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Anxiousness is one hell of an emotion, as artists like Megan Thee Stallion, Juice WRLD, Coi Leray and plenty of extra can attest to. It’s that nagging sense of dread, panic or uncertainty — evidently making for excellent tune materials. Doechii’s TikTok-viral “Anxiousness” is perhaps the preferred instance, however surprisingly, there are many different tracks throughout rap and R&B with the very same title.
Clearly, a few of our favourite musicians are simply as burdened as the remainder of us, and their anxieties typically result in a few of their most relatable, compelling tracks. With that in thoughts, Rap-Up rounded up eight songs that each one share the identify “Anxiousness.” Take an in depth look beneath.
1. Anxiousness by Doechii
You’ve heard it, we’ve positively heard it. First recorded again in 2020, Doechii’s “Anxiousness” discovered a shocking second life because of TikTok — a lot in order that she formally dropped it on streaming companies practically 5 years later. Perhaps it is the tune’s “Someone That I Used To Know” pattern, or simply how badly followers craved new music from the Swamp Princess after her first Grammy win, however it rightfully turned her first Prime 10 hit on the Billboard Scorching 100 chart.
Ever the advertising genius, Doechii parlayed the tune’s viral momentum right into a psychological well being hub referred to as Anxiousness Is Watching Me, a platform the place followers can anonymously alternate “hyperlinks to sources, coping mechanisms [or] phrases of recommendation” to assist one another.
2. Anxiousness by Megan Thee Stallion
“I am a foul b**ch, and I acquired dangerous anxiousness” is a Megan line many people can relate to. Nestled inside Traumazine, the Houston rapper admitted this tune was most likely the toughest to put in writing for the sprawling 18-track album. Understandably so, since she unloaded rather a lot: reflecting on dropping her mom in addition to referencing Marilyn Monroe, Britney Spears and Whitney Houston — three legendary girls who’ve all overtly struggled with psychological well being all through their careers.
3. Anxiousness – Intro by Juice WRLD
Although it is probably not a tune within the conventional sense, “Anxiousness – Intro” is such a strong opener to Juice WRLD’s first posthumous album, Legends By no means Die. He could not have summed up anxiousness, or the silence surrounding it, any higher: “I acquired cash, however there [are] nonetheless different points to speak about aside from heartbreak. You’ve got acquired anxiousness, you’ve got acquired substance abuse, you’ve got acquired, you recognize, and it is lots of points on the earth to speak about.”
4. Anxiousness by Coi Leray
This 2022 providing is definitely considered one of Leray’s most susceptible information disguised as a shiny pop anthem. The Dr. Luke-produced reduce sees her opening up about belief points and despair. “Typically I really feel like, cannot belief nobody round me / There’s one other aspect of me, however I do not even present it,” she spits. There’s numerous symbolism within the video, too — together with a scene through which Leray is trapped like a caged chook in addition to when a houndstooth-wearing demon wreaks havoc on everybody’s lives.
5. Anxiousness by G-Eazy
G-Eazy grapples overtly together with his anxiousness on this fittingly named and deeply sincere standout from Freak Present. “Whats up, Gerald, it is the voice in your thoughts / I am right here and I solely get louder with time,” he narrates, personifying the emotion. Elsewhere, the rapper addresses his break up from Hasley, grieves his late mom and discusses his lack of privateness as a celeb.
6. Environmental Anxiousness. by RAYE
A little bit completely different from the remainder — in that RAYE isn’t speaking about herself on this document — environmental anxiousness is anxiousness nonetheless. The British singer takes on the thought of how many individuals depend on vices (medicine, intercourse and alcohol being among the many many) to handle anxiousness, whereas issues like social media assist gasoline these feelings within the first place. “Environmental Anxiousness.” is certainly one of many heavier moments on her debut studio album, My twenty first Century Blues.
7. ANXIETY by Sleepy Hallow that includes Doechii
Maybe Sleepy Hallow’s observe would not even exist with out Doechii’s unique, however then once more, it is also the rationale the Grammy Award-winning musician formally put it out on streaming companies. “[Sleepy Hallow] was sampling my tune referred to as ‘Anxiousness,’ however my tune is utilizing the pattern of ‘Someone That I Used To Know,’” the Swamp Princess defined on social media. In “ANXIETY,” the Queens-born rapper took the acquainted pattern and flipped it right into a drill observe — and shock, shock — it turned out fairly darn good.
8. Anxiousness by LOVEONFRIDAY that includes Trevor Daniel
Typically an important document is born out of not-so-great circumstances. Living proof: LOVEONFRIDAY’s “Anxiousness.” Coping with withdrawals and desperately lacking the one one who may repair all the things, the Houston artist croons, “Want you right here with me proper now as a result of I am feeling down, yeah / All up in my head, child, I hate feeling so down, yeah.” Plus, the tune carries lots of the melancholy about heartbreak or medicine that virtually helped outline late 2010s rap.