"Guess" is a song by English singer

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taken from '' Brat and It's the Same but There's Three More Songs So It's Not'', the deluxe edition of her sixth studio album, ''

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'' (2024). A remix version featuring American singer

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was released on 1 August 2024 as a single from ''

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'', the

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of ''Brat''. The song interpolates the

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song "

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". Released alongside a music video from which 10,000 items of underwear were donated to

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, the remix marked the first studio collaboration by Eilish in several years and was the fourth remix from ''Brat''. "Guess" received positive reviews from critics and entered the top of the UK Singles Chart, and at number twelve on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It also topped the ''Billboard'' Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart, as well as the charts in Australia, Ireland, Lithuania, and New Zealand, and peaked within the top ten of the charts in Canada, Norway, and Sweden. The song became Charli's first UK number one as a solo artist. The remix received a nomination for

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at the

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and won the

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Original version and background

The original version of "Guess" was released on 10 June 2024 through

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as the seventeenth track of the deluxe version of her sixth studio album, ''

''. It was produced by the Dare and co-written with

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, with the chorus interpolating the loop from French electronic duo

's 2005 song "

". "Guess" makes references to guessing the colour of her underwear and

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. Upon release, the song was described as "extremely horny" by Kaelen Bell of ''

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'' In May 2024, Eilish stated in an interview with

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that she had been in a studio for the first time in several years and had recorded a collaboration with an artist she was a huge fan of. She also mentioned that she had previously resisted such collaborations due to nervousness. Charli had previously expressed an interest in collaborating with Eilish as early as 2017, though the pair were unable to find an appropriate song. On 31 July 2024, Charli XCX shared a post with the artwork of the remix, asking followers to guess based on the cover showing just the lower profiles of both artists. The singer is seen wearing white mini-skirt while the collaborator wears baggy jeans and several rings on their hand. Based on the details, fans quickly figured out the featured artist to be Eilish. That same day, fans shared pictures of flyers asking people to call a phone number that plays a snippet of the remix.

Release and music video

On 31 July, Charli XCX confirmed the remix with Eilish and announced the release for the following day. It is the fifth remix of a ''Brat'' track, following "

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" with

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" with

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and

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, "Von Dutch" with

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and Benga, and "

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" with

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. Eilish's verse features a little extra

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, which Anna Gaca of ''

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'' interpreted as representing Eilish "spott ngthe girl she likes and her heart's pounding". An accompanying music video directed by Aidan Zamiri was released alongside the remix. According to Zamiri, the video was filmed on 28 July 2024, only four days ahead of its release. The video starts in a house party hosted by Charli XCX, where Eilish appears driving a skiploader through the wall. The two then walk on a street where panties are falling from the sky before climbing a pile of them. The video ends with a message that the undergarments not worn in the video would be donated to

, an American charity which distributes underwear and period products to women suffering

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, homelessness, and hardship. The charity later stated that it had received 10,000 pairs, much of which was "sexy", and its founder Dana Marlowe stated that they welcomed such a donation on the grounds that it was important to them to encourage choice.

Reception

The song was received positively. Marcus Wratten of ''

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'' described the song as "super-

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", while Talecia Vescio of

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wrote that the song served "cunt". Robin Murray of '' Clash'' wrote that the song's "seismic, system shaking, Earth shuddering

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tropes –

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and

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– while also pirouetting to the future ndremaining loyal to her hyper pop fantasies". In addition, Anna Gaca of ''Pitchfork'' described the track as "a cheeky, bikini, high-rise, hipster remix" of the original, and the track's release elicited reactions from

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, Addison Rae,

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, and

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. One fan described Eilish's lyrics "Charli likes boys but she knows I'd hit it" as "predatory" and accused her of

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, prompting an angry response from Eilish's brother

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. Many fans interpreted a whispered lyric at the end of the track, "You wanna guess what me and Billie have been textin' about? (You've been disrespectful)/ Still tryin' to guess the password to my

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(Are you obsessed with me?)/ You wanna guess the address of the party we're at (You know you're not invited)", to be a jab at

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, because her album ''

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'' had obstructed both Charli's ''Brat'' and Eilish's ''

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'' from the top of the

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and ''Billboard'' 200, respectively.

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References

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Original version and background

Release and music video

Reception

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Weekly charts

Monthly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

See also

References