Sticky (Tyler, the Creator song)

"Sticky"
Song by Tyler, the Creator featuring GloRilla, Sexyy Red and Lil Wayne
from the album Chromakopia
Released	October 28, 2024
Genre	Southern hip hop
Length	4:15
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Tyler Okonma Gloria Woods Janae Wherry Dwayne Carter, Jr. Deanna Brown Deidre Brown Yamma Brown David Brown Timothy Clayton Jamal Jones Zachary Wallace Elvis Williams Rex Zamor Timothy Mosley Aaron Bolton Dudley Duverne Zachary Anson Wallace
Producer(s)	Tyler, the Creator

"Sticky" is a song by American rapper Tyler, the Creator, released on October 28, 2024 from his seventh studio album Chromakopia (2024). It features American rappers GloRilla, Sexyy Red and Lil Wayne. The song contains samples from "Get Up Offa That Thing" by James Brown and "Get Buck" by Young Buck.

Composition and critical reception

The song was well-received by music critics. Alexander Cole of HotNewHipHop commented the song has "very interesting features" and "Tyler has decided to hide his feature list, which is taking a page out of the Travis Scott playbook. Either way, it pays off as this will prove to be a nice surprise for a whole lot of fans." Steven Loftin of The Line of Best Fit commented it "bolsters things with a swaggering proverbial dick-swinging, before finding momentum once again after" "Judge Judy". Clash's Niall Smith described it as a "mean-mug-worthy Southern rap detour" and part of the "winning streak" in the mid-section of Chromakopia. Jeff Ihaza of Rolling Stone called it the "posse cut of the ages". Writing for Slant Magazine, Paul Attard remarked "when he aims for a straight-up banger, like the pep-rally wannabe 'Sticky,' his try-hard sensibilities—layering in a brass section, a slew of truncated guest features delivering barely considered four-bar verses, and an extended outro—overwhelm any sense of excitement." Pitchfork's Heven Haile commented that "Black women rappers seem to remind Tyler there's more to making music at 33 than uber-serious lyrics", and in regard the song, wrote "The beat is simple; it sounds like he hired a live step team to record background vocals. You can tell he's just elated to be with the girlies and the refrain is destined to cling to your hippocampus." Reviewing the album for HipHopDX, Sam Moore commented "The only time Tyler actually sounds happy is when he hooks up with GloRilla, Sexyy Red and Lil Wayne on 'Sticky,' which he uses to forget about his mental strife for a moment to become raucously playful, going bar for bar with two of Hip Hop's hottest women as they rap about materialism and sex." Dork's Jake Hawkes described the song as "the kind of glorious, multi-layered mess we haven't heard since his Odd Future days – complete with guest verses from GloRilla, Lil Wayne, and Sexy Redd [sic], which give it the off-the-cuff energy of a rap cypher."

Charts

Chart performance for "Sticky"

Chart (2024)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)	43
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)	36
Global 200 (Billboard)	27
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)	34
US Billboard Hot 100	14
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)	3