Backd00r

{{Short description|2025 song by Playboi Carti featuring Kendrick Lamar and Jhené Aiko}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Backd00r

| type = song

| artist = Playboi Carti featuring Kendrick Lamar and Jhené Aiko

| album = Music

| released = March 14, 2025

| recorded =

| genre = {{hlist|R&B{{cite web |last1=Diaz |first1=Angel |last2=Saponara |first2=Michael |title=Every Song From Playboi Carti’s ‘Music’ Album Ranked: Critic’s Picks |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/playboi-carti-i-am-music-tracks-ranked-2025/ |website=Billboard |access-date=March 26, 2025 |date=March 14, 2025}}|melodic rap}}

| length = 3:10

| label = {{hlist|AWGE|Interscope}}

| writer = {{hlist|Jordan Carter|Kendrick Duckworth|Mark Williams|Raul Cubina|Keanu Torres|Jarrod Morgan|Jugraj Nagra|Darius Rameshni|Antony Olabode|Beverley Knight|Victor Redwood-Sawyerr}}

| producer = {{hlist|Ojivolta|Twisco|Keanu Beats|Nagra|Darius Rameshni|}}

}}

"Backd00r" (stylized as "BACKD00R") is a song by American rapper Playboi Carti, featuring American rapper Kendrick Lamar and American singer Jhené Aiko. It was released through AWGE and Interscope Records as the tenth track from Carti's third studio album, Music, on March 14, 2025. The song was written by Playboi Carti and Kendrick Lamar, alongside producers Ojivolta, Keanu Beats, Darius Rameshni and Jugraj Nagra, who produced it with Jarrod "Twisco" Morgan. The song contains a sample of Mutual Feeling by Beverley Knight.

Composition

The song finds all three artists performing in a crooning, melodic style,{{cite web |last1=Cummings-Grady |first1=Mackenzie |title=Playboi Carti’s ‘MUSIC’: All Guest Features Ranked |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/playboi-carti-music-features-ranked-kendrick-lamar-future/ |website=Billboard |access-date=March 26, 2025 |date=March 14, 2025}}{{Cite news |last=Beaumont-Thomas |first=Ben |date=March 17, 2025 |title=Playboi Carti: Music review – the most anticipated rap album this decade was worth the wait |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/mar/17/playboi-carti-music-review-the-most-anticipated-rap-album-this-decade-was-worth-the-wait |access-date=March 26, 2025 |newspaper=The Guardian |language=en-GB }}{{Cite magazine |last=Williams |first=Kyann-Sian |date=March 14, 2025 |title=Playboi Carti – Music review: cinematic chaos|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/playboi-carti-music-review-3846905 |access-date=March 26, 2025 |magazine=NME |language=en-GB}}{{Cite magazine |last=Lyons-Burt |first=Charles |date=March 17, 2025 |title=Playboi Carti Music Review: Abstract and All-Encompassing |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/playboi-carti-music-album-review/ |access-date=March 26, 2025 |magazine=Slant Magazine |language=en-US}} over production that music critics have described as "Hungarian psych sample underpinning the superb Philly, dainty chipmunk-soul" and a "swishy Evilgiane-type beat". Kendrick Lamar and Jhené Aiko both sing on the chorus, where Playboi Carti also repeatedly chirps "backdoor". Lamar displays a vocal style that has been compared to his performances on his collaborations with SZA, "Luther" and "30 for 30".

Critical reception

The song received positive reviews. Billboard ranked it the best song from Music and also at fourth place in a list of the album's best guest features, writing that Playboi Carti's verses "add the perfect bit of spice" to Kendrick Lamar's melodies and "Kendrick has yet to spit any serious bars at this point in the album, but hearing him and Carti together remains exciting as they chart this new territory together." Kyann-Sian Williams of NME considered it the best collaboration between Carti and Lamar on the album. Charles Lyons-Burt of Slant Magazine called "Backd00r" the "antithesis to Whole Lotta Red{{'s}} shifty paranoia", additionally commenting "The result is the one of the most seductive Carti tracks ever."

Personnel

Credits and personnel adapted from Tidal.{{cite web |title=Credits / MUSIC - SORRY 4 DA WAIT / Playboi Carti |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/426191611/credits |access-date=March 14, 2025 |publisher=Tidal}}

Musicians

Jordan Carter – vocals
Kendrick Lamar – vocals
Jhené Aiko – vocals
Mark Williams – production
Raul Cubina – production
Keanu Torres – production
Daruis Rameshni – production
Jugraj Nagra – production

Technical

Glenn Schick – mastering
Jonathan Turner – mixing
Marcus Fritz – mixing, recording
Ray Charles Brown Jr. – recording

Charts

scope="row"\| Australia (ARIA){{cite magazine\|title=The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 24 March 2025\|magazine=The ARIA Report\|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association\|issue=1829\|page=4\|date=March 24, 2025}} \| 61
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+ Chart performance for "Backd00r" ! scope="col"\| Chart (2025) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
scope="row"\| Australia Hip Hop/R&B (ARIA){{cite web\|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/hip-hop-r-and-b-singles-chart/2025-03-24\|title=ARIA Top 40 Hip Hip/R&B Singles Chart\|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association\|date=March 24, 2025\|access-date=March 26, 2025}} \| 17
{{single chart\|Canada\|36\|artist=Playboi Carti\|rowheader=true\|access-date=March 26, 2025}}
{{single chart\|Czechdigital\|52\|year=2025\|week=12\|rowheader=true\|access-date=March 27, 2025}}
scope="row"\| France (SNEP){{cite web\|url=http://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-la-semaine/top-albums/?categorie=Top%20Singles&semaine=12\|title=Top Singles (Week 12, 2025)\|publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique\|language=French\|access-date=March 26, 2025}} \| 139
{{single chart\|Billboardglobal200\|25\|artist=Playboi Carti\|rowheader=true\|access-date=March 26, 2025}}
scope="row"\| Lithuania (AGATA){{cite web\|url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s12-4/\|title=2025 12-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)\|language=lt\|publisher=AGATA\|date=March 21, 2025\|access-date=March 26, 2025}} \| 31
scope="row"\| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ){{cite web\|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/singles/2025-03-21\|title=NZ Top 40 Singles Chart\|publisher=Recorded Music NZ\|date=March 21, 2025\|access-date=March 26, 2025}} \| 36
{{single chart\|Slovakdigital2\|35\|year=2025\|week=12\|rowheader=true\|access-date=March 27, 2025}}
scope="row"\| Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan){{cite web\|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215/?dspy=2025&dspp=12\|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 12, 2025\|publisher=Sverigetopplistan\|access-date=March 26, 2025}} \| 17
{{single chart\|UKstreaming\|57\|date=20250321\|rowheader=true\|access-date=March 26, 2025}}
{{single chart\|Billboardhot100\|25\|artist=Playboi Carti\|rowheader=true\|access-date=March 26, 2025}}
{{single chart\|Billboardrandbhiphop\|11\|artist=Playboi Carti\|rowheader=true\|access-date=March 26, 2025}}

References

Category:2025 songs

Category:Playboi Carti songs

Category:Kendrick Lamar songs

Category:Jhené Aiko songs

Category:Song recordings produced by Kanye West

Category:Songs written by Playboi Carti

Category:Songs written by Kendrick Lamar

Category:Songs written by Jhené Aiko

Category:Songs written by Kanye West