Futsal Shuffle 2020


"Futsal Shuffle 2020", or simply titled "Futsal Shuffle" is a song by American rapper Lil Uzi Vert. It was released through Generation Now and Atlantic Records as the lead single from his second studio album, Eternal Atake on December 13, 2019. The song features three sound clips, including two of his interviews with Nardwuar during Breakout Winter Festival and Rolling Loud Festival in Vancouver, British Columbia and Miami, Florida, respectively, as well as from Tyler, the Creator's performance of "Boredom" at the 2019 Camp Flog Gnaw. The song debuted at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, outpeaking "XO Tour Llif3" as Vert's highest charting single on the chart as a solo artist.
The song itself has also inspired a dance based on the song with the same title.

Background and promotion

On November 30, 2019, the rapper teased the release by sharing a preview that shows him dancing to the song on his social media. He called the dance the "Futsal Shuffle". He predicted the dance to "takeover 2020".

Critical reception

Tony M. Centeno at XXL described the song as an "upbeat banger" with a production "that incorporates EDM synths over a bass-heavy loop". Joshua Espinoza of Complex saw it as "a quintessential Uzi track" while lyrically, the track "delivers cocky lines about private jets, money, designer labels, and stealing other dudes' girls". Billboards Lars Brandle thought the song "pours old school rave notes over the Philadelphia rapper's taut wordplay ".

Music video

An official video, directed by Jay Weneta, was released on January 6, 2020. In it, Lil Uzi Vert and his friends perform the song's titular "Futsal Shuffle" dance. The video includes scenes with "vibrant visual effects, including slow-motion touches, random bursts of fireworks and brief flashes of a dancing anime character".

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