Bandit (Juice Wrld and YoungBoy Never Broke Again song)

{{Short description|2019 single by Juice Wrld and YoungBoy Never Broke Again}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Bandit

| cover = Juice Wrld and YoungBoy Never Broke Again - Bandit.png

| type = single

| artist = Juice Wrld and YoungBoy Never Broke Again

| album = Death Race for Love

| released = {{start date|2019|10|04}}

| recorded =

| genre = * Hip hop

| length = {{duration|m=3|s=9}}

| label = {{hlist|Grade A|Interscope}}

| writer = {{hlist|Jarad Higgins|Kentrell Gaulden|Nick Mira}}

| producer = Nick Mira

| chronology = Juice Wrld

| prev_title = Graduation

| prev_year = 2019

| next_title = Let Me Know (I Wonder Why Freestyle)

| next_year = 2019

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = YoungBoy Never Broke Again

| type = single

| prev_title = Slime Mentality

| prev_year = 2019

| title = Bandit

| year = 2019

| next_title = Dirty Iyanna

| next_year = 2019

}}

{{External music video|{{YouTube|Sw5fNI400E4|"Bandit"}}}}

}}

"Bandit" is a song by American rappers Juice Wrld and YoungBoy Never Broke Again, released as a single on October 4, 2019. It served as the final single released by Juice Wrld as a lead artist before his death,{{efn|While "Bandit" was Juice Wrld's final release of new material before his death, Interscope Records had given "Let Me Know (I Wonder Why Freestyle)", a song originally released in 2017 on Juice Wrld's SoundCloud, an official release hours before his death.{{cite news |last1=Kot |first1=Greg |title=Chicago rapper Juice Wrld and his musical legacy of vulnerability and heartache |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/greg-kot/ct-ent-juice-wrld-dead-appreciation-1210-20191209-62ff4fillnf53piu4ltrrjcanq-story.html |accessdate=December 10, 2019 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=December 9, 2019}}}} suffering from a seizure at Chicago's Midway Airport on December 8, 2019, a few days after his 21st birthday.{{cite web|url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/10/03/listen-to-juice-wrld-nba-youngboy-new-track-bandit-2019|title=Listen to Juice WRLD and NBA YoungBoy's new track "Bandit"|website=The Fader|last=D'Souza|first=Shaad|date=October 3, 2019|accessdate=October 15, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/08/rapper-juice-wrld-dies-aged-21-seizure-chicago-airport-11410998/|title=Rapper Juice Wrld dies aged 21 after seizure|date=2019-12-08|website=Metro|language=en|access-date=2019-12-08}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.tmz.com/2019/12/08/juice-wrld-dead-dies-seizure-chicago-midway-airport-hospital/|title=Juice Wrld Dead at 21 After Seizure in Chicago's Midway Airport|website=TMZ|language=en|access-date=2019-12-08}} It was later added to Juice Wrld's second studio album Death Race for Love as a bonus track.

Written alongside producer Nick Mira, the song peaked at number ten on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming NBA YoungBoy's highest-charting single on the chart and Juice Wrld's second top ten single following "Lucid Dreams", which peaked at number two on the Hot 100 in 2018. The artwork, featuring a crossover of Juice Wrld and NBA YoungBoy's likeness beneath a bandana,{{Citation|title=Juice WRLD - Bandit ft. NBA Youngboy (Dir. by @_ColeBennett_)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw5fNI400E4|language=en|access-date=2019-12-21}}{{Cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/C9dLQz0|title=Bandit Cover|last=Imgur|website=Imgur|language=en|access-date=2019-12-21}} was created by Max Cohen and Robert Gotham.{{cite tweet |last=Cohen |first=Max |user=mxxchn |number=1179563476538273794 |date=October 2, 2019 |title=Artwork for ‘Bandit’ by @JuiceWorlddd @GGYOUNGBOY designed by me typography by @robertgotham 😈🔥 |access-date=October 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031020127/https://twitter.com/mxxchn/status/1179563476538273794 |archive-date=October 31, 2019 |url-status=live}}

Lyrics

The song's lyrics feature Juice Wrld rapping about stealing a girl's heart, calling himself "the definition of a bandit".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8532162/juice-wrld-nba-youngboy-bandit-video|title=Juice WRLD Explores the Swamps With NBA YoungBoy in 'Bandit' Video: Watch|magazine=Billboard|last=Saponara|first=Michael|date=October 4, 2019|accessdate=October 15, 2019}}

Music video

The music video, released on October 4, 2019, was directed by Cole Bennett and features Juice Wrld on a bayou boat ride, during which he holds baby alligators, as well as YoungBoy performing wheelies on a quad bike. It was filmed in YoungBoy's hometown of Baton Rouge, Louisiana and at his residence in Gonzales, Louisiana.{{cite web|url=https://hypebeast.com/2019/10/juice-wrld-bandit-nba-youngboy-music-video|title=Juice WRLD & NBA Youngboy Debut New, Cole Bennett-Directed Video & Single, "Bandit"|website=Hypebeast|last=Montes|first=Patrick|date=October 5, 2019|accessdate=October 15, 2019}}

Charts

=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (2019–2020)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/charts/singles-chart|title=ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=December 16, 2019|accessdate=December 14, 2019}}

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{{single chart|Austria|70|artist=Juice Wrld & YoungBoy Never Broke Again|song=Bandit|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 1, 2019}}
{{single chart|Flanders Tip|22|artist=Juice Wrld & YoungBoy Never Broke Again|song=Bandit|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 2, 2019}}
{{single chart|Canada|11|artist=YoungBoy Never Broke Again|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 15, 2019}}
{{single chart|Czechdigital|85|year=2019|week=50|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 17, 2019}}
scope="row"| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista){{cite web|url=https://www.ifpi.fi/lista/artistit/juice+wrld%2Cyoungboy+never+broke+again/bandit+%28with+youngboy+never+broke+again%29/|title=Juice Wrld,youngboy Never Broke Again: Bandit (With YoungBoy Never Broke Again)|publisher=Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland|language=fi|accessdate=December 23, 2019}}

| 16

scope="row"| Greece (IFPI){{cite web|url=https://www.ifpi.gr/digital_iel.html|title=Official IFPI Charts Digital Singles Chart (International) Week 28 2020|publisher=IFPI Greece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720180441/https://www.ifpi.gr/digital_iel.html|accessdate=July 20, 2020|archive-date=2020-07-20}}

| 14

{{single chart|Hungarystream|29|year=2019|week=45|artist=YoungBoy Never Broke Again|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 14, 2019}}
{{single chart|Ireland3|30|artist=Juice Wrld|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 26, 2019}}
scope="row" | Latvia (LAIPA){{cite web|url=https://www.parmuziku.lv/muzikas-zinas/latvija/muzikas-paterina-tops-50-nedela-8278|title=Mūzikas Patēriņa Tops/ 50. nedēļa|language=Latvian|publisher=LAIPA|date=December 13, 2019|accessdate=December 14, 2019}}

| 17

scope="row"| Lithuania (AGATA){{cite web|url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/savaites-klausomiausi-w42/|title=Savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100)|language=Lithuanian|publisher=AGATA|date=October 21, 2019|accessdate=November 29, 2019}}

| 30

{{single chart|Dutch100|62|artist=Juice Wrld & YoungBoy Never Broke Again|song=Bandit|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 13, 2019}}
{{single chart|New Zealand|40|artist=Juice Wrld & YoungBoy Never Broke Again|song=Bandit|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 26, 2019}}
{{single chart|Norway|16|artist=Juice Wrld & YoungBoy Never Broke Again|song=Bandit|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 2, 2019}}
{{single chart|Portugal|71|artist=Juice Wrld & YoungBoy Never Broke Again|song=Bandit|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 4, 2019}}
{{single chart|Slovakdigital2|72|year=2019|week=43|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 30, 2019}}
{{single chart|Sweden|57|artist=Juice Wrld & YoungBoy Never Broke Again|song=Bandit|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 19, 2019}}
{{single chart|Switzerland|58|artist=Juice Wrld & YoungBoy Never Broke Again|song=Bandit|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 16, 2019}}
{{single chart|UK|42|date=20191025|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 26, 2019}}
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|10|artist=Juice WRLD|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 22, 2019}}
{{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|5|artist=Juice WRLD|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 17, 2019}}
{{single chart|Billboardrapsongs|4|artist=Juice WRLD|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 17, 2019}}
{{single chart|Billboardrhythmic|19|artist=Juice WRLD|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 24, 2019}}
scope="row"| US Rolling Stone Top 100{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/charts/songs/2019-10-10/|title=Top 100 Songs|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=October 10, 2019|accessdate=December 26, 2019|archive-date=October 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015234830/https://www.rollingstone.com/charts/songs/2019-10-10/|url-status=dead}}

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=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (2019)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2019|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=December 6, 2019}}

| 82

scope="row"| US Rolling Stone Top 100{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/charts/songs/year-end/|title=Top 100 Songs of 2019|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=January 10, 2020|accessdate=February 16, 2020|archive-date=March 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307013530/https://www.rollingstone.com/charts/songs/year-end/|url-status=dead}}

| 87

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (2020)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Canada (Canadian Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/canadian-hot-100|title=Canadian Hot 100 – Year-End 2020|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=December 4, 2020}}

| 58

scope="row"| US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/hot-100-songs|title=Hot 100 Songs – Year-End 2020|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=December 4, 2020}}

| 63

scope="row"| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2020|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=December 4, 2020}}

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|artist=Juice Wrld, YoungBoy Never Broke Again|title=Bandit|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2019|certyear=2020|access-date=April 25, 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|artist=Juice Wrld|title=Bandit|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2019|certyear=2024|access-date=June 28, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|artist=Juice Wrld & YoungBoy Never Broke Again|title=Bandit|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2019|certyear=2025|id=15031|access-date=February 18, 2025}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|artist=Juice Wrld & YoungBoy Never Broke Again|title=Bandit|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2019|certyear=2023|access-date=April 7, 2023}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Juice Wrld feat. YoungBoy Never Broke Again|title=Bandit|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|relyear=2019|certyear=2024|source=radioscope|access-date=February 17, 2025}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|artist=Juice Wrld|title=Bandit|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2019|certyear=2023|access-date=September 6, 2023}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Portugal|artist=Juice Wrld & YoungBoy Never Broke Again|title=Bandit|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2019|certyear=2021|id=file_2022-01-26-11-37-08.pdf|access-date=January 27, 2022}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Juice Wrld/Youngboy Never|title=Bandit|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2019|certyear=2024|id=16342-5235-1|access-date=November 1, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Juice Wrld & YoungBoy Never Broke Again|title=Bandit|award=Platinum|number=3|type=single|relyear=2019|certyear=2021|access-date=November 1, 2021}}

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Release history

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
scope="col"| Region

! scope="col"| Date

! scope="col"| Format

! scope="col"| Label

! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row"| Various

| October 4, 2019

| {{hlist|Digital download|streaming}}

| {{hlist|Grade A|Interscope}}

| {{cite web |title=Bandit - Single by Juice Wrld |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/bandit-single/1481647215 |accessdate=October 31, 2019 |date=October 4, 2019 |via= Apple Music}}

scope="row"| United States

| November 5, 2019

| Rhythmic contemporary radio

| {{hlist|Grade A|Interscope}}

| {{cite web|url=https://www.allaccess.com/top40-rhythmic/future-releases|title=Top 40/R Future Releases|accessdate=October 31, 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031123817/https://www.allaccess.com/top40-rhythmic/future-releases|archivedate=October 31, 2019}}

Notes

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References