Graduation (Benny Blanco and Juice Wrld song)

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"Graduation"
Cover art
Single by Benny Blanco and Juice Wrld
from the album Friends Keep Secrets 2
Released August 30, 2019 (2019-08-30)
Length 2:57
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Benny Blanco singles chronology
"I Can't Get Enough"
(2019)		 "Graduation"
(2019)		 "Lonely"
(2020)
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Music video
"Graduation" on YouTube

"Graduation" is a song by American music producer Benny Blanco and American rapper Juice Wrld.[1] The song is based on Vitamin C's 2000 hit "Graduation (Friends Forever)".[2]

The song was released on August 30, 2019, and is the second collaboration between the artists since "Roses" in December 2018, which also featured Brendon Urie.[1] It was later included on the reissue of Blanco's debut studio album Friends Keep Secrets, released in 2021.

Juice Wrld's pose in the song's promotional material was later included on the cover art for his first posthumous album, Legends Never Die.

Music videos

Official video

The music video was released on August 30, 2019, and was directed by Jake Schreier.[3] The video is made up of a montage of students, played by various celebrities, with captions describing how they turned out after high school.[4] Celebrities who make cameos as students in the video include Justice Smith, Hailee Steinfeld, Noah Cyrus, Dove Cameron, Maddie Ziegler, David Dobrik, Madison Beer, and others.[3][4] Juice Wrld appears in the video as a student named "Gary, whose obsession with video games would cost him his sight"[4] while Benny Blanco plays "Mr. Upchuck", a math teacher who claims to have hooked up with a popular clique at a party. Only Steinfeld appears as herself, and she saves humanity by ending the "Robotic War".[4] Additionally, American comedic rapper Lil Dicky makes an appearance as the principal of the high school.[3]

They are (in order of appearance):

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Vertical video

A vertical video was released on October 4, 2019, which features the characters from the music video in a form of the school yearbook.[5]

Charts

Chart (2019) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[6] 90
Ireland (IRMA)[7] 56
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[8] 12
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[9] 88
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[10] 8
US Rolling Stone Top 100[11] 77

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)[12] Platinum 1,000,000

xunspecified figures based on certification alone
double-daggersales/streaming figures based on certification alone

References

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  6. ↑ Illegal name entered Benny Blanco/Benny+Blanco/chart?f=793 "Benny Blanco – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Benny Blanco. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
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  9. ↑ "Archive Chart: 20190906" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Benny Blanco – Chart history" Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 for Benny Blanco. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
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