"Jackie Brown"
Song by Brent Faiyaz
from the album Wasteland
ReleasedJuly 8, 2022
Length2:50
Label
  • Lost Kids
  • Venice
  • Stem
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Music video
"Jackie Brown" on YouTube

"Jackie Brown" (stylized in all caps) is a song by American R&B singer Brent Faiyaz and the sixteenth track from his second studio album, Wasteland (2022). It was produced by Faiyaz along with L3gion and Jordan Ware.

Critical reception

AllMusic's Andy Kellman wrote that the track is "creative" and "a candied and elegantly smudged ballad in which Faiyaz duets with a feminized version of himself".[1] Writing for HipHopDX, David Aaron Brake noted that the track has a "sharp clarity".[2] The New York Times' Jon Caramanica stated that the track has "new wave shimmers".[3]

Music video

The Lone Wolf and Mark Peaced-directed music video was released over a year after the song's release on August 16, 2023.[4] The music video is inspired by the 1997 Quentin Tarantino-directed, Jackie Brown.[4] In an October 2022 interview with Variety, Faiyaz spoke about the song's inspiration and how it efected the visuals:[5]

"Jackie Brown was one of the movies I was watching during COVID on repeat. Besides the fact that Pam Grier was fine as sh-t in that movie, I also liked the fact that they stay by the beach in L.A., and I stay in Venice. Cinematically, I liked the shots and I liked the colors. For whatever reason, when I watch Tarantino films, it just makes me want to make music. Something about the images just puts sounds in my head. Tarantino’s the GOAT. Cold as f–k."

Charts

Chart performance for "Jacie Brown"
Chart (2022) Peak
position
South Africa (RISA)[6] 60
UK Singles (OCC)[7] 96
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[8] 8
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[9] 34

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[10] Gold 500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ Kellman, Andy. "Brent Faiyaz - Wasteland". AllMusic. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  2. ↑ Brake, David Aaron (July 14, 2022). "Brent Faiyaz Wasteland is an Excellent Insular Rumination on the Duality of Man". HipHopDX. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  3. ↑ Caramanica, Jon (July 20, 2022). "R&B That Sweats, Emotionally and Physically". The New York Times. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
  4. 1 2 Mamo, Hernan (August 24, 2023). "Brent Faiyaz Launches ISO Supremacy Creative Agency, Releases 'Jackie Brown' Music Video". Billboard. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  5. ↑ Gonzalez, Alex (October 19, 2022). "Brent Faiyaz, Poised for R&B Grammy Nods, on the Importance of Staying Indie and Why Tarantino Is His Muse". Variety. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Local & International Streaming Chart Top 100 Week 28-2022". The Official South African Charts. Recording Industry of South Africa. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Brent Faiyaz Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Brent Faiyaz Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  10. ↑ "American single certifications – Brent Faiyaz – Jackie Brown". Recording Industry Association of America.
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