Pretty Girl (Ice Spice song)

"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. It marks the pair's first collaboration.[1]

"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)
Length2:17
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • RiotUSA
  • Jasper Harris
  • Blake Slatkin
Ice Spice singles chronology
"Deli"
(2023)		 "Pretty Girl"
(2023)
Rema singles chronology
"Calm Down"
(2022)		 "Pretty Girl"
(2023)
Music video
"Pretty Girl" on YouTube

Background and release

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, to air the following night(Oct. 14).[2] Two days after, the song was released.[3] 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.[4]

Reception

Rolling Stone's Mankaprr Conteh described it as "simple and full of delicate synths until breaking out into fluttering polyrhythmic percussion".[5]

Charts
Chart performance for "Pretty Girl"
Chart (2023) Peak
position
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[6] 24
US Pop Airplay (Billboard)[7] 38
US World Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[8] 6

Release history
Release dates and formats for "Pretty Girl"
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various October 13, 2023
[9]
Italy October 20, 2023 Radio airplay Universal [10]

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. Dailey, Hannah (October 11, 2023). "Ice Spice Announces New Song Featuring Rema: Here's When 'Pretty Girl' Arrives". Billboard. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  3. Andrew, Whites (October 13, 2023). "Ice Spice Blesses Fans With New Song "Pretty Girl" featuring Rema". Complex. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  4. 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.
  5. Conteh, Mankaprr (October 13, 2023). "Ice Spice and Rema Bridge their Worlds on 'Pretty Girl'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
  6. "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. October 23, 2023. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  7. "Pop Airplay: Week of October 28, 2023". Billboard. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  8. "Ice Spice Chart History (World Digital Song Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  9. Heran, Mamo (October 13, 2023). "Ice Spice & Rema Unite on 'Pretty Girl' Single". Billboard. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
  10. Seminara, Emanuela Ali (October 16, 2023). "Ice Spice X Rema – Pretty Girl (Radio Date: 20-10-2023)". EarOne (in Italian). Retrieved October 16, 2023.
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