Roll Deep (Hyuna song)
Hyuna's lead single from her fourth EP, featuring Jung Il-hoon.
Roll Deep, also called Because I’m The Best or Cause I’m God Girl, is a track by South Korean artist Hyuna. It came out as the main single from her fourth EP, A+, on August 21, 2015, and includes rapper Jung Il-hoon from BtoB. The song reached number 13 on South Korea’s Gaon Digital Chart and number 3 on the US World Digital Song Sales chart.
Quick Facts
- Artist
- Hyuna featuring Jung Il-hoon
- Released
- 21 August 2015
- Recorded
- 2015
- Genre
- K-pop
- dance
- hip hop
- Length
- 3:22
- Label
- Cube
- Writer
- Seo Jae-woo
- Big Sancho
- Son Young-jin
- Jung Il-hoon
- Producer
- Seo Jae-woo
- Big Sancho
- Son Young-jin
Facts from the source article.
Critical reception
Critical response to "Roll Deep" was mixed. Billboard's Jeff Benjamin praised the track, noting Hyuna's confident rapping and playful remarks about her swag, and highlighted the hard-hitting, synth-heavy hip-hop production reminiscent of Mike Will Made It and DJ Mustard. He also commended the music video's tongue-in-cheek presentation. Conversely, IZM critic Jeon Min-seok described the song as rustic and lacking, and called the rap sloppy.
Commercial performance
The song debuted at number 32 on the Gaon Digital Chart for August 16–22, 2015, with 80,086 downloads and 843,443 streams in its first two days. It peaked at number 13 in its second week, selling 107,723 downloads and accumulating 2,599,263 streams. "Roll Deep" charted for nine consecutive weeks in the Top 100. On the US World Digital Songs chart, it debuted at number 3 for the week ending October 10, 2015. By the end of 2015, the song had sold over 467,000 digital downloads in South Korea.
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