Yaya (song)


"Yaya" is a song by American rapper 6ix9ine. It was released on July 3, 2020, alongside a music video. The song was written by 6ix9ine, Anas Rahmoune, Edgar Semper, John Iyinbor, Kedin Maysonet, Luian Malave, Pablo Fuentes, and Xavier Semper and produced by Ramoon and Ransom Beatz. It interpolates the 2003 song "Baila Morena" by Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Héctor & Tito.

Background

6ix9ine first announced the song and its release date on June 27, 2020, in an Instagram Story. He confirmed the track's title in an Instagram video on June 29, with a bikini-clad woman giving him a lap dance and twerking in a studio. He previewed the song with him singing in Spanish and further called it his "best one so far". This marks the third time 6ix9ine, whose mother is Mexican and father is Puerto Rican, released a Spanish song, following the Dummy Boy tracks "Bebe" and "Mala", both of which featured Puerto Rican singer Anuel AA. It is unknown if this track will appear on his second English album or on his Spanish album, both of which he is working on.

Music video

As with "Gooba" and "Trollz", the video for "Yaya" was filmed at 6ix9ine's home, in his living room, while he was under house arrest. The video was released along with the song.

Commercial performance

"Yaya" debuted at number 99 on the Billboard Hot 100, tying with "Gotti" as 6ix9ine's lowest charting single to date. It is a commercial failure in comparison to his previous single "Trollz", which peaked at number one, three weeks prior.
In Europe, the song was moderately successful, peaking at number 8 in Hungary, number 46 in Switzerland and number 87 in the UK, becoming one of his least successful songs of his career.

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal and YouTube.

Release history