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"'''Know Me'''" is a song by Canadian rapper [[Nav (rapper)|Nav]], released on November 2, 2018, as the lead single from his second studio album ''[[Bad Habits (Nav album)|Bad Habits]]'' (2019). It was produced by Pro Logic and Austin Powerz. ▼
▲"'''Know Me'''" is a song by Canadian rapper [[Nav (rapper)|Nav]] ,. It was released through [[XO (record label)|XO]] and [[Republic Records]] on November 2, 2018 , one day before his 29th birthday, as the lead single from his second studio album , ''[[Bad Habits (Nav album)|Bad Habits]]'' (2019). ItNav waswrote producedthe bysong alongside his manager, [[Amir Esmailian|Cash]], and also with producers Pro Logic and Austin Powerz . The song debuted and peaked at number 63 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]].
==Background and composition== ▼Over email, Nav told ''[[The Fader]]'' about a studio session that led to the making of the song: "I was recording on of a lot of my own beats & of other producers. When I ran out I asked my engineer Pro Logic to play me some of his own beats -one of the first ones he played me became 'Know Me'."<ref name="Fader">{{cite web |last1=Darville |first1=Jordan |title=NAV's "Know Me" video is an endless flex |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/08/nav-know-me-music-video |website=[[The Fader]] |access-date=November 30, 2022 |date=November 8, 2018}}</ref>
▲==Background and composition==
In an emailed statement to ''[[The Fader]]'', Nav wrote about a studio session that led to the making of the song: "I was recording on of a lot of my own beats & of other producers. When I ran out I asked my engineer Pro Logic to play me some of his own beats -one of the first ones he played me became 'Know Me'."<ref name="Fader">{{cite web |last1=Darville |first1=Jordan |title=NAV's "Know Me" video is an endless flex |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/08/nav-know-me-music-video |website=[[The Fader]] |access-date=November 30, beginning2022 |date=November 8, 2018}}</ref> The song begins with aNav name-dropdropping tothe fashion brand [[Balenciaga]], findsas Navhe melodically rappingraps about his sexual conquests with women, brags about his collection of [[Diamonddiamond clarity|VVS (Very, Very Slightly)]] diamonds and fame, callingreferring to himself as the "hottest brown boy in the game".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Boykins |first1=Austin |title=NAV Releases Braggadocious Single, "Know Me" |url=https://hypebeast.com/2018/11/nav-know-me-single-stream |website=[[Hypebeast (company)|Hypebeast]] |access-date=November 30, 2022 |date=November 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Espinoza |first1=Joshua |title=Nav Drops New Single "Know Me" |url=https://www.complex.com/music/2018/11/nav-know-me-stream |website=[[Complex Networks|Complex]] |access-date=November 30, 2022 |date=November 2, 2018}}</ref>
==Music video==
The official music video wasfor released"Know onMe" November 2, 2018 andwas directed by David Camarena and released on November 8, 2018. In itthe video, Nav parks hisa bright red [[Ferrari]] in the driveway of a mansion.<ref name="Exclaim">{{cite web |last1=Slingerland |first1=Calum |title=Watch NAV's Video for "Know Me" |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/watch_navs_video_for_know_me |website=[[Exclaim!]] |access-date=November 30, 2022 |date=November 8, 2018}}</ref> He struts through the insides of itthe mansion, which is splattered in glow -in -the -dark paint, in the company of "scantily clad" women and a python.<ref name="Fader" /><ref name="Exclaim" />
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