Munch (Feelin' U)

"Munch (Feelin' U)" is a drill song. Lyrically, Ice Spice raps about a man who dotes on her while she selfishly gets what she wants from him,{{cite web |last1=Powell |first1=Jon |title=Check out Ice Spice's new visual for "Munch (Feelin' U)" |url=https://www.revolt.tv/article/2022-08-15/186367/ice-spice-munch-feelin-u-video/ |website=Revolt |access-date=September 16, 2022 |date=August 15, 2022 |archive-date=May 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525012232/https://www.revolt.tv/article/2022-08-15/186367/ice-spice-munch-feelin-u-video |url-status=live }} addressing him as the slang term "munch": "You thought I was feelin' you? / That nigga a munch".{{cite web |last1=Pierre |first1=Alphonse |title=Ice Spice's "Munch (Feelin' U)" Is the New York Rap Song of the Summer We've Been Waiting For |url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/ice-spice-munch-feelin-u-is-the-new-york-rap-song-of-the-summer-weve-been-waiting-for/ |work=Pitchfork |access-date=September 16, 2022 |date=September 2, 2022 |archive-date=March 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230303035007/https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/ice-spice-munch-feelin-u-is-the-new-york-rap-song-of-the-summer-weve-been-waiting-for/ |url-status=live }} Pitchfork{{'}}s Ryan Dombal called on Merriam-Webster to introduce Ice Spice's definition of the word, a "particularly clueless kind of guy—a dummy, a sucker, a simp", into its dictionaries.

When Ice Spice announced the song on social media, she shared a screenshot revealing that she had received a cosign from Canadian rapper Drake as a result of the track.{{cite web |last1=Minsker |first1=Evan |title=Ice Spice Shares Video for New Song "Munch (Feelin' U)": Watch |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/ice-spice-shares-video-for-new-song-munch-feelin-u-watch/ |work=Pitchfork |access-date=September 16, 2022 |date=August 11, 2022 |archive-date=August 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812033244/https://pitchfork.com/news/ice-spice-shares-video-for-new-song-munch-feelin-u-watch/ |url-status=live }} Upon its release, the song quickly began trending on the video-sharing app TikTok.{{cite web |last1=Ellis |first1=Ellice D. |title=(For You)r Consideration: The Hottest TikTok Trends In Music This Week |url=https://uproxx.com/music/tiktok-music-trends-ice-spice-rosalia/ |work=Uproxx |access-date=September 16, 2022 |date=September 2, 2022 |archive-date=September 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913114212/https://uproxx.com/music/tiktok-music-trends-ice-spice-rosalia/ |url-status=live }}

The song received generally positive reviews. Writing for The Fader, David Renshaw praised Ice Spice's "effortless confidence" in the song and commented, "she flexes for two minutes straight, offering up quotable lines ('You know my body, I do it with ease') and outsized comic imagery ('I'm walkin' past him, he sniffin' my breeze')".{{cite magazine |last1=Renshaw |first1=David |title=Song You Need: Ice Spice's "Munch (Feelin' U)" is the defiant sound of moving on |url=https://www.thefader.com/2022/08/12/ice-spice-munch-feelin-u |magazine=The Fader |date=August 12, 2022 |access-date=September 16, 2022 |archive-date=March 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230303035209/https://www.instagram.com/p/ClUGOcjuUkI/embed/?cr=1&v=14&wp=525&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefader.com&rp=%2F2022%2F08%2F12%2Fice-spice-munch-feelin-u |url-status=live }} Jon Caramanica of The New York Times wrote, "In a frenzied genre, she's a calm rapper, which is part of what makes this song so frosty—the beat is skittish and portentous, but Ice Spice sounds at peace. She's rhyming quickly, but also calmly and slightly dismissively, probably because of the subject matter."{{cite news |last1=Caramanica |first1=Jon |last2=Zoladz |first2=Lindsay |title=M.I.A. Takes Aim at Fame, and 7 More New Songs |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/12/arts/music/playlist-mia-nicki-minaj-willow.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=September 16, 2022 |date=August 12, 2022 |archive-date=September 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915174735/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/12/arts/music/playlist-mia-nicki-minaj-willow.html |url-status=live }}

Pitchfork ranked the song the 30th best of 2022, praising how Ice Spice "balances her brashness with a supremely unbothered delivery, as if she's been swatting away munches for decades. Centuries, even";{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-songs-2022/ |title=The 100 Best Songs of 2022 |website=Pitchfork |date=December 5, 2022 |access-date=December 5, 2022 |first=Ryan |last=Dombal |archive-date=December 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209163959/https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-songs-2022/ |url-status=live }} in September 2024, they included it on their list of "The 100 Best Songs of the 2020s So Far", ranking it at number 41.{{Cite web |last=Pitchfork |date=2024-09-30 |title=The 100 Best Songs of the 2020s So Far |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-100-best-songs-of-the-2020s-so-far/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}

The video for the song was directed by George Buford and features Ice Spice dancing with a group of friends and supporters in various locations in The Bronx, such as at a park, in front of Paya Deli, and at a photoshoot.

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