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featuring Nigerian rapper and singer Rema, released on October 13, 2023, through

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and

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, as a standalone single. It marks the pair's first collaboration.

Background and release

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, released on May 10, 2023. On October 11, 2023, Ice Spice announced the song on social media, sharing its cover art. Her announcement followed the news that she would be the musical guest on the first episode of season 49 of ''Saturday Night Live'', which aired on October 14. On October 13, 2023, the song was released. RiotUSA produced the instrumental of the song. The pair performed the song for the first time on the season premiere of ''Saturday Night Live'' with

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introducing the performance. The song was intended to be the lead single from Ice Spice's debut studio album ''

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'', but was shelved from the final tracklist for unknown reasons.

Reception

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''s Mankaprr Conteh described it as "simple and full of delicate synths until breaking out into fluttering polyrhythmic percussion".

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Release history

References

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