Scooch A Mooch (Album)

### Producers

Travis Scott, Pharrell Williams, Max Martin, Justin Timberlake, Shellback, Drake

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**Scooch A Mooch** - Sophmore studio album by American singer-songwriter Belka. It was realesed on October 15th 2021, exactly 1 year after singer's debut studio album, New York Gurls. Album was promoted by 6 singles - My Pretty Name, Spilled, Anxiety, Don't Give A Fuck, Stayed There and Thought We Were Friends.

## Background And Realese

On October 1st, 2021 Belka dropped her debut studio album, New York Gurls. Album became successful, peaked at #1 on Billboard 200 and sold over 30 million copies worldwide (March 2022). On October 3rd, Belka embarked her 1st tour, Gurls On Tour. During the 1st concert in New York she annouced that she started working on new material, and she got 3 songs already finished. On October 6th she sang a song called "Do You Ever Think Of Me?" on one of the concerts and annouced that this is one of the songs from her new project. "My Pretty Name", album's lead single, dropped on October 8th, reached #1 on Billboard Hot 100 and stayed atop the chart for next 4 weeks. On October 12th 2nd single from the album, "Spilled", was realesed. The song was commercially successful, peaking at #1 on Billboard Hot 100 for 5 weeks. On October 15th album dropped. It was commercially successful, debuting at #1 on Billboard 200 with 1.0M copies sold, 54.8M streams and 92.1M airplay. Album stayed at #1 for 5 non-consecutive weeks. Album's 3th single was dropped on October 16th - "Anxiety" was album's 3rd consecutive #1 single on Billboard Hot 100 and stayed on the top for 3 weeks. It was album's biggest radio single and one of Belka's biggest airplay singles of all-time. On October 17th Belka annouced that Scooch Stadium Tour, tour promoting the album, will be starting the next day. On October 18th tour started and album's 4th single, "Don't Give A Fuck", dropped. It peaked at #1 and stayed at the position for 4 consecutive weeks. It made Scooch A Mooch the second album ever to score 4 #1 singles, with the first being U by Robyn. "Stayed There" featuring Drake was album's 5th single, realesed on October 21st. It peaked at #3 on Billboard Hot 100. "Thought We Were Friends", 6th and last single from the album was realesed on October 25th, the same day Scooch Stadium Tour ended. Single peaked at #4.

Belka said on Ellen DeGeneres that her biggest inspirations while creating this album were Kanye West's *My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy* (2010), SZA's *Ctrl* (2017), Drake's *Take Care* (2011) and *Nothing Was The Same* (2013), Rihanna's *Anti* (2016) and Ariana Grande's *Sweetener* (2018).

## Songs

"***Spilled***" is a song about making drama and spilling some rumors - reportedly, the song is about Belka's feud with American singer-songwirter, Cloud. "***Don't Give A Fuck***" is about not caring about haters and other people's comments. Belka said on Jimmy Fallon that: "Like... You are the rich one here, bitch. Stop giving a shit about that jealous people!". "***My Pretty Name***" is a continuation of the theme from "DGAF". Belka wrote the song after she saw that someone wrote on Twitter that she hadn't earned a career and people were doing everything for her. Belka got upset and the song is about how singer worked for every penny for years. "***Young***" is about, as Belka said, "Partying, having sex, loving people, breaking up with people, getting drunk and doing all that stuff... Because we're fucking young!". "***Tea Time***" is one of the love songs from the album. She compares drinking tea and warming up with it to sex and that there is always time for both tea and sex. "***Anxiety***" is about the fear that the relationship will end and you will lose someone important to you. "***Dula, Anti And... That Stuff***" is about Marie's (Belka's then-friend) feud with Dula and Anti. It also mentions other dramas in the music industry back then.

"***Forevermore***" featuring Normani is about knowing that people leave and don't stay with you forever, that you have to accept that because there will always be another person waiting for you. "***Thought We Were Friends***" is about a party where two friends meet. They party together and then kiss and have sex. "***Stayed There***" featuring Drake is about how two already experienced people fall in love with each other. They have been through many breakups and broken relationships and have lost their trust and faith in love. However, they fall in love with each other and get closer to each other, so they decide to become a couple and "stay in one place". "***Fuckboys***" is about men who think that women will submit to them one after another and that they are the masters of this world (Spoiler: They are not). "***Starbucks Lovers, Pt. ll***" returns to the characters from "Starbucks Lovers." It describes the reunion of the two lovers years later and the emotions that came over them in that moment. "***Do You Ever Think Of Me?***" is a lyric written from the perspective of a person years after a breakup who wonders if their old lover still thinks of him. Person also reflects on all the good times despite the fact that their relationship wasn't always in great shape. "***Scooch A Mooch***", the album's title track, carries the same message as the album title - song is about annoying person. This person is immature, manipulative, cocky, and thinks that everybody in this world is under them.

## Singles And Promotion

My Pretty Name was album's lead single. Realesed on October 8th, 2021 single peaked at #1 on Billboard Hot 100 marking itself as Belka's 5th #1 single. It stayed for 4 weeks atop the chart. Single sold 18 million copies worldwide and was streamed over 3.2 billion times, with 2.3 billion streams on YouTube alone.

Spilled was realesed as album's 2nd single on October 12th. It also peaked at #1 and spent 5 consecutive weeks atop the chart, making it Belka's longest-running #1 single untill *Rainbow* took the crown years later. It sold over 14 million copies worldwide and has over 2.9 billion streams across all streaming platforms.

Anxiety is album's 3rd single, released on October 16th, day after album's realese day. Belka first performed the song on VMAs, where she performed it in a medley of "Anxiety" and "Spilled". Single got massive radio play and is still one of Belka's biggest radio singles. "Anxiety" sold over 7.8 million copies worldwide and has over 2.3 billion streams across all streaming platforms. Song peaked at #1 on Billboard Hot 100.

Don't Give A Fuck was realesed on October 18th. It peaked at #1 on Billboard Hot 100, making it album's 4th consecutive #1 single and Belka's 8th overall. Single sold over 11.1 million copies worldwide and was streamed almost 3.5 billion times worlwide, with 2.1 billion views on YouTube alone.

Stayed There, realesed on October 21st, features Canadian rapper Drake. It peaked at #3 on Billboard Hot 100, and sold over 5.1 million copies. It was streamed over 2.3 billion times worldwide.

Thought We Were Friends was album's 6th and last single, realesed on October 25th, the day of Scooch Stadium's Tour end date. It was realesed to Rhytmic Radio and peaked at #4 on Billboard Hot 100. Music video includes footage from album's tour. Single sold 3.9 million copies worldwide and has over 2.2 billion times worldwide.

### Promotion

Belka performed on a multiple shows to promote the album. Her first performance with the album was on Late Night with Seth Mey yers (October 12th), where she performed "My Pretty Name". Her last televised performance with the album was on Saturday Night Live (October 23rd), where she performed "Stayed There" "Do You Ever Think Of Me?" and "Anxiety". During the whole era Belka performed on Grammy Awards, American Music Awards, Video Music Awards, Late Night With Seth Meyers, Saturday Night Live, Ellen DeGeneres, World Music Awards, Jimmy Fallon, Zach Sang show, Victoria's Secret Fashion Show and on Good Morning America,

## Critical Reception

Album got positive feedback from mainstream critics, with the most praise going to Belka's maturing music and lyrics. Some of them complained that singer don't sound comfortable on the songs. **On Metacritic, album got a weighted avarage score 77 out of 100**, making itself Belka's 2nd least rated album, only before *Slow Motion*. The conclusion sounds "*Belka discovers a new self at R&B. Most of the songs are really solidly written and produced songs, but in 2 or 3 songs, Belka sounds like she's not 100% comfortable with the new version of herself.*"

## Commercial Performance

Album debuted at #1 on Billboard 200 with 1 million copies sold, 54.8 million streams and 92.1 million airplay. It marked Belka's 2nd 1 million debut. Album spent it first 3 weeks at #1, and came back to the top of the chart on October 22, fell to #2, and came back to #1 on October 26th, making it album's 5th non-consecutive week. With 5 weeks at #1, Scooch A Mooch was Belka's longest-running #1 album on the chart, untill Rainbow took the crown years later. Album spent 37 weeks on the TOP10 of the chart in total.

Album has over 9.5 billion streams on Spotify, making it Belka's 2nd most-streamed album on the platform. On YouTube, all music videos from the album combined have over 11 billion streams. Across all streaming platforms, Scooch A Mooch era has over 20 billion streams, making it Belka's most-streamed era.

Album sold 15 million copies worldwide, making it Belka's 2nd lowest-selling album, only before *Slow Motion* (4M). All 6 singles from this album combined sold over 60 million copies worldwide, with My Pretty Name leading (18M). The whole era has over 75 million units sold, all around the world.