Giné
{{Short description|2022 single by 6ix9ine}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Giné
| cover = 6ix9ine Gine Cover.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = 6ix9ine
| album =
| released = {{Start date|2022|04|15}}
| recorded = 2021
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 2:15
| label = Giné{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/1619358458|title=GINÉ by 6ix9ine on Apple Music|website=Apple Music|access-date=April 24, 2022|archive-date=April 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416042402/https://music.apple.com/us/album/1619358458|url-status=dead}}
| writer = * Daniel Hernandez
- Linards Andzans
- Cesar Peralta
| producer = * Lenzo
- De Emperor Cesar
| prev_title = Zaza
| prev_year = 2021
| next_title = Bori
| next_year = 2023
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|DmKpePzn5-c|"Giné"}}}}
}}
"Giné" (stylized in all caps) is a song by American rapper 6ix9ine. It was released as a single through Giné Music Group on April 15, 2022. The song was produced by Lenzo and De Emperor Cesar. Wizard Lee mixed and mastered the song. Named after an energy drink, "Giné" serves as 6ix9ine's first release in over a year, following his previous single, "Zaza", which was released on February 19, 2021. The week before the release of the song, 6ix9ine announced that he would be releasing a new single the following week.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/tekashi-6ix9ine-shares-new-single-gine-3206075|title=Tekashi 6ix9ine shares new single, 'GINÉ'|work=NME|last=Aubrey|first=Elizabeth|date=April 16, 2022|accessdate=April 16, 2022}} He also announced a NFT collection named after the song after a reported scam for his NFT collection for his 2020 single with Nicki Minaj, "Trollz", surfaced.{{cite web|url=https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/6ix9ine-launches-gine-nft-collection-months-after-trollz-nft-scam-claims-1806387/|title=6ix9ine launches Gine NFT collection months after Trollz NFT "scam" claims|work=Dexerto|last=Hale|first=Jacob|date=April 18, 2022|accessdate=April 18, 2022}}
Composition and lyrics
On "Giné", 6ix9ine boasts about his weaponry and calls out the people he thinks are posers. He references his 2018 federal case: "I shot at all y'all rappers / Real life, no cap / The feds charged me for that, whole fuckin' case, so eat a dick, little nigga".{{cite web|url=https://www.rap-up.com/2022/04/15/6ix9ine-returns-new-song-gine/|title=6ix9ine Returns with New Single 'GINÉ'|work=Rap-Up|date=April 15, 2022|accessdate=April 15, 2022}} He then takes shots at fellow rapper Lil Durk and Durk's late Only the Family artist, King Von, rapping: "Your man got shot, you made a diss track / Go get a gun and get some get back / Your man got shot, he not coming back / Go get a gun and get some get back".{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/6ix9ine-gine|title=6ix9ine Returns With New Song and Video for "GINÉ"|work=Complex|last=Callas|first=Brad|date=April 15, 2022|accessdate=April 15, 2022}}
Music video
The official music video for "Giné" premiered alongside the release of the song on April 15, 2022. Filled with color, it includes plenty of women sporting thongs who twerk around 6ix9ine and the background matches the color of his rainbow-colored hair.{{cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.69589/title.6ix9ine-returns-taunting-lil-durk-in-new-gine-video|title=6ix9ine Returns Taunting Lil Durk In New 'GINE' Video|work=HipHopDX|last=Saponara|first=Michael|date=April 15, 2022|accessdate=April 15, 2022}} At the beginning and end of the video, the energy drink of the same name is promoted by showing different flavors of it.{{cite web|url=https://thesource.com/2022/04/18/tekashi-6ix9ine-returns-with-new-video-gine/|title=Tekashi 6ix9ine Returns with New Video 'GINÉ'|work=The Source|last=Grant|first=Shawn|date=April 18, 2022|accessdate=April 18, 2022}} Alexander Cole of HotNewHipHop felt that "this product placement has never been beneath 6ix9ine, although it is still a bit jarring to see when you're about to indulge in a new track".{{cite web|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/6ix9ine-flaunts-a-whole-lot-of-women-and-paints-in-new-visual-for-gin-new-video.46864.html|title=6ix9ine Flaunts A Whole Lot Of Women & Paints In New Visual For "GINÉ"|work=HotNewHipHop|last=Cole|first=Alexander|date=April 15, 2022|accessdate=April 15, 2022}}
Charts
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| scope="col"| Chart (2022)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{single chart|Canada|80|artist=6ix9ine|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 26, 2022}} |
| scope="row"| New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/hot-singles/2022-04-22|title=NZ Hot Singles Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=April 25, 2022|access-date=April 26, 2022}}
| 23 |
| {{single chart|Billboardhot100|83|artist=6ix9ine|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 26, 2022}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|26|artist=6ix9ine|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 26, 2022}} |
References
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