What You Saying

Album

Single

Label

Roc Nation

Genre

Jersey Club

Composer(s)

Symere Woods;Mohamed Camara;Pascal Koeu;Karim Deneyer;Adila Sedraïa;Larry Gold

Entered Chart

Jan 10, 2026

Peak Date

Jan 24, 2026

Released

December 22, 2025

At the heart of "What You Saying" is a problem as old as romance itself: the difficulty of falling for someone who speaks an entirely different language. Lil Uzi Vert turns this potential obstacle into the song's thesis, building a story of romantic pursuit complicated by language barriers and cross-cultural attraction. The voice that floats through the refrain belongs to French singer Indila, sampled from her 2014 single "Love Story." When it was released, Indila's song was a commercial disappointment, peaking at just #57 in France. Years later, however, TikTok resurrected it, transforming the track into a global earworm and, eventually, the backbone of Uzi's song. Uzi's use of the sample is sly. When the rapper shrugs, "I don't even know what she said 'cause she foreign," the line is made literally true because the sampled vocals are sung entirely in French. We are placed in the same position as the narrator: emotionally engaged, linguistically lost. Translated into English, Indila's refrain reads like a miniature melodrama: He's not a fool, he loves her, that's all He sees her everywhere, waits for her, standing A rose in hand, nothing holds him back anymore In his love story MCVertt's production is rooted in Jersey club. MCVertt previously co-produced Uzi's 2022 hit "Just Wanna Rock," which played a key role in popularizing Jersey club in mainstream hip-hop. The song features full string orchestration arranged and conducted by Larry Gold, whose resumé also includes Kanye West's "Welcome to Heartbreak" and Rosalia's "Hentai." The music video was directed by Charlotte Wales and creatively steered by Uzi alongside Ava Nirui. Rather than opting for a standard performance clip, the visual unfolds as a mock fashion show, with Uzi unveiling his designer brand, UZI, on a runway that blurs the line between music video and couture spectacle. Supermodel Adriana Lima appears as the show's star, joined by cameos from designer Marc Jacobs, agent Kyle Hagler, stylist Law Roach, and artist Lola Leon.

(MC, make another hit)

I don't even know what she said 'cause she foreign (Let's go)
Yeah, she foreign
And she got endurance
Like the way she 'forms
Is she gon' perform it?
Look the same in morning? (Woah)
She don't stop, keep going (Keep going)
I don't even know what she said, but this what I hear in my head

Il, il n'est pas fou (Huh?), il l'aime c'est tout (What?)
Il la voit partout (Wait), il l'attend debout (What she say?)
Debout une rose à la main (Yes), non, non plus rien ne le retient (Oh, and she start breathin' like)
Dans sa love story (Woah)
Dans sa love story (Let's go)
Dans sa love story
Sa love story (Then she switch the pace up)

Okay, I really do get you
What I make in a day, what they make in a life
Is it 'cause that I'm paid, you tryna stay the night?
You keep rubbing all on my face, make me feel I'm your type
I guess that we on the same page 'cause I'm just tryna strike (Okay, I really do get you; woah)
What I make in a day, what they make in a life
Is it 'cause that I'm paid, you tryna stay the night?
You keep rubbing all on my face, make me feel I'm your type
I guess that we on the same page 'cause I'm just tryna strike (Woah)

Il, il n'est pas fou (Huh?), il l'aime c'est tout (Keep goin')
Il la voit partout (Woah), il l'attend debout (What she say?)
Debout une rose à la main (Go), non, non plus rien ne le retient (Ah, ah, ah)
Dans sa love story
Dans sa love story
Dans sa love story (Yes)
Sa love story

I don't even know what she said 'cause she foreign (Let's go)
Yeah, she foreign
And she got endurance
Like the way she 'forms
Is she gon' perform it?
Look the same in morning? (Woah)
She don't stop, keep going (Keep going)
I don't even know what she said but this what I hear in my head