{"id":54958,"date":"2026-01-06T15:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T15:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/06\/aap-rocky-goes-full-rockstar-in-new-punk-rocky-video-starring-winona-ryder\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T15:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T15:00:28","slug":"aap-rocky-goes-full-rockstar-in-new-punk-rocky-video-starring-winona-ryder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/06\/aap-rocky-goes-full-rockstar-in-new-punk-rocky-video-starring-winona-ryder\/","title":{"rendered":"A$AP Rocky Goes Full Rockstar In New &#8220;Punk Rocky&#8221; Video Starring Winona Ryder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/artist\/asap-rocky\" target=\"_blank\">A$AP Rocky<\/a> has ramped up his <em><a class=\"underline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/news\/asap-rocky-dont-be-dumb-everything-we-know\/\" target=\"_blank\">Don\u2019t Be Dumb<\/a><\/em> rollout with the release of a new single and video, \u201cPunk Rocky.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Produced by Ging, Zach Fogarty, Cristoforo Donadi and Rocky himself, the track finds Pretty Flacko flexing his musical range and showcasing his smooth singing voice over melodic rock production.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI thought I fell in love, I thought she felt it too \/ I thought we was in love, she just another fluke \/ I thought you was the one, I guess you just the two \/ You want the last laugh, look, now the joke\u2019s on you,\u201d<\/em> laments Rocky, whose real-life relationship with Rihanna is anything but on the rocks.<\/p>\n<p>The accompanying video, co-starring Winona Ryder, strengthens Rocky\u2019s reputation as one of hip-hop\u2019s best visual artists. With Dutch directors Simon Beck and Folkert Verdoorn at the helm, the surreal clip features a neighborhood brawl, a stint in jail and a rooftop jam session as the Harlem rapper moves to the suburbs.<\/p>\n<p>While one jacked-up neighbor makes it his mission to snuff out the fun, Winona Ryder becomes A$AP Rocky\u2019s unlikely ally, even bailing him and his crew out of jail. The rollercoaster ride ends in an explosive shootout and ejector seat-triggered car crash.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"optanon-category-C0003\" width=\"900\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/lCp0BmcFPQ8?si=aiAIUMut_T5-38fv\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPunk Rocky\u201d is set to appear on A$AP Rocky\u2019s long-awaited fourth album <em>Don\u2019t Be Dumb<\/em>, which will finally arrive on January 16.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bilt.com\/rewards\/collection\/brand\/HvIXLkrYRkeSBnucjKD26Q\" target=\"_blank\">vinyl listing<\/a> of the album, \u201cthe 15-track [project] moves through genres the way you\u2019d move through a city \u2014 jazz, hip hop, metal, indie, R&amp;B \u2014 each track capturing a different block, mood, or moment. It\u2019s Rocky in full range.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A number of high-profile names have been linked to the album, from <a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/artist\/metro-boomin\" target=\"_blank\">Metro Boomin<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/artist\/madlib\" target=\"_blank\">Madlib<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/artist\/playboi-carti\" target=\"_blank\">Playboi Carti<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/artist\/westside-gunn\" target=\"_blank\">Westside Gunn<\/a>. But one of the most fascinating contributors is Tim Burton, the legendary filmmaker behind <em>Edward Scissorhands<\/em>, <em>Beetlejuice<\/em> and the late \u201980s\/early \u201990s <em>Batman<\/em> movies.<\/p>\n<p>Burton\u2019s name appears on the official cover for <em>Don\u2019t Be Dumb<\/em> while Rocky recently <a class=\"underline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/news\/asap-rocky-dont-be-dumb-album-cover-tim-burton\/\" target=\"_blank\">thanked the director for \u201chelping me make this movie,\u201d<\/a> suggesting an accompanying film is in the works.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI sat and I played the album for Tim Burton, and he was fucking with it heavy \u2026 He was rocking his head and was like, \u2018Wow! I didn\u2019t know you made that kind of music!\u2019\u201d the rapper told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/asap-rocky-billboard-cover-1235757713\/\" target=\"_blank\">Billboard<\/a><\/em> in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>He explained his admiration for Burton in a sit-down with <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fZHBGu-ahi8&amp;t=6s\" target=\"_blank\">Vanity Fair<\/a><\/em> last year, saying: \u201cI love Tim Burton, man. I\u2019ve been inspired by him [since] a child. I think what he does with claymation and how he transcended into live-action movies, the parallels between them and [how] he seamlessly included it from matte painting to German Expressionism. I think he\u2019s a fucking genius.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/news\/asap-rocky-punk-rocky-video-winona-ryder\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A$AP Rocky has ramped up his Don\u2019t Be Dumb rollout with the release of a new single and video, \u201cPunk Rocky.\u201d Produced by Ging,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":54959,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hip-hop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}