Desiigner’s “Timmy Turner” verse for XXL’s 2016 Freshman freestyle was a departure from the norm for several reasons. Firstly, the video showcase is usually a platform for up-and-coming MCs to show off their lyrical prowess, but the 19-year-old instead traded in his (often indecipherable) rapping for some (mostly indecipherable) singing. Secondly, Desiigner showed an eerie calmness in the clip, all snapping fingers and stares rather than his usual excited flailing limbs.
The freestyle video became the most-viewed of this year’s Freshman drops by a wide margin, netting 7.4 million views on YouTube and causing a stir online as viewers tried to decide whether to share it using the flame emoji or the trash emoji.
He’s now shared the cover art for the official version of the song, writing in the caption that the release is “steps away.”
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