Producers Upload Remix Of Diplo’s Removed ‘Bankroll’ Song
When you think of a collaboration between Justin Bieber, Young Thug, Rich The Kid, and Diplo, you’d expect that track to be one of the year’s best releases. Unfortunately the song “Bankroll” fell short and everybody knew it. Just a few days after the track went viral for all of the wrong reasons, Diplo removed the track from his SoundCloud account.
The original version dropped in mid-May 2017 with that star-studded lineup of features, and by most accounts the backlash came fast and loud. Reports at the time pointed to Bieber’s other exclusive commitments — he was reportedly locked into features on DJ Khaled’s “I’m the One” and David Guetta’s “2U” around the same window — as at least part of the reasoning behind pulling his verse, on top of the rocky fan reaction. Whatever the exact mix of reasons, Diplo didn’t waste much time trying to scrub the song from the internet entirely.
While Diplo is still trying to scrub the internet of his new release “Bankroll,” the up and coming producers So Sus and ELEX decided to take a stab at the track by putting their spin on it. From the furtue beats to the trap drop, this flip is much better received than the original. Stream ELEX and SO Sus’ flip of Diplo’s “Bankroll” below.
Reception to the So Sus and ELEX flip was genuinely strong, racking up well over 100,000 plays and thousands of likes on SoundCloud alone — a pretty remarkable turnaround for a song that its own creator was actively trying to bury. It’s a solid example of how quickly independent producers can flip a viral moment, good or bad, into their own opportunity, and both artists picked up a noticeable bump in attention off the back of it.
As for the original, Diplo didn’t let “Bankroll” die completely. About a month later he quietly brought the track back online, swapping out Bieber’s verse for a new one from Rich Brian (then still going by Rich Chigga), alongside Young Thug and Rich The Kid. That version stuck around as the “official” release going forward, essentially becoming a completely different song built around the same beat and hook. So in a weird way, this whole saga ended up giving us two solid alternate takes on “Bankroll” — one polished, official redo from Diplo himself, and one scrappy, fan-favorite flip from a couple of up-and-comers who saw an opportunity and took it. Either way, it’s safe to say more people ended up hearing “Bankroll” because of the controversy than probably would have if it had just quietly performed fine in the first place.
