“1997 DIANA” is the band’s fourth single of 2018, following “1999 WILDFIRE”… Read Full Bio ↴“1997 DIANA” is the band’s fourth single of 2018, following “1999 WILDFIRE”, “1998 TRUMAN” and “TONYA”. The song and video were announced via Kevin Abstract’s Twitter.
This reflects the band’s predicament at the time. While they were slated to drop their first summer release under their then-new $15 million dollar RCA record deal, lots of controversy halted their process and resulted in their album rollout being thrown more out of whack.
“1997 DIANA” delivers reference to both the film and perhaps the real life event following the film. 1997 movie Diana and Me revolves around a girl meeting her idol Princess Diana who would tragically died in the August of 1997 only months after the film’s release.
An interview from Princess Diana can be found in the beginning of the Things We Lost in the Fire Radio Episode 3 Intro.
The music video opens with Kevin Abstract taking a video of himself in a mirror with and iPhone, it then cuts to a shot of a gym locker room where we see Milos Mihajlov enter a stall.
Mihajlov introduces himself in Serbian:
“Mоjе име jе Mилош Михаjлов И jа сам пpe краjа пута“
Which translates to:
“My name is Miloš Mihajlov, and I’m at the end of the road.“
This reflects the band’s predicament at the time. While they were slated to drop their first summer release under their then-new $15 million dollar RCA record deal, lots of controversy halted their process and resulted in their album rollout being thrown more out of whack.
“1997 DIANA” delivers reference to both the film and perhaps the real life event following the film. 1997 movie Diana and Me revolves around a girl meeting her idol Princess Diana who would tragically died in the August of 1997 only months after the film’s release.
An interview from Princess Diana can be found in the beginning of the Things We Lost in the Fire Radio Episode 3 Intro.
The music video opens with Kevin Abstract taking a video of himself in a mirror with and iPhone, it then cuts to a shot of a gym locker room where we see Milos Mihajlov enter a stall.
Mihajlov introduces himself in Serbian:
“Mоjе име jе Mилош Михаjлов И jа сам пpe краjа пута“
Which translates to:
“My name is Miloš Mihajlov, and I’m at the end of the road.“
1997 DIANA
BROCKHAMPTON Lyrics
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, yay!
Niggas talk shit, talk a whole lot of shit
Need to quit talkin' shit and give us more, more
Niggas talk shit, talk a whole lot of shit
Need to stop talkin' shit and give me more, more
Niggas talk shit, talk a whole lot of shit
Need to quit talkin' shit and give us more, more
Niggas talk shit, talk a whole lot of shit
Need to stop talkin' shit and give me more, more
Kiss the shoulder, hop in the Corolla
These bitches talkin' shit like the bottom of porta-potties
Bright ass yellow teeth, you a shit talker
Gossip, legs movin' like a salsa dancer
Drunk, fallin' out ya car like a flaccid dick
Aww man, Goddamn
What the fuck wrong with ya?
Say it to my face, pussy-ass boy
Need an Altoid for your hot breath
Like a hot mess, pop your biceps
Cue the 'roid rage
I think I got like five more albums inside my mind
This that shit, that do or die, make your grandmama cry
Keep some baggy jeans on me, keep a Billie Jean on me
Got that New Orleans on me, smellin' like a queen to ya
Cu-cu-cucumber lemonade, I need something fresh today
Barber make the texture fade, actin' out like it's charades
Strawberry sweater fleece, baby, gimme somethin' sweet
We don't gotta be discrete, moonwalking between the seats
Hit on that beat and then stop (Ahh!)
Hop on that booty like, who the hell cutie
Like I don't know cootie
My mama ain't raise no bitch ass
Ain't no kiss ass, ain't no
Get the fuck out of my face now [burp]
Get the fuck out of my way now
You are so far off my level
Stop!
In the barber shop with my niggas (ay)
I ain't never soft for my nigga (ay)
I ain't never copy no nigga (ay)
So quit talkin', bitch nigga, (quit talkin', bitch) Ay
Ay, I wanna buy a Jeep
Ay, that's my energy
Trilogy, that's history
Southside, baby, rest in peace
Uh, lordy lordy, testify, yeah
Got explosives in my mind, yeah
Searchin' feelings I can't find, yeah
I'm a ghost because I grind, yeah
Made a deal with Father Time, yeah
Told me, "Find a way to shine", yeah
"I can make you live forever
All you gotta do is dance until you die", yeah
Niggas talk shit, talk a whole lot of shit
Need to quit talkin' shit and give us more, more
Niggas talk shit, talk a whole lot of shit
Need to stop talkin' shit and give me more, more
Niggas talk shit, talk a whole lot of shit
Need to quit talkin' shit and give us more, more
Niggas talk shit, talk a whole lot of shit
Need to stop talkin' shit and give me more, more
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, yay!
Niggas talk shit, talk a whole lot of shit
Need to quit talkin' shit and give us more, more
Niggas talk shit, talk a whole lot of shit
Need to stop talkin' shit and give me more, more
Niggas talk shit, talk a whole lot of shit
Need to quit talkin' shit and give us more, more
Niggas talk shit, talk a whole lot of shit
Need to stop talkin' shit and give me more, more
Kiss the shoulder, hop in the Corolla
These bitches talkin' shit like the bottom of porta-potties
Bright ass yellow teeth, you a shit talker
Gossip, legs movin' like a salsa dancer
Drunk, fallin' out ya car like a flaccid dick
Aww man, Goddamn
What the fuck wrong with ya?
Say it to my face, pussy-ass boy
Need an Altoid for your hot breath
Like a hot mess, pop your biceps
Cue the 'roid rage
I think I got like five more albums inside my mind
This that shit, that do or die, make your grandmama cry
Keep some baggy jeans on me, keep a Billie Jean on me
Got that New Orleans on me, smellin' like a queen to ya
Cu-cu-cucumber lemonade, I need something fresh today
Barber make the texture fade, actin' out like it's charades
Strawberry sweater fleece, baby, gimme somethin' sweet
We don't gotta be discrete, moonwalking between the seats
Hit on that beat and then stop (Ahh!)
Hop on that booty like, who the hell cutie
Like I don't know cootie
My mama ain't raise no bitch ass
Ain't no kiss ass, ain't no
Get the fuck out of my face now [burp]
Get the fuck out of my way now
You are so far off my level
Stop!
In the barber shop with my niggas (ay)
I ain't never soft for my nigga (ay)
I ain't never copy no nigga (ay)
So quit talkin', bitch nigga, (quit talkin', bitch) Ay
Ay, I wanna buy a Jeep
Ay, that's my energy
Trilogy, that's history
Southside, baby, rest in peace
Uh, lordy lordy, testify, yeah
Got explosives in my mind, yeah
Searchin' feelings I can't find, yeah
I'm a ghost because I grind, yeah
Made a deal with Father Time, yeah
Told me, "Find a way to shine", yeah
"I can make you live forever
All you gotta do is dance until you die", yeah
Niggas talk shit, talk a whole lot of shit
Need to quit talkin' shit and give us more, more
Niggas talk shit, talk a whole lot of shit
Need to stop talkin' shit and give me more, more
Niggas talk shit, talk a whole lot of shit
Need to quit talkin' shit and give us more, more
Niggas talk shit, talk a whole lot of shit
Need to stop talkin' shit and give me more, more
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, yay!
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Ciaran Mcdonald, Clifford Simpson, Dominique Simpson, Jabari Manwarring, Matthew Garrett Champion, Romil Hemnani, Russell Evan Boring
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BRICKxBRICK
1999 wildfire for wildfire:feel the heat, a movie released in 1999 depicting the intensity of wildfires which was frequently and very recently a problem in california. Also wildfire is the name of a popular deck build in magic:the gathering, which alludes to joba’s verse.
1998 truman refers to The Truman Show, released in 1998, starring jim carrey as a character that unknowingly is the star of a reality tv show about his entire life. This alludes to how brockhampton is now becoming very popular and is constantly being filmed by the people around them, being put on stage. The beginning of the song ties this in with audio speaking about how you are being controlled and manipulated by outside sources just like jim carrey’s character.
1997 refers to the death of princess diana which occurred in...you guessed it...1997. I dont know alot about her but she was the princess of wales and was basically a household name, so when she died in a car accident in august of 1997, it was a tragedy for many.
1994 tonya refers to the US figure skater, Tonya Harding, who “In January 1994, Harding became embroiled in controversy when her ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, orchestrated an attack on fellow US Olympian Nancy Kerrigan. After the 1994 Lillehammer Games had ended, Harding ultimately pleaded guilty to hindering the prosecution and was banned for life on June 30, 1994” (from wiki)
So i think the general idea behind the album “the best days of our lives” is that it refers to the 90’s, in which the members of brockhampton grew up in and is often referred to as a great time due to the rise of tech and blah blah blah. But i think what theyre trying to do here is bring up a person/movie from each year that people associate with the 90’s and think “oh yeah i remember that. That was cool” but once you think more deeply about these things, you also see the negative sides of them, such as the wildfires of today, the cameras always on us, the tragic death of a beloved woman, and the downfall of a famous US athlete. So the best days can also be the worst days, but you always remember the good stuff more.
TheAMaazing
Oh dang, fully expected Merlyn on that beat but they still managed to pump out 🔥🔥🔥
I love that Romil got some screen time too lmao, and bearface is forever mood 😂
Andor
*scream time
Sal
Ameer would have killed it...
Andor
na he would have done his same repetitive flow again. just accept that he's gone, i dont tihnk the bh boys likes people constaintly again again moaning about it.
Sal
Andor nah I’m not moaning about anything, I’m simply saying it would have sounded better with this beat
Andor
well okay, it's just so many people are constantly bringing it up and it just feel disrespectful to the boys we should love and respect, like it must be hard already with out people constantly talking about how hb will end or that the group isn't good without amir when he like was yeah great but not why the group was great.
feels like we should just appreciate a great song for what it is, not what i could've been.
ConnorTV
I nodded my head the whole song 🔥this is a bop🔥
Jesús Sarmiento
i love the fact that bearface is just casually sitting alone in a corner while everybody's messing around
Goon squad one
ATHAN because he sucks. They should have kicked him out and kept ameer
Jesús Sarmiento
both are great, i mean :((((((((((