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Redbone
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About
Redbone is a song by hip-hop recording artist Childish Gambino off his album Awaken, My Love! It became the subject of remixes in May 2017 following a popular tweet that described a remix where all the audio is muted as "What Redbone would sound like while you're making out in the bathroom of a house party."
Origin
"Redbone" is the second single off Awaken, My Love! and was released on November 17th, 2016.[1] The song is Gambino's most successful single to date and his first top 40 single. The song also featured in the closing and ending credits of the race-related horror film Get Out directed by Jordan Peele.
On May 14th, 2017, Twitter user @chloestixx tweeted a remix of the song where the audio was heavily muted, captioning it "What Redbone would sound like while you're making out in the bathroom of a house party." Her tweet gained over 85,400 retweets and 195,900 likes (shown below).
What Redbone would sound like while you're making out in the bathroom of a house party pic.twitter.com/1X4T7jFvZc
— chloé (@chloestixx) May 14, 2017
Spread
On May 21st, Twitter user @alanmora1 replied to @chloestixx with his remix, "what redbone would sound like while you're peeing in the bathroom of a house party," that played the audio of the @chloestixx post with the sound of someone urinating in a toilet over it (shown below). His post gained over 5,300 retweets and 13,200 likes.
chloestixx</a> what redbone would sound like while you're peeing in the bathroom of a house party. <a href="https://t.co/c8ruydFBOu">pic.twitter.com/c8ruydFBOu</a></p>— fish. (alanmora1) May 21, 2017
This marked the first of dozens of remixes that riffed on @chloestixx's post. One by Twitter user @YungMondi in which rapper Famous Dex adlibbed over the track (shown below) caught the attention of XXLMag.[2] The spread of the remixes led to an inquiry posted to /r/OutOfTheLoop on the 23rd.[3]
Here's what Redbone would sound like if
FamousDex</a> did the adlibs. <a href="https://t.co/gf2Yd2B6hQ">pic.twitter.com/gf2Yd2B6hQ</a></p>— MONDI (YungMondi) May 21, 2017
Various Examples
What Redbone would sound like while you're playing Gamecube in the bathroom of a house party pic.twitter.com/MvRmSLQ4L8
— tristan brown (@_tristanbrown) May 22, 2017
What Redbone actually sounds like from the bathroom at a house party pic.twitter.com/2P4Y8xwR1O
— dunba (@uncledunba) May 22, 2017
Redbone played in reverse 😳😍😍 pic.twitter.com/gE8IbB1ssJ
— Robert (@delgado_robertt) May 22, 2017
what redbone would sound like if you were adam22 vlogging in the bathroom at a house party pic.twitter.com/bz1zoGTJAp
— internet hippy 2 (@lnternethippy) May 23, 2017
Top Comments
CZŁOWIEK ŁUKASZ
May 24, 2017 at 04:51PM EDT
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May 24, 2017 at 05:51AM EDT