"Locked Out" | ||||
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Single by S-X featuring KSI | ||||
from the album Things change | ||||
Released | 6 May 2022 | |||
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Producer(s) | Digital Farm Animals | |||
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"Locked Out" on YouTube |
"Locked Out" is a song by British singer-songwriter S-X featuring British YouTuber and rapper KSI. [1] The single is the third single from his debut studio album,things change. The song was written by the two artists alongside Ivory Scott,Deigo Ave,Nana Rogues,and producer Digital Farm Animals. It was released for digital download and streaming by RBC Records and BMG on 6 May 2022 as the third single from the album. [2]
The song serves as the fifth collaboration between S-X and KSI following their first collaboration on KSI's "Down Like That" and subsequent quest appearances on both KSI's albums with "Night To Remember" on Dissimulation deluxe edition,"Sleeping With The Enemy" on All Over the Place and "Know You" on the deluxe edition alongside A1 x J1. [2]
On 29 April 2022 both S-X and KSI released a teaser video on their social medias announcing that they are collaborating on a new single. [3]
Upon release,Carl Smith from the Official Charts Company released a review stating that "Serving pulsating '80s-inspired synths from the off,Locked Out asserts itself as a song that's on-trend while avoiding imitation. This is a track totally in its own lane as S-X cements his own hybrid brand of hip-hop and R&B alt-pop,from its production flourishes to vulnerable lyrical themes." [1]
A music video premiered to S-X's YouTube channel nine hours after the song on 6 May 2022 directed by Torey Roscoe who in the past has directed music videos for both S-X and KSI. [4]
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