Love Me (Lil Wayne song)

"Love Me"
Single by Lil Wayne featuring Drake and Future
from the album I Am Not a Human Being II
Released	January 18, 2013 (2013-01-18)
Recorded	2012
Genre	Dirty rap trap
Length	4:15
Label	Young Money Cash Money Republic
Songwriter(s)	Dwayne Carter Aubrey Graham Nayvadius Wilburn Michael Williams Asheton Hogan
Producer(s)	Mike WiLL Made It A+
Lil Wayne singles chronology
"Hello" (2012) "Love Me" (2013) "All That (Lady)" (2013)
Drake singles chronology
"Poetic Justice" (2012) "Love Me" (2013) "Right Here" (2013)
Future singles chronology
"Neva End" (2012) "Love Me" (2013) "Bugatti" (2013)
Music video
"Love Me" on YouTube

"Love Me" is a song by American rapper Lil Wayne featuring Drake and Future from the former's tenth studio album I Am Not a Human Being II (2013). Written by the artists alongside producers Mike WiLL Made It and A+, it was released on January 18, 2013, by Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, and Republic Records as the second single from the album. It also appeared for free download on the Rich Gang mixtape Rich Gang: Allstars (2014).

The song became a top ten hit, peaking at number nine on the US Billboard Hot 100 and becoming Lil Wayne's 18th top ten single on that chart. It also became Future's first top 10 hit and most successful single until "Mask Off," which peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 in May, 2017.^[1]

The song, described as "sexual, braggadocios, [and] heavily Auto-Tuned",^{[citation needed]} serves as an ode to Wayne's polyamory, while also expressing his distrust for such women. Despite commercial success, "Love Me" was largely panned by critics.^[2]

Background

The song leaked online in late December 2012 when Cash Money's in-house DJ's, DJ Stevie J and E-Feezy premiered I Am Not a Human Being II's lead single on December 29, 2012.^[3] The artwork for the single was designed by Kanye West, who had a longtime desire to do so for a Wayne record. Regarding his involvement, Wayne told The Times-Picayune:

"[Kanye] said, you know, man, let me do your cover. I saw the cover and I approved it…He had an explanation behind it - he said, he chose the moth butterfly thing because it has so many different stages of life, and it goes through so many forms and changes, and no one can figure it out, and it's always beautiful."^[4]

On January 30, 2013, an animated version of the cover was released.^[5]

On December 23, 2013, the songs producer, Mike WiLL Made It released the original version on his mixtape, #MikeWillBeenTrill, which omitted Wayne and was only performed by Future and Drake—the former of whom replaced Wayne's two verses.^[6]

Music video

The music video was directed by Hannah Lux Davis^[7] and shot on January 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. The teaser trailer was released on February 12, 2013.^[8] The music video premiered on February 14, 2013, on MTV Jams.^[9] It currently has over 508 million views on YouTube.

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