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{{short description|2018 single by Nav}}
{{Infobox song
| name       = Know Me
| cover      = Nav - Know Me.jpg
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Nav (rapper)|Nav]]
| album      = [[Bad Habits (Nav album)|Bad Habits]]
| released   = November 2, 2018
| genre      =
| length     = 2:35
| label      = {{hlist|[[XO Records|XO]]|[[Republic Records|Republic]]}}
| writer     = {{hlist|[[Nav (rapper)|Navraj Goraya]]|[[Amir Esmailian]]|Andrew Franklin|Austin Schindler}}
| producer   = {{hlist|Pro Logic|Austin Powerz}}
| prev_title = [[Champion (Nav song)|Champion]]
| prev_year  = 2018
| next_title = [[Yosemite (song)|Yosemite]]
| next_year  = 2018
| misc       = {{External music video|{{YouTube|AzMiYxQPvjs|"Know Me"}}}}
}}
"'''Know Me'''" is a song by Canadian rapper [[Nav (rapper)|Nav]]. It was released through [[XO (record label)|XO]] and [[Republic Records]] on November 2, 2018, one day before his 29th birthday, as the lead single from his second studio album, ''[[Bad Habits (Nav album)|Bad Habits]]'' (2019). Nav wrote the song alongside his manager, [[Amir Esmailian|Cash]], and also with producers Pro Logic and Austin Powerz. The song debuted and peaked at number 63 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]].
==Background and composition==
In an emailed statement to ''[[The Fader]]'', Nav wrote about a studio session that led to the making of the song: "I was recording on of a lot of my own beats & of other producers. When I ran out I asked my engineer Pro Logic to play me some of his own beats -one of the first ones he played me became 'Know Me'."<ref name="Fader">{{cite web |last1=Darville |first1=Jordan |title=NAV's "Know Me" video is an endless flex |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/08/nav-know-me-music-video |website=[[The Fader]] |access-date=November 30, 2022 |date=November 8, 2018}}</ref> The song begins with Nav name-dropping the fashion brand [[Balenciaga]], as he melodically raps about his sexual conquests with women, brags about his collection of [[diamond clarity|VVS (Very, Very Slightly)]] diamonds and fame, referring to himself as the "hottest brown boy in the game".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Boykins |first1=Austin |title=NAV Releases Braggadocious Single, "Know Me" |url=https://hypebeast.com/2018/11/nav-know-me-single-stream |website=[[Hypebeast (company)|Hypebeast]] |access-date=November 30, 2022 |date=November 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Espinoza |first1=Joshua |title=Nav Drops New Single "Know Me" |url=https://www.complex.com/music/2018/11/nav-know-me-stream |website=[[Complex Networks|Complex]] |access-date=November 30, 2022 |date=November 2, 2018}}</ref>
==Music video==
The official music video for "Know Me" was directed by David Camarena and released on November 8, 2018. In the video, Nav parks a bright red [[Ferrari]] in the driveway of a mansion.<ref name="Exclaim">{{cite web |last1=Slingerland |first1=Calum |title=Watch NAV's Video for "Know Me" |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/watch_navs_video_for_know_me |website=[[Exclaim!]] |access-date=November 30, 2022 |date=November 8, 2018}}</ref> He struts through the insides of the mansion, which is splattered in glow-in-the-dark paint, in the company of "scantily clad" women and a python.<ref name="Fader" /><ref name="Exclaim" />
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
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! scope="col"| Chart (2018)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
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{{single chart|Canada|63|artist=Nav|rowheader=true|access-date=November 30, 2022}}
|}
==References==
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[[Category:2018 singles]]
[[Category:2018 songs]]
[[Category:Nav (rapper) songs]]
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[[Category:Songs written by Amir Esmailian]]
[[Category:XO (record label) singles]]
[[Category:Republic Records singles]]