Samples and Interpolations
Trivia
- “Godzilla” was released as the album’s second single on January 31, 2020, following “Darkness.” It peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached No. 1 in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hungary, and Finland.
- The song did not receive a retail single release until 2025, when it was issued on 7-inch vinyl via Eminem’s official website.
- Eminem shows off his legendary speed on the third verse, packing 224 words and 330 syllables into just 31 seconds. That works out to an astonishing 10.65 syllables per second and 7.23 words per second — surpassing the 6.46 words per second he achieved on 2013’s “Rap God,” which earned him a Guinness World Record.
- The track was the first posthumous release following his death on December 8, 2019, from a drug overdose.
- The song’s video was released on March 9 and was directed by , who later directed the videos for “Gnat” and “Tobey.” It features appearances by Mike Tyson and , and concludes with a dedication to Juice WRLD.
- Before appearing on “Godzilla,” Juice WRLD freestyled over Eminem beats for nearly an hour on Tim Westwood’s Capital Xtra show in October 2018.
Words from Eminem
“[Me and Paul] had been talking about Juice WRLD for a little while, and we just wanted to do something with him. […] I had a different hook on it and I was never really crazy about it. I think I had the verses, and that was kind of the reason [why] we asked him if he would do the hook — because the verses were already laid and everything. So he sent us back two things, that were great, and the first one was that “Monster” hook, and I was like, “Holy shit!”
I talked to him for the first time about two days before [he passed away] — it was either the night before or two nights after we had spoke — and I was like, “What the fuck!” […]
Anybody who’s not seen him on the Westwood show where he freestyles over my songs, go look at that shit, ’cause bro, he was doing that shit off the top of the head too… unbelievable.