Lil Uzi Vert Wallows In Solitude In New “Red Moon” Music Video

Armon Sadler
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Lil Uzi Vert blessed the fans with new music to close 2023, though it was far from a celebratory record. The Philadelphia enigma shared a music video for their new track “Red Moon” which found them wallowing in solitude.

They shared the track as a YouTube exclusive on Christmas (Monday, Dec. 25). The Be El Be-directed visual opens with them getting dressed in a bathroom. They sit by the window with a sad expression on their face before walking outside into the city. They sit alone at the bus stop before getting on an empty public transit bus. Later, they walk alone on the beach before breaking off into a run and stepping into the water. One of the most gripping visuals is a close-up of Uzi’s face as tears fall down their cheeks.

“Lost myself and then I made my bedroom/ Sittin’ back thinkin’, got too much head room/ Thinkin’ ’bout my relationships that didn’t even last/ What I didn’t get out of them, I swear that I’m tryna get it up out you/ You let me go and now I feel so light blue/ I’m by myself and I’m just starin’ at a red moon,” they croon in the second verse.

Toward the end of the music video, three quotes appear on the screen. The first says, “If someone can be away from you, let them be. Its better to be alone than losing yourself for approval” and the second reads, “Love isn’t real, but with my imagination, I can make anything real.” Finally, the last quote simply reads, “LIR3,” a reference to Lil Uzi Vert’s forthcoming album Luv Is Rage 3.

The project currently has no set release date, but Uzi has been teasing both that and Barter 16 heavily ever since releasing Pink Tape back in June. The LP, their third studio album, featured Travis Scott, Nicki Minaj, Don Toliver, and more, selling 167,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.

Though that was a significant drop in sales from their 2020 album Eternal Atake, which sold 288,000 in its first week, Uzi still made a big splash. Pink Tape was the first Hip-Hop album to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in 2023, closing a 36-week gap between Metro Boomin’s Heroes & Villains, which went No. 1 in December 2022. Listen to Pink Tape below.

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