Robbery (Juice Wrld song)

"Robbery"
Single by Juice Wrld
from the album Death Race for Love
ReleasedFebruary 13, 2019 (2019-02-13)
RecordedJanuary, 2018
Genre
Length4:00
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Nick Mira
Juice Wrld singles chronology
"Roses"
(2018) 		"Robbery"
(2019) 		"Hear Me Calling"
(2019)
Music video
"Robbery" on YouTube

"Robbery" is a song by American rapper Juice Wrld. It was released on February 13, 2019, via Grade A Productions through exclusive licensing to Interscope Records, as the lead single for his second studio album, Death Race for Love.[3][4] "Robbery" has over a billion streams on Spotify.

Background

An emotional separation-themed song,[5] "Robbery" was described as being about "a woman stealing Juice's heart", by Complex[3] and how Juice takes revenge against her while consuming liquor.[6][7]

It was produced by Nick Mira, who also produced Juice's multi-platinum-certified single "Lucid Dreams".[8] Rolling Stone described the song as "dark and melodramatic" while calling it "a clunky metaphor about a woman demanding love" from Juice.[9]

Lyrically, the first verse discusses the comparison of Juice's father advising him about not revealing his insecurities to women and his heart's stance of the contrary.[9]

XXL noted the song as a "heartfelt track about a love that has left Juice broken and confused,"[10] while Highsnobiety identified it as a "melancholic lamenting about a past love."[11][12]

Music video

The official music video for the song was published on Valentine's Day to Lyrical Lemonade, a YouTube channel owned by Cole Bennett, who directed the video along with several of Juice's other music videos.[8]

Bennett was noted for "bringing his after-effects-addled eye" to the video of "Robbery" and "providing it with the same bugged out visual energy" of "Lucid Dreams".[3] Artistically, the video was described as having "splashes of flames" in many scenes while lacking Bennett's signature neon and warping effects.[3]

HipHopDX described the plot as an emo-crooning of Juice while being "surrounded by a background of fire".[13]

Plot-wise, Juice is shown drinking a bottle of Hennessy while walking through the wedding of his ex-lover with another person, to "numb the pain" and "deal with the agony".[8] Shortly after, while leaving, he throws his burning cigarette onto a flower held by a guest, eventually causing the venue's destruction.[8]

The video performance was officially uploaded to the Lyrical Lemonade YouTube channel (as many other Juice songs) on February 14, 2019, a day after the single's release. As of May 2023, the music video as reached more than 469 million views.

Personnel

Adapted from Tidal.

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[44] 3× Platinum 210,000‡
Austria (IFPI Austria)[45] Gold 15,000‡
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[46] Platinum 40,000‡
Canada (Music Canada)[47] Gold 40,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[48] Platinum 90,000‡
France (SNEP)[49] Gold 100,000‡
Germany (BVMI)[50] Gold 200,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[51] Gold 35,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[52] 2× Platinum 60,000‡
Poland (ZPAV)[53] Platinum 50,000‡
Portugal (AFP)[54] Platinum 10,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[55] Gold 30,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[56] Platinum 600,000‡
United States (RIAA)[57] 5× Platinum 5,000,000‡
Streaming
Greece (IFPI Greece)[58] Gold 1,000,000†

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various February 13, 2019 Digital download
[3]
Australia Contemporary hit radio Universal Music Australia [59]

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