STAR by BROCKHAMPTON Song Info
“STAR” was teased via BROCKHAMPTON’s Twitter on May 29, 2017. The track was confirmed for release the next night via Kevin Abstract’s Twitter. Each verse is riddled with movie and actor references, in theme with the title of “STAR” the group expresses their “desire” to be famous. Not only is this an expression of a desire to be famous, but this is also about owning one’s own signature style. This signature is the source of fame and success, themes that BROCKHAMPTON raps about. Each name drop punctuates a series of extraordinary characteristics or actions for a strong ethos and pathos appeal in expressing a transformative collage of signature styles. The outro is called “Perf” and is featured in the music video but not the album. It was produced by group member Jabari Manwa. During the finale episode of American Boyfriend 1st season, Dom McLennon said: “Jabari was playing a beat in the living room. I was in my room, just chilling. And I was, like, “Yo, it would be mad funny if, like, for of all our verses, all we did was just name-drop. Then Ameer comes in, like, the black Tom Hanks thing. It was a great time.“ In an interview on Pigeons & Planes, Ameer Vann said: “[Dom] wrote his verse first, and I thought, ‘[He] can’t have the best verse,’ so we just went back and forth and back and forth until we got those two verses.“ From a 2019 interview with Shia Labeouf on i-D: Shia Labeouf: The brotherhood you built first on the internet and then actualized. Looking back, is there one moment where you felt it click? Kevin Abstract: When we released “Star”. Making that song was a magical moment. I was just listening to it on a loop in my room and then I realized that we’d figured something out. We’d figured out our formula. I wanna get away from that in a way though, I want to find the new formula now.
