"Hobby Hobby" is a song recorded by German rapper Mero, released on 18 January 2019, through Groove Attack TraX. Written by the rapper himself and produced by Josh Petruccio, the track acts as the second single for his debut studio album Ya Hero Ya Mero (2019). An accompanying music video for the song was directed by Plug, Jakub and Tatjana of the 100Blackdolphins and uploaded by onto Mero's YouTube channel simultaneously with the single's release. Commercially, the single debuted atop the German single charts and broke multiple streaming records, including the most streams in Germany within one week, accumulating nearly ten million streams.
| "Hobby Hobby" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Mero | ||||
| from the album Ya Hero Ya Mero | ||||
| Released | 18 January 2019 | |||
| Length | 2:33 | |||
| Label | Groove Attack TraX | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Enes Meral | |||
| Producer(s) | Josh Petruccio | |||
| Mero singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Hobby Hobby" on YouTube | ||||
Background and composition
edit"Hobby Hobby" was announced by Mero a day prior to its release, through a teaser on his social media services.[1] The track was written by himself and produced by Josh Petruccio, who previously produced Mero's first single, "Baller los".[2]
Music video
editThe music video for "Hobby Hobby" was directed by Plug, Jakub and Tatjana of the 100Blackdolphins and released on 18 January 2019. The video was viewed more than 3,1 million times on YouTube, within the first 24 hours, breaking the record by "Melodien" of Capital Bra and Juju.[3]
Commercial performance
edit"Hobby Hobby" debuted atop the German singles chart on the issue dated 25 January 2019, his second single to do so.[4] The single also broke the record for most streams in one day and one week in Germany, accumulating more than 2.1 million and nearly 10 million streams, respectively.[5]
Charts
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Certifications
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Austria (IFPI Austria)[10] | Gold | 15,000‡ |
| Germany (BVMI)[11] | Gold | 200,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Engin Doganyilmaz, Macide (17 January 2019). "Rapper Mero kündigt zweite Single "Hobby Hobby" an!" [Rapper Mero announces second single "Hobby Hobby"!] (in German). Karnaval. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ "Mero – "Hobby Hobby"". Groove Attack TraX. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019 – via Tidal.
- ^ Lindemann, Jonas (20 January 2018). "Mero stellt mit "Hobby Hobby" Rekord von Capital Bra und Juju ein" [Mero breaks with "Hobby Hobby" record by Capital and Juju] (in German). Hiphop.de. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ a b "Mero – Hobby Hobby" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ Marquart, Oliver (25 January 2019). "Mero bricht mit "Hobby Hobby" zwei Streaming-Rekorde" [Mero breaks two streaming records with "Hobby Hobby"] (in German). Rap.de. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ "Mero – Hobby Hobby" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ "Mero – Hobby Hobby". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ "Jahreshitparade Singles 2019". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ "Austrian single certifications – Mero – Hobby Hobby" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Mero; 'Hobby Hobby')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 15 July 2019.