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, released on June 21, 2024 as the third single from her debut studio album ''

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''. It was produced by RiotUSA.

Background

Ice Spice teased the song through a snippet on social media on June 17, 2024. Fans drew comparisons between her and

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with respect to musical style and her clothing in the clip.

Composition and lyrics

Ice Spice opens the song with a reference to "

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" by Nicki Minaj in the intro. Over a "bone-rattling", "video gamey" beat with "ferocious" percussion, she boasts her fame, success and physique, calling herself a "rap bitch on a pop chart". Spice takes aim at other female rappers (especially

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) for copying her photography and music style on the bridge and pays homage to Nicki Minaj through references in the second verse. She also alludes to the cover art of ''Y2K!'', particularly the placement of the title on a trash can.

Music video

The music video was directed by Ice Spice herself and released alongside the single. It sees her dancing, twerking, lip-syncing and posing in front of garage door that is painted with graffiti of a bikini-clad posterior. She rocks an orange-yellow

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, designer clothing and jewelry. The clip also uses VHS filter.

Charts

References

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