Demeanor (song)

"Demeanor" is a song by American rapper Pop Smoke, featuring English and Albanian singer Dua Lipa, from the former's posthumous second studio album, Faith (2021). The song was written by the two artists alongside Daniel Mlzrahi, Michael Gomes, Dru Decaro, Sarah Hudson, and Coffee, while the production was handled by Mantra. It was released to rhythmic contemporary and contemporary hit radio formats in the United States on July 20, 2021, as the second single from the album. A disco-pop and electropop track, it features a rhythm guitar, bassline, drums, funky groove, and bounce, alongside rhythmic verses.

On "Demeanor", Pop Smoke discusses suffering from poverty, while mentioning how women like how he acts and being heavily intoxicated. Lipa pays tribute to him in her verse. Several music critics criticized the lyrics and thought the song was not something Pop Smoke would make. Commercially, it reached number 86 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 62 on the Billboard Global 200. Outside of the United States, the song peaked within the top 50 of charts in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

A Nabil Elderkin-directed music video for "Demeanor" was released on July 29, 2021. The video features Pop Smoke as a ghost and being seen on a painting that comes to life and depicts different versions of him, as well as showing white doves flying around. Lipa wears a vintage corset-style lace-trimmed ballgown from Jean Paul Gaultier's Spring 1998 couture collection, which was inspired by Marie Antoinette and the Age of Enlightenment, as she does different activities and dances throughout. Several critics complimented its theme and production.