One Call

Album: Ghetto Fabulous (2023)
Charted: 60
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Songfacts®:

  • The lyrics of "One Call" revolve around trust, hedonism, and lavish spending. Rich Amiri spills the tea on a life soaked in indulgence and excess. Pills got him tossing his cookies, and he's dropping cash like it's nothing – taking girls shopping and flexing in chrome.

    The chorus reflects a deep-seated skepticism towards others. However, with just one call, he's flipping the script, showing he's the puppet master in this game. But trust? Yeah, that's a rare currency for him.
  • Portland, Oregon producer Rio Leyva (Drake's "BackOutsideBoyz," Lil Tecca's "500lbs") and underground producer Zuko created the beat.
  • Amiri dropped "One Call" via Internet Money/10K Projects as the third single from Ghetto Fabulous on November 3, 2023. The album was supposed to be released on November 3, 2023, but it was delayed for a fortnight. As a result, 10K Projects released "One Call" instead.
  • I don't trust a soul, I don't trust nobody
    Threw up off some pills, I don't trust my own body


    The tune blew up on TikTok thanks to its killer opening lines. Teamed up with some banging pluggnb beats, the lyrics slyly tapped into the social media craze for "haters," serving up a golden ticket for the single to skyrocket on the platform. But "One Call" didn't stop there. It also became the soundtrack for another trend: creators comparing their crushes to iconic lovestruck characters from TV and movies.

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