"Twerkulator" is a song recorded by American hip hop duo

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. It was released on May 21, 2021, through

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Background and release

In March 2021,

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, one of the members of the duo, said that "Twerkulator" couldn't be released due to the instrumental it uses not being cleared. In May, JT, the other member of the duo, revealed that the instrumental was cleared and that the song could be released. "Twerkulator" follows the release of City Girls' second studio album, ''

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''. The song went viral on

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prior to its release. A music video directed by

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was released for the song.

Composition

"Twerkulator" makes usage of the instrumental of the 1982 song "

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" by

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, which in turn was inspired on

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". It also interpolates the lyric from "Percolator" by

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Reception

In an interview with ''

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opined that "Twerkulator" was "on pace to become the song of the summer".

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References

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