A$AP Rocky Announces New "Don't Be Dumb" Single "Helicopter" Dropping Soon

BY Gabriel Bras Nevares
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"Helicopter" will follow A$AP Rocky's previous single for his new album "Don't Be Dumb," the alt-rock jam "Punk Rocky."

A$AP Rocky is set to drop his new album Don't Be Dumb in just under a week, and we will get one more preview of its sound before we fully dive in. Via Instagram and his other social media platforms, he announced he's dropping his new single "Helicopter" very soon. It will come out on Monday (January 12).

Considering how fans seemed to really like Rocky's previous DBD single "Punk Rocky," they are very excited to get another teaser track for the LP. We got the cover art as well as a long snippet of the track, which sounds like another trap-flavored banger.

"DUMBEST VIDEO OF THE F***IN YEAR!!!" the Harlem creative captioned his teaser. "PLAY DUMB GAMES , WIN DUMB PRIZES!!! HELICOPTER THIS MONDAY!" He had similar praise for his "Punk Rocky" music video, which was very fun. We'll see if this new one shapes up...

As for what we see in the music video's teaser clip, it's unsurprisingly a lot of helicopter footage in a VHS aesthetic along with some muffled music. More specifically, it shows off the A$AP MC's use of a helicopter for a recent Rolling Loud set.

There's also online speculation that Playboi Carti will appear on "Helicopter." At the end of the day, a lot of this is speculative from fans, so we'll have to wait for the full single and music video on Monday.

When Is A$AP Rocky Dropping Don't Be Dumb?

A$AP Rocky's long-awaited new album Don't Be Dumb comes out this Friday (January 16), and fans can't wait to finally hear it. It's been years since his last album TESTING, and this rollout already experienced multiple delays, push-backs, unfulfilled teases, and a whole lot of anticipation.

We will see what A$AP Rocky will finally do with this project, which seems to be another genre-fusing and ambitious release from him. He's very excited to finally share it with the world, and "Punk Rocky" will get a little more momentum.

These two singles and music videos already seem very distinct from one another, which bodes well for the album's versatility. The visuals for "Helicopter" have a different director, that being Dan Streit.

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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case. Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.

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