Prblms

"Prblms"
Single by 6lack
from the album Free 6lack
Released	September 23, 2016
Recorded	2016
Genre	Alternative R&B trap cloud rap industrial
Length	4:06
Label	LoveRenaissance Interscope
Songwriters	Ricardo Valentine Jeryn Peters Matthew Barnes Mitchell West
Producer	NOVA
6lack singles chronology
"Ex Calling" (2016) "Prblms" (2016) "Bless Me" (2016)
Music video
"PRBLMS" on YouTube

"Prblms" (a disemvoweling of "problems" and stylized in all caps) is a single by American singer 6lack. It was released on September 23, 2016, by LoveRenaissance and Interscope Records. The track was produced by NOVA. The song was certified 3× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in December 2020. Following the popularity, 6lack would go on to open for The Weeknd.

Background and release

6lack originally released "Prblms" onto SoundCloud on April 14, 2016. His manager connected with Apple Music's R&B curator, and eventually the song appeared on 10 playlists through the service. In June, media personality Kylie Jenner lip-synced to the song during one of her Snapchat videos, which boosted the popularity of it. 6lack said Jenner's shout-out was a great experience, and it showed him that he was "doing something right." The song was later re-released officially in September of that year.

Lyrically, the song is about a failing relationship. 6lack wrote the song after having a fight with the woman he was seeing at the time; one of the lines from the song is a text that he received from her the night he was writing the song.

Music video

The music video for "Prblms" was released on October 14, 2016, on 6lack's Vevo account.

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