"High Rollin" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter
Jaira Burns
Jaira Burns (born January 14, 1997) is an American singer. She began her music career by uploading covers on YouTube. Burns made her debut in 2017 with the single " Ugly", which was featured in a commercial for Beats Electronics and Balmain hea ...
. It was released on October 20, 2017, by
Interscope Records
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as a single.
It was written by
Alex Schwartz, Jaira Burns, Cara Salimando,
Joe Khajadourian
The Futuristics are a Grammy nominated American songwriting and music production duo consisting of Alex Schwartz and Joe Khajadourian. The duo formed after they met interning at Atlantic Records during the summer of 2005 and are based out of L ...
,
Brett McLaughlin
Brett Leland McLaughlin (born July 22, 1987), known professionally as Leland, is an American singer and songwriter. Based in Los Angeles, California, he has worked closely with a range of popular artists, including Selena Gomez, Troye Sivan, Day ...
and it was produced by Ryan Matthew Tedder and
The Futuristics
The Futuristics are a Grammy nominated American songwriting and music production duo consisting of Alex Schwartz and Joe Khajadourian. The duo formed after they met interning at Atlantic Records
Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply kno ...
. Lyrically, the song is about getting high. To promote the song, an accompanying
music video
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for the track was released on December 6, 2017.
Composition
"High Rollin" was written by
Alex Schwartz,
Jaira Burns
Jaira Burns (born January 14, 1997) is an American singer. She began her music career by uploading covers on YouTube. Burns made her debut in 2017 with the single " Ugly", which was featured in a commercial for Beats Electronics and Balmain hea ...
, Cara Salimando,
Joe Khajadourian
The Futuristics are a Grammy nominated American songwriting and music production duo consisting of Alex Schwartz and Joe Khajadourian. The duo formed after they met interning at Atlantic Records during the summer of 2005 and are based out of L ...
,
Brett McLaughlin
Brett Leland McLaughlin (born July 22, 1987), known professionally as Leland, is an American singer and songwriter. Based in Los Angeles, California, he has worked closely with a range of popular artists, including Selena Gomez, Troye Sivan, Day ...
and it was produced by Ryan Matthew Tedder and
The Futuristics
The Futuristics are a Grammy nominated American songwriting and music production duo consisting of Alex Schwartz and Joe Khajadourian. The duo formed after they met interning at Atlantic Records
Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply kno ...
.
Written in the
key of
E minor
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The E natural minor scale is:
Change ...
, "High Rollin" has a
tempo
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of 96
beats per minute
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. It's an
electro-
R&B track. Lyrically, the song is about getting high. During the
chorus
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, she sings "Soon as I get out of bed I/ Roll one and I smoke up/ Got to change my head/ Car wash, sittin' in my Benz/ I roll one and I smoke up/ Always keep it lit/ Cause we high rollin, high rollin".
Music video
The video for "High Rollin" was directed by Matthew Dillon Cohen. It was released on December 6, 2017, via Burns'
VEVO
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channel. The
music video
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starts with Burns and her friends waking up after the party, they continue the same practice in the backyard during daytime.
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from
Tidal
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* ''Tidal'' (album), a 1996 album by Fiona Apple
* Tidal (king), a king involved in the Battle of the Vale of Siddim
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* Tidal (servic ...
.
*
Jaira Burns
Jaira Burns (born January 14, 1997) is an American singer. She began her music career by uploading covers on YouTube. Burns made her debut in 2017 with the single " Ugly", which was featured in a commercial for Beats Electronics and Balmain hea ...
− vocals, songwriter
*
Alex Schwartz − songwriter, producer
*Cara Salimando − songwriter
*
Joe Khajadourian
The Futuristics are a Grammy nominated American songwriting and music production duo consisting of Alex Schwartz and Joe Khajadourian. The duo formed after they met interning at Atlantic Records during the summer of 2005 and are based out of L ...
− songwriter, producer
*
Brett McLaughlin
Brett Leland McLaughlin (born July 22, 1987), known professionally as Leland, is an American singer and songwriter. Based in Los Angeles, California, he has worked closely with a range of popular artists, including Selena Gomez, Troye Sivan, Day ...
− songwriter
*Ryan Matthew Tedder − songwriter, producer
*
Jaycen Joshua
Jaycen Joshua is an American audio engineer based in California. He won three Grammy Awards: the first for mixing ''Growing Pains'' for Mary J. Blige in 2007, followed by '' El mal querer'' for Rosalía in 2018, and ''Hyperspace'' for Beck in ...
− mixer
References
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2017 singles
2017 songs
Jaira Burns songs
Interscope Records singles
Songs written by Leland (musician)
Song recordings produced by Ryan Tedder
Song recordings produced by the Futuristics
Songs written by Joe Khajadourian
Songs written by Alex Schwartz
Songs written by Jaira Burns
Songs about cannabis