No Idea

Album: Heaven Or Hell (2019)
Charted: 43
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Songfacts®:

  • Caleb Zackery Toliver is a Houston Trap&B rapper and singer who performs under the name of Don Toliver. He first gained notice with his feature on Travis Scott's Astroworld track "Can't Say."
  • Rather than using a pen, Toliver steps into the studio to vibe off the beat. He comes up with the hook on the fly, then fills in the verses. This song is an improvised, soul-infused reflection on a girl he wants to get with.
  • Canadian producer and frequent Travis Scott collaborator WondaGurl helped write this track. Toliver told Complex the song is, "Just me kind of expressing my thoughts on where I'm at right now and touching back on events in the past, as well."
  • Originally released on May 29, 2019, the song trended several months later on the video-sharing app TikTok. The plays it gained from the social media platform catapulted "No Idea" into the Billboard Hot 100.

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