"Welcome to the Party" is a song by American music producer
Diplo, Moroccan-American rapper
French Montana and Colombian-American rapper
Lil Pump, featuring guest vocals from American singer
Zhavia Ward. Written by Montana, Pump, Jocelyn Donald and its producers Diplo and
Valentino Khan, it was released by
Columbia Records on May 15, 2018, as the second single from the
soundtrack to the film Deadpool 2 (2018).
Background
Montana spoke of the collaboration during an interview on
Beats 1: "You know Diplo, he's one of the best at what he do, and it just so happened that he had this beat that he was working on. And me and Lil Pump had us doing the '
Gucci Gang' remix and he played it for me and the way everything came together it was just magic."[1][2]
Composition
"Welcome to the Party" is an uptempo
trap song,[3][4] which sees Diplo returning to the pre-dubstep era of
EDM for the production.[5][6] It bears a resemblance to
TNGHT's song "R U Ready", which was sampled by
Kanye West on his 2013 song "
Blood on the Leaves".[7] Lyrically, Montana compares the size of his cash flow to human behemoth and NBA player
Shaquille O'Neal in the opening verse. Pump raps about his newfound luxurious lifestyle and money spending habits.[8]
Music video
An animated video released on the same day as the song shows an animated version of
Deadpool performing popular dance crazes including
twerking,
BlocBoy JB's "shoot" dance and
flossing in front of a blue-gray backdrop.[9][3] The animation was also included in a
Snapchat lens which can be activated by selecting Deadpool's logo.[10][11]
The official music video, directed by Jason Koenig, was released on May 21, 2018, and features the four artists partying and taking part in havoc and destruction interspersed with clips from the movie.[12]
Remixes
A remix by American DJ
Valentino Khan was released on July 4, 2018.[13] A second remix featuring American rappers
Juicy J and
Famous Dex was released on July 27, 2018.[14]
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ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Singles Digital Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select SINGLES DIGITAL - TOP 100 and insert 201822 into search. Retrieved June 7, 2018.