K Pop (Playboi Carti song)

{{Infobox song

| name = K Pop

| type = song

| artist = Playboi Carti

| album = Music

| released = *March 13, 2024 (Instagram)

March 14, 2025 (streaming)

| recorded = 2023–2024

| genre = Hip-hop

| length = 1:52

| label = * AWGE

Interscope

| writer = * Jordan Carter

| producer = * Ojivolta

Cardo
Twisco

| misc = {{External music video|type=song|{{Instagram|reel/C4b5vOtAeze|K Pop}}}}

}}

"K Pop" (stylized in all caps, also known as "Ketamine") is a song by American rapper Playboi Carti. It was released through AWGE and Interscope Records as the third track from Carti's third studio album, Music, on March 14, 2025. The song was written by Playboi Carti, alongside producers Ojivolta, Cardo and Jarrod "Twisco" Morgan. The song was originally teased online in 2024 with the name "Ketamine".{{Cite web |last=Shafer |first=Steven J. Horowitz,Ellise |date=2025-03-14 |title=Playboi Carti Releases New Album ‘Music’ With Features From Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott, the Weeknd and More |url=https://variety.com/2025/music/news/playboi-carti-releases-i-am-music-kendrick-lamar-1236336542/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

Background

In 2023–2024, Playboi Carti released several snippets of upcoming music to be released in his third studio album, Music.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-13 |title=Playboi Carti Drops Off "Ketamine" |url=https://hypebeast.com/2024/3/playboi-carti-ketamine-single-music-video-stream |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=Hypebeast}} On March 13, 2024, Playboi Carti released "Ketamine" through social media with accompanying visuals.{{Cite web |last=Powell |first=Jon |title=Playboi Carti strikes again with "KETAMINE" visual and the fans are loving it |url=https://www.revolt.tv/article/fans-react-to-playboi-cartis-latest-visual-for-ketamine |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=REVOLT}} He then performed it live for the first time, alongside other Music snippets, at the Summer Smash 2024 festival.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-06-16 |title=Playboi Carti Debuts 10 Songs During Summer Smash Set |url=https://www.spin.com/2024/06/playboi-carti-debuts-10-songs-during-summer-smash-set/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=SPIN |language=en-US}}

On March 14, 2025, Playboi Carti released his third studio album, Music, and included "Ketamine", renamed to "K Pop", as the third song in its track listing.{{Cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |date=2025-03-14 |title=Playboi Carti Releases New Album Music |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/playboi-carti-releases-new-album-music-listen/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}

Production

The song, clocking in at under two minutes, lacks a hook and features Playboi Carti "doing yelpy free-association over an apocalyptically eerie beat."{{Cite web |date=2024-03-13 |title=Playboi Carti Releases New Song "Ketamine": Listen |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2255515/playboi-carti-ketamine/music/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=Stereogum |language=en}}

Critical reception

In a ranking of "loosies" released by Playboi Carti in the lead-up to Music's release in 2025, Complex placed "Ketamine" in seventh place: "The track has arguably some of the best production in the singles run. But there’s something that feels wasted here. The track is just too short, clocking in at not even two minutes, with the last 20 seconds dedicated to the beat riding out."{{Cite web |title=Ranking Playboi Carti's Loosies From the 'I Am Music' Era |url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/kieranpr/playboi-carti-i-am-music-songs |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=Complex |language=en}}

Hit Channel lauded the song as proof of Playboi Carti's "artistic rebellion" and lauded its "haunting beat and frenetic delivery," ultimately calling him "a testament to the transformative power of chaos. With each release, he defies expectations, carving out a space uniquely his own in the ever-evolving tapestry of music."{{Cite web |date=2024-03-13 |title=Listen Playboi Carti New Song "Ketamine" {{!}} Hit Channel |url=https://hit-channel.com/playboi-carti-returns-with-new-song-ketamine-listen/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |language=en-US}}

Billboard called "K Pop" the seventh best song in Music, calling its production "cinematic, dramatic and fantastic."{{Cite web |last=Saponara |first=Michael |last2=Diaz |first2=Angel |date=2025-03-14 |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/cocaine-nose/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}

Personnel

Credits 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}}{{div col}}

Jordan Carter – vocals, songwriter
Jarrod Morgan – producer, songwriter
Mark Williams – producer, songwriter
Raul Cubina – producer, songwriter
Ronald Nathan LaTour, Jr. – producer, songwriter
Ojivolta – mastering engineer
Marcus Fritz – mixing engineer
Marcus Fritz – recording engineer{{div col end}}

Charts

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+ Chart performance for "K Pop" ! scope="col"\| Chart (2025) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
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}} \| 73
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 21, 2025}} \| 20
{{single chart\|Canada\|50\|artist=Playboi Carti\|rowheader=true\|access-date=March 25, 2025}}
{{single chart\|Czechdigital\|35\|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}} \| 195
{{single chart\|Billboardglobal200\|35\|artist=Playboi Carti\|rowheader=true\|access-date=March 25, 2025}}
scope="row"\| Greece International (IFPI){{cite web\|url=https://www.ifpi.gr/digital_iel.html\|title=Official IFPI Charts − Digital Singles Chart (International) − Εβδομάδα: 12/2025\|publisher=IFPI Greece\|access-date=March 26, 2025\|language=el\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250326080910/https://www.ifpi.gr/digital_iel.html\|archive-date=March 26, 2025\|url-status=dead}} \| 28
scope="row" \| Latvia (LaIPA){{cite web\|url=https://sejas.tvnet.lv/8216809/latvijas-muzikas-topu-parnem-reperis-playboi-carti-vadiba-atgriezas-sudden-lights\|title=Latvijas mūzikas topu pārņem reperis Playboi Carti; vadībā atgriežas "Sudden Lights"\|trans-title=Rapper Playboi Carti takes over the Latvian music chart; Sudden Lights returns to the top\|language=lv\|publisher={{Ill\|TV Net\|lv\|TVNET GRUPA}}\|access-date=March 25, 2025\|date=March 25, 2025}} \| 11
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 21, 2025}} \| 26
{{single chart\|Slovakdigital2\|25\|year=2025\|week=12\|rowheader=true\|access-date=March 27, 2025}}
scope="row"\| UK Streaming (OCC){{cite web\|url=https://officialcharts.com/charts/streaming-chart/20250321/7510/\|title=Official Streaming Chart Top 100\|publisher=Official Charts Company\|access-date=March 21, 2025}} \| 77
{{single chart\|Billboardhot100\|38\|artist=Playboi Carti\|rowheader=true\|access-date=March 25, 2025}}
{{single chart\|Billboardrandbhiphop\|18\|artist=Playboi Carti\|rowheader=true\|access-date=March 25, 2025}}

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|+ Chart performance for "K Pop"

! scope="col"| Chart (2025)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

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}}

| 73

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 21, 2025}}

| 20

{{single chart|Canada|50|artist=Playboi Carti|rowheader=true|access-date=March 25, 2025}}

{{single chart|Czechdigital|35|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}}

| 195

{{single chart|Billboardglobal200|35|artist=Playboi Carti|rowheader=true|access-date=March 25, 2025}}

scope="row"| Greece International (IFPI){{cite web|url=https://www.ifpi.gr/digital_iel.html|title=Official IFPI Charts − Digital Singles Chart (International) − Εβδομάδα: 12/2025|publisher=IFPI Greece|access-date=March 26, 2025|language=el|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250326080910/https://www.ifpi.gr/digital_iel.html|archive-date=March 26, 2025|url-status=dead}}

| 28

scope="row" | Latvia (LaIPA){{cite web|url=https://sejas.tvnet.lv/8216809/latvijas-muzikas-topu-parnem-reperis-playboi-carti-vadiba-atgriezas-sudden-lights|title=Latvijas mūzikas topu pārņem reperis Playboi Carti; vadībā atgriežas "Sudden Lights"|trans-title=Rapper Playboi Carti takes over the Latvian music chart; Sudden Lights returns to the top|language=lv|publisher={{Ill|TV Net|lv|TVNET GRUPA}}|access-date=March 25, 2025|date=March 25, 2025}}

| 11

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 21, 2025}}

| 26

{{single chart|Slovakdigital2|25|year=2025|week=12|rowheader=true|access-date=March 27, 2025}}

scope="row"| UK Streaming (OCC){{cite web|url=https://officialcharts.com/charts/streaming-chart/20250321/7510/|title=Official Streaming Chart Top 100|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=March 21, 2025}}

| 77

{{single chart|Billboardhot100|38|artist=Playboi Carti|rowheader=true|access-date=March 25, 2025}}

{{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|18|artist=Playboi Carti|rowheader=true|access-date=March 25, 2025}}

References

Category:2025 songs

Category:Playboi Carti songs

Category:Songs written by Playboi Carti

Category:Songs written by Cardo (record producer)

Category:Song recordings produced by Cardo (record producer)