, directed by
Cole Bennett
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Early life
Cole Ben ...
, was released prior in December 2018 on the Lyrical Lemonade
YouTube
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channel. It reached number 46 on the US ''
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Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
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chart after the success of his previous single "
Thotiana
"Thotiana" (originally titled "Thothiana" and originally stylized in lowercase) is a song by American rapper Blueface. Its music video premiered on WorldStarHipHop's YouTube channel on July 5, 2018. It was then released as a single from Blueface' ...
".
Critical reception
Along with Blueface's other tracks "Thotiana" and "Next Big Thing", ''HotNewHipHop'' said that on "Bleed It", "it's clear that Blueface has a knack for stringing together some pretty funny yet lyrical bars". Trent Fitzgerald of ''
XXL'' said the track features "gun-toting rhymes".
Music video
The music video for "Bleed It" was directed by
Cole Bennett
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Early life
Cole Ben ...
for Lyrical Lemonade and released in December 2018. It features Blueface walking around his neighborhood with his friends, with ''Hypebeast'' observing that Blueface is "stunting". ''
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It is o ...
'' summarized the video as "Blueface, his friends, and a mop all cut together with
datamosh
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-y special effects".
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References
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2018 songs
2019 singles
Blueface songs