Pretty Girl (Ice Spice song)

"Pretty Girl"
A painting of Ice Spice leaning on the hood of a pink car next to a man resembling Rema sitting on it, with various Cupid-like characters flying around them
Single by Ice Spice featuring Rema
ReleasedOctober 13, 2023 (2023-10-13)
Recorded2023
Length2:17
Label
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Ice Spice singles chronology
"Deli"
(2023) 		"Pretty Girl"
(2023) 		"Think U the Shit (Fart)"
(2024)
Rema singles chronology
"Calm Down"
(2022) 		"Pretty Girl"
(2023)
Music video
"Pretty Girl" on YouTube

"Pretty Girl" is a song by American rapper Ice Spice featuring Nigerian rapper and singer Rema, released on October 13, 2023, through 10K Projects and Capitol Records, as a standalone single. It marks the pair's first collaboration.[1]

Background and release

The song, at the time originally planned to be featured on the soundtrack of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, was initially teased in an advertisement for the film and the Hyundai Ioniq 6, released on May 10, 2023.[2] 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.[3] On October 13, 2023, the song was released.[4] 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 Taylor Swift introducing the performance.[5]

The song was intended to be the lead single from Ice Spice's debut studio album Y2K!, but was shelved from the final tracklist for unknown reasons.

Reception

Rolling Stone's Mankaprr Conteh described it as "simple and full of delicate synths until breaking out into fluttering polyrhythmic percussion".[6]

Charts

Chart performance for "Pretty Girl"
Chart (2023) Peak
position
Canada CHR/Top 40 (Billboard)[7] 29
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[8] 24
Nigeria (TurnTable Top 100)[9] 18
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[10] 28
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[11] 21
US World Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[12] 6

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Pretty Girl"
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various October 13, 2023
[13]
United States October 15, 2023 Contemporary hit radio [14]
Italy October 20, 2023 Radio airplay Universal [15]

References

  1. ^ Gonzalez, Alex (October 11, 2023). "Ice Spice And Rema Are Teaming Up For Their New Single 'Pretty Girl' And It's Dropping Soon". Uproxx. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  2. ^ "Rema and Ice Spice - Pretty Girl [Ad Feature Snippet]". YouTube. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  3. ^ Dailey, Hannah (October 11, 2023). "Ice Spice Announces New Song Featuring Rema: Here's When 'Pretty Girl' Arrives". Billboard. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  4. ^ Andrew, Whites (October 13, 2023). "Ice Spice Blesses Fans With New Song "Pretty Girl" featuring Rema". Complex. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  5. ^ Lindert, Hattie (October 15, 2023). "Watch Ice Spice Perform "In Ha Mood" and "Pretty Girl" With Rema, Get Introduced by Taylor Swift on SNL". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  6. ^ Conteh, Mankaprr (October 13, 2023). "Ice Spice and Rema Bridge their Worlds on 'Pretty Girl'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
  7. ^ "Ice Spice Chart History (Canada CHR/Top 40)". Billboard. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
  8. ^ "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. October 23, 2023. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  9. ^ "TurnTable Nigeria Top 100: October 20th, 2023 - October 26th, 2023". TurnTable. Archived from the original on November 1, 2023. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
  10. ^ "Ice Spice Chart History (Pop Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
  11. ^ "Ice Spice Chart History (Rhythmic Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  12. ^ "Ice Spice Chart History (World Digital Song Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  13. ^ Heran, Mamo (October 13, 2023). "Ice Spice & Rema Unite on 'Pretty Girl' Single". Billboard. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
  14. ^ "Your Radio Add Recaps". Hits. October 15, 2023. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
  15. ^ Seminara, Emanuela Ali (October 16, 2023). "Ice Spice X Rema – Pretty Girl (Radio Date: 20-10-2023)". EarOne (in Italian). Retrieved October 16, 2023.