The story behind LILUZIVERT's nihilistic 2017 smash, XOTOURLlif3, is a classic tale of triumph through tragedy. Here's how the track helped shape and reflect the music and culture of the decade
that we feel most define the decade that was -- the songs that both shaped and reflected the music and culture of the period -- with help telling their stories from some of the artists, behind-the-scenes collaborators and industry insiders involved.’s nihilistic 2017 smash, “XO TOUR Llif3,” is a classic tale of triumph through tragedy.
So he had no choice but to remake all the beats on a cracked computer screen. “I was like, ‘Man, I'm finna make the best beats I've ever made in my life.’ I guess God blessed me with ‘XO TOUR Llif3.’” Its somber strings ushered in the Philadelphia rapper’s elegy, which put the remains of the cheerful feelings he had on Migos’ “Bad and Boujee” to rest, following the break-up with then-girlfriend Brittany Byrd. “I was speaking authentic on ‘XO Tour Llif3,’” Lil Uzi Vert toldBut it was much more than a dark space usually saved for the deepest corners of one’s diary. The rapper revealed heartache, suicidal thoughts and issues with Xanax abuse to the world.
That painfully honest revelation garnered Uzi’s highest-charting single to date and has been certified seven times Platinum by the RIAA. But pushing all of its grand accolades aside, “XO” helped open the floodgates of a surging subgenre: emo-rap. Its influence can be heard in a handful of millennial rappers, from Juice WRLD to the late XXXTentacion. With Uzi at the front line, these new-gen stars took rock’s teen angst and unabashedly claimed it for themselves.
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