TV Off

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"TV Off"
Single by Kendrick Lamar featuring Lefty Gunplay
from the album GNX
ReleasedNovember 26, 2024 (2024-11-26)[1]
RecordedMay 2024
Genre
Length3:40
Label
Songwriters
Producers
Kendrick Lamar singles chronology
"Not Like Us"
(2024) 		"TV Off" and "Squabble Up"
(2024) 		"Luther"
(2024)
Audio video
"TV Off" on YouTube

"TV Off" (stylized in all lowercase) is a song by American rapper Kendrick Lamar from his sixth studio album, GNX (2024). It was released on November 26, 2024, as one of the album's first singles through PGLang and Interscope Records. It features guest vocals by rapper Lefty Gunplay and was produced by Sounwave, Jack Antonoff, Mustard, Kamasi Washington, Sean Momberger and Larry "Larry Jayy" Sanders.

Background

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Upon release, "TV Off" emerged as one of the standout tracks on the album, mainly due to its sonic resemblance to the Mustard-produced "Not Like Us", released earlier in 2024. According to Mustard, the similarities were "definitely intentional" and revealed that it was recorded around the same time as "Not Like Us" in May 2024 but at two different times, hence the beat switches. The song was especially noted for Lamar screaming Mustard's name as a transition between the two parts,[2][3] subsequently popularized as a meme.[4]

Lamar performed the second half of the song as the closing number to his Super Bowl LIX halftime show with Mustard as the guest. [5]

Composition and content

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"TV Off" is a West Coast hip-hop song[6] split into two distinct parts that are connected through a beat switch around the two-minute mark. The song contains samples from "MacArthur Park" by Monk Higgins,[7] along with a snippet of horns from "The Black Hole – Overture" composed by John Barry for the soundtrack to the film The Black Hole (1979),[8] and an interpolation from "Kick in the Door" by The Notorious B.I.G.[9] As the production of the first part fades out, Mustard's signature tag emerges again as a "booming" percussion kicks in and is followed by Lamar's "animated" scream.[10]

Critical reception

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Zachary Horvath of HotNewHipHop viewed the song as a "pseudo-sequel" to "Watch the Party Die", released exclusively on Lamar's social media in September 2024, as it furthers the idea of resetting the culture in rap music. Despite the superficial similarities to "Not Like Us", distinctions mainly stand out on the lyrical front. Lamar offers his critical stance in regards to social media and the associated distortion of perception.[11] In a mixed review for Pitchfork, Alphonse Pierre said of the song: "Mustard's backside of 'tv off' is drowned out by these cheesy blaring horns that feel made to go dumb in Nike commercials".[12]

Charts

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Certifications

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Certifications for "TV Off"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[55] Platinum 70,000‡
Belgium (BRMA)[56] Gold 20,000‡
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[57] Platinum 40,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[58] Gold 45,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[59] Platinum 30,000‡
Portugal (AFP)[60] Platinum 10,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[61] Gold 400,000‡
Streaming
Greece (IFPI Greece)[62] Platinum 2,000,000†

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Release dates and formats for "TV Off"
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States November 26, 2024 Rhythmic crossover
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