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featuring

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, released on August 9, 2019 by

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. It was written by all three artists alongside Michael "Crazy Mike" Foster, Syed Hossain, Derrick Milano, Jordan "Juicy J" Houston and Georges “Bone Collector“ Olivier, with additional writing credits going to Earl On The Beat, JT (from

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"; the song was produced by Bone Collector, Juicy J, and Crazy Mike.https://www.umusicpub.com/uk/Digital-Music-Library/song/415464/megan-thee-stallion-hot-girl-summer-feat-nicki-minaj-ty-dolla-ign-single Commercially, the song debuted and peaked at number eleven on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. On ''Billboards'' Rhythmic Songs airplay chart, it became Megan Thee Stallion's first number one, Nicki Minaj's eighth and Ty Dolla Sign's third.

Background

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" where the rapper calls herself "thee hot girl". The phrase also appeared on the artwork for her 2019 mixtape ''

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''. Megan first teased the song in a tweet on July 18, stating "I feel like it's only right I drop a hot girl summer song before the summer is over." On July 28, 2019, Megan posted a snippet of the song to her

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. She also revealed the release date to be August 2 but it was later postponed to August 9. On August 5, 2019, it was announced that the song would feature Nicki Minaj which turned out to be the cause for the delay. Minaj revealed that the collaboration almost did not happen due to her almost losing her voice.

Music video

On September 3, 2019, the music video for the song was released. Directed by Munachi Osegbu, the video shows the artists at a pool party. Multiple celebrities make cameo appearances, including

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Live performances

Megan performed the song for the first time at the

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, in a medley with "Cash Shit".

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. *

– lead vocals *

– featured vocals *

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– featured vocals * Bone Collector – production *

– production * Crazy Mike – production

Awards and nominations

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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