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Heartless (Polo G song)

2019 single by Polo G featuring Mustard

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ116153292 ↗
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"Heartless" is a song by American rapper Polo G, released on September 20, 2019 by Columbia Records. The song features American record producer Mustard, who produced the track, and is the lead single from Polo G's second studio album The Goat (2020).

Composition

The song features a guitar loop, as well as an uptempo "trap-dipped blues rhythm". It finds Polo G singing about his past struggles, including that of his family and his activities in the streets, his rise to success, and staying true to his roots.

Music video

A music video directed by Ryan Lynch was released alongside the single. It sees Polo G in Chicago with his friends as he raps, while "glitchy graphics, fire strips, and lyrics" appear around him.

In April 2022, after the video had passed 100 million views on YouTube, Polo G revealed on Instagram that he almost died of a drug overdose before the video shoot.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Heartless (Polo G song)” as 2019 single by Polo G featuring Mustard. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2019, 2020, 2022—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2019-09-20. The account is most persuasive where Heartless, Polo and song can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as 2019 single by Polo G featuring Mustard. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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