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Liquor (song)

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Released
  
June 26, 2015

Recorded
  
2015

Length
  
3:47

Format
  
Digital download

Genre
  
Psychedelic-R&B soul

Label
  
RCA

"Liquor" is a song by American recording artist Chris Brown from his seventh studio album Royalty. It was released as the lead single on June 26, 2015, by RCA Records.

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Background and composition

On June 25, 2015, Billboard revealed that Brown's new album will be released in the fall of that year. In the same interview with Billboard, Brown stated that "Liquor" will be included in the album's track list. The song was premiered on June 25 and was released for digital download the next day.

"Liquor" was written by Chris Brown, ToneStith, Jordan Evans, Matthew Samuels and Omega Shelton, and was produced by ToneStith and The Aquarius. The song is an R&B and soul song with heavy influences from psychedelic music.

Commercial performance

The song achieved moderate success, peaking at number 60 on US Billboard Hot 100.

Music video

On August 7, 2015, a few images from the music video shoot were released online. On August 27, 2015 Brown uploaded a teaser for "Liquor" on his Instagram. The music video premiered on September 22, 2015, along with "Zero" as one video.

Synopsis

The music video for "Liquor/Zero" was directed by Brown. The “Liquor” part of the video begins with Brown at the bar alone drowning his sorrows, before accepting a drink from a female, that had put a drug in his glass. Brown after drinking that drink starts to feel confused. After that, the girl and Brown take a taxi that takes them to the girl's house, but Brown is under the effect of the drug and sees everything in a psychedelic way. After the night spent with the woman, the "Liquor" part ends with Brown that takes a taxi that takes him to his home.

References

Liquor (song) Wikipedia