I was listening to a song by Young Roddy called "Water" and I was fucking with him heavy. I thought the sample was really hard and I wanted to use it but I failed with it so many times before I got it right. The song was originally listed as a feature of Rojas, who is also a DJ, before later being renamed as a whole following the initial iTunes release. Composition The track, which has a tempo of 139 BPM (beats per minute), heavily samples "Changes" by British dubstep DJ and record producer Mala. "Look at Me" features an extremely heavy and distorted bass, creating an aggressive feeling throughout the track. While some criticized the heavy distortion to be a case of bad mixing, Rojas, the producer, said the poor mixing and distortion on the track was intentional to differentiate the song from other popular hip hop songs at the time. Chart performance "Look at Me" debuted at number 94 on US Billboard Hot 100 for the chart dated February 25, 2017, and peaked at number 34. The track charted for 20 weeks, becoming his longest charting song until the release of "SAD!" (later becoming his longest-charting track with 38 weeks on the chart). It is XXXTENTACION's first charting single, later making it into the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2017 at number 99. "Look at Me" was certified 2× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on July 31, 2019, with over two million units sold. Music video The official music video for "Look at Me" was released on the artist's YouTube channel on September 12, 2017. The video features both "Look at Me" and "Riot" by XXXTENTACION. Controversy The song first received notable attention and controversy in early 2017 when Canadian rapper Drake used a similar rap flow from "Look at Me" in an unreleased song. It sparked a viral surge in the song's popularity, as well as Onfroy himself, while he was incarcerated at the time. Drake released the song "KMT" featuring English rapper Giggs on his commercial mixtape More Life, which was marketed as a "playlist." The song received further controversy in September 2017 when the music video was released depicting a white child being hanged on stage in addition to other various depictions of murder and death. Although heavily criticized by conservative news outlets, Onfroy clarified via Instagram that the video