Trippie Redd and Young Thug Team Up With 'Paperbag Boy'

By Audible Treats | Published: Apr 01, 2026 12:08 PM EDT

(Audible Treats) Trippie Redd connects with a fellow icon, recruiting Young Thug for "Paperbag Boy," his euphoric new banger, arriving with a music video. Produced by J-Bone, "Paperbag Boy" stacks candy-coated synth arpeggios atop speaker-obliterating 808s, as Trippie and Thugger worm their way through the beat's crevices with sliding melodies.

The song's hook reflects the evolution of the two men from project babies to kingpins in their own right, even as they still look in the mirror and see their past selves as young hustlers trying to reach the top: "Paperbag boy, rubber band man/Paperbag boy, rubber band man/I'm a tycoon, you a damn fan/Suicide doors, I feel alive again," bellows Trippie.

"Paperbag Boy" is Trippie Redd's first new single of 2026. The Canton, OH native kept busy in 2025 with a string of high-quality singles, including the defiant "Can't Count Me Out," produced Platinum-selling trap sound architect ATL Jacob, and the soaring Nick Mira-produced "Sketchy." Trippie enjoyed viral success when his 2018 Diplo collaboration "Wish," resurged thanks to the rediscovery of Trippie's 2019 Audiomack Trap Symphony performance. Powered by an emotional social media trend, the original and orchestral versions of the song have generated over 1.2 million creations and over 8 billion views across platforms like TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts, leading to 1.5 million daily streams and 10.5 million weekly streams across platforms at its peak. In Fall 2025, more than seven years after its initial release, "Wish" reached the Billboard Hot 100, spending five weeks on the chart and peaking at #79.

A Diamond-certified global phenom, Trippie Redd remains one of the most prolific, genre-blurring voices of his generation. With 14 billion streams worldwide, he continues to shape modern rap's emotional DNA through fearless experimentation and melody-driven storytelling. He is gearing up to release his highly-anticipated album NDA later this year via 1400 Ent. / 10k / Atlantic.