Guillotine (Death Grips song)

"Guillotine" is a song by American experimental hip-hop group Death Grips, released as the lead single from their debut mixtape Exmilitary (2011). It was released on August 3, 2011.

"Guillotine"
Single by Death Grips
from the album Exmilitary
ReleasedAugust 3, 2011
Recorded2011
Genre
Length3:43
LabelSelf-released
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Music video
Music video for "Guillotine" on YouTube

Release

The music video for "Guillotine" was self-released by Death Grips on YouTube on April 26, 2011, as the lead single of their debut mixtape Exmilitary.[1] It was eventually released as a single on iTunes on August 3, 2011.[2]

Music video

The music video for "Guillotine" features Death Grips' frontman MC Ride angrily rapping while riding in a car, with the visuals becoming increasingly corrupted by white noise.[3] Zach Hill, the drummer for Death Grips, said in 2012 that it "made total sense to start filming in a car" as "Guillotine" is an "anxiety-fuelled" and "claustrophobic" song.[4] According to Hill, the music video cost less than $20 to make.[4]

Reception

"Guillotine" was met with positive reviews by critics. John Calvert of The Quietus named the single as the stand-out song from Exmilitary.[5] In July 2014, Complex ranked it as the third best Death Grips song, noting MC Ride's loud and aggressive vocal delivery as "confrontational".[6] Hayley Elizabeth Kaufman of Flaunt called "Guillotine" a "sinister slice-and-dice track".[7]

In 2013, choirmaster Gareth Malone performed a choir cover of "Guillotine" for his album Voices.[8] In April 2019, Icelandic singer Björk played the song during a performance at a school dance in Iceland.[9]

See also

References
  1. "Death Grips - Guillotine". YouTube. Death Grips. April 26, 2011. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  2. "Guillotine - Single by Death Grips". Apple Music. August 3, 2011. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
  3. Calvert, John (July 14, 2011). "Relentless Raw Movement: Death Grips Interviewed". The Quietus. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  4. Lee, Christina (March 28, 2012). "HIVE FIVE: DEATH GRIPS' TIPS ON HOW TO SHOOT A $20 MUSIC VIDEO". MTV. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  5. Calvert, John (May 27, 2011). "Death Grips - Exmilitary". The Quietus. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  6. Price, Joe (July 10, 2014). "The 13 Best Death Grips Songs". Complex. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  7. Kaufman, Hayley Elizabeth (February 16, 2017). "Death Grips". Flaunt. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  8. Cooper, Leonie (August 27, 2013). "TV choirmaster Gareth Malone covers Death Grips' 'Guillotine'". NME. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  9. Ingvaldsen, Torsten (April 14, 2019). "Björk DJ'd at Her Old School's Dance & Fervently Dropped Death Grips' "Guillotine"". Hypebeast. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
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