Nice 2 Me

In 2020, just before the second United Kingdom COVID-19 lockdown,{{Cite web |last=J |first=Trixie |date=4 April 2023 |title=Piri and Tommy Rose from Viral Rookies to UK Dance's Next Big Ace |url=https://nexus.radio/news/piri-and-tommy-rose-from-viral-rookies-to-uk-dances-next-big-ace |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230722235107/https://nexus.radio/news/piri-and-tommy-rose-from-viral-rookies-to-uk-dances-next-big-ace |archive-date=22 July 2023 |access-date=22 July 2023 |website=Nexus Radio |language=en-US}} Piri matched on Tinder with Tommy Villiers.{{cite news |last1=Helm |first1=Jake |title=Piri and Tommy: meet the rising stars of pop |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/piri-and-tommy-meet-the-rising-stars-of-pop-xbsjrwl8t |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221108175213/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/piri-and-tommy-meet-the-rising-stars-of-pop-xbsjrwl8t |archive-date=8 November 2022 |url-status=live |work=The Times}} A couple of weeks later, one of the band's photographers retweeted one of their photo shoots, prompting her to find his Instagram account and ask him out.{{cite web |title=The Daisy Adams Show w/ Piri and Tommy Villiers 27th October 2021 |url=https://www.mixcloud.com/reformradio/the-daisy-adams-show-w-piri-and-tommy-villiers-27th-october-2021/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213093946/https://www.mixcloud.com/reformradio/the-daisy-adams-show-w-piri-and-tommy-villiers-27th-october-2021/ |archive-date=13 February 2023 |accessdate=13 February 2023 |publisher=Reform Radio}}{{Rp|page=38:07}} They released the mixtape Froge.mp3 in October 2022, which they promoted the following month with Froge.tour.{{cite magazine |date=21 September 2022 |title=piri & tommy have announced their debut project, 'froge.mp3' |url=https://readdork.com/news/piri-tommy-announce-debut-project-froge-mp3/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304081850/https://readdork.com/news/piri-tommy-announce-debut-project-froge-mp3/ |archive-date=4 March 2023 |magazine=Dork |accessdate=4 March 2023}} A week after that, they split up and did not talk to each other for several months;{{Rp|page=44:25}} after releasing "Updown" in February 2023,{{Cite web |date=2023-05-30 |title=piri & Tommy Villiers release new single ‘nice 2 me’ |url=https://diymag.com/news/piri-tommy-villiers-nice-2-me |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=DIY |language=en}} the pair reunited as friends in April 2023.{{Cite web |date=20 September 2023 |title=Piri – Going Viral, Sustaining A Career in Music and Making OnlyFans Content |url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/6oM9yoF8JlHxprs9CzRpje |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016093708/https://open.spotify.com/episode/6oM9yoF8JlHxprs9CzRpje |archive-date=16 October 2023 |access-date=11 October 2023 |website=Utopia Talks}}{{Rp|page=44:25}}

On 24 May 2023, they released "Nice 2 Me",{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/4DpmPt7gfAAq7WEx0E1X8s/discography/single|title=piri Singles and EPs discography|website=Spotify|accessdate=4 February 2023|archive-date=4 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204123745/https://open.spotify.com/artist/4DpmPt7gfAAq7WEx0E1X8s/discography/single|url-status=live}} their second single of the year. The song speaks of wanting to be treated nicely in a relationship and had previously been performed during Froge.tour.{{cite web |date=10 November 2022 |title='Mutations Festival' – Day Two Report (Friday) |url=https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2022/11/10/mutations-festival-day-two-report-friday/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205123927/https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2022/11/10/mutations-festival-day-two-report-friday/ |archive-date=5 February 2023 |accessdate=5 February 2023 |website=Brightonandhovenews.org}} The song samples the Amen break{{cite web|url=https://notion.online/notion-now-bandokay-beyonce-j-hus/|title=Notion Now: Bandokay, Beyoncé & J Hus|website=Notion.online|date=26 May 2023|accessdate=29 May 2023|archive-date=29 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529142458/https://notion.online/notion-now-bandokay-beyonce-j-hus/|url-status=live}} and was an attempt at mimicking DJ Marky.{{cite magazine|url=https://readdork.com/news/piri-tommy-villiers-single-nice-2-me/|title=piri & Tommy Villiers have dropped their new "summer banger", 'nice 2 me'|magazine=Dork|accessdate=25 May 2023}} BBC Radio 1 announced it as that day's "Hottest Record"{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio 1 - Radio 1's Future Sounds, piri & Tommy Villiers Hottest Record + One Night With... Tom Grennan |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001lw44 |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=BBC |language=en-GB |archive-date=2023-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524233233/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001lw44 |url-status=live }} and Spotify later added it to its "Planet Rave" playlist.{{cite web |date=15 June 2023 |title=Step into the Beat: Experience the Vibrant 'Spotify House' in Manila |url=https://www.wheninmanila.com/step-into-the-beat-experience-the-vibrant-spotify-house-in-manila/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616135415/https://www.wheninmanila.com/step-into-the-beat-experience-the-vibrant-spotify-house-in-manila/ |archive-date=16 June 2023 |accessdate=16 June 2023 |publisher=WheninManila.com}}

Notion complimented the song's "acoustic-infused liquid DnB beat", while Dan Cairns of The Times wrote that the track was "at once as light as air and as insistent as a final demand".{{cite news|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230529143815/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/best-new-albums-of-2023-so-far-6rrrvdnfk|title=The best albums of 2023 so far|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/best-new-albums-of-2023-so-far-6rrrvdnfk|newspaper=The Times|access-date=29 May 2023|url-status=live|archive-date=29 May 2023}} Hollie Geraghty of The Forty Five described the song as "a weightless summer melody that radiates warmth and golden hour sunshine",{{cite web|url=https://thefortyfive.com/opinion/reviews/new-songs-arlo-parks-ashnikko/|title=45s of the week: Arlo Parks, Cat Burns, Olivia Dean and more!|date=26 May 2023|publisher=Thefortyfive.com|accessdate=16 June 2023|archive-date=30 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530050433/https://thefortyfive.com/opinion/reviews/new-songs-arlo-parks-ashnikko/|url-status=live}} while DIY described the song as "sure to be a massive singalong anthem this summer".{{cite magazine|url=https://issuu.com/diymagazine/docs/diy_june_2023|title=Have you heard?|magazine=DIY|accessdate=16 June 2023}} A more critical review, however, came from Stephanie van Tol of Dancing Bears, who opined that little happened on the record and that it felt "much longer" than its sub-three minute playing time.{{Cite web |last=Tol |first=Stephanie van |date=2023-05-25 |title=Nieuwe single piri & tommy - "nice 2 me" |url=https://www.dansendeberen.be/2023/05/25/nieuwe-single-piri-tommy-nice-2-me/ |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=Dansende Beren |language=nl-NL}} In September 2023, the song appeared on the soundtrack for EA Sports FC 24.{{Cite web |title=EA FC 24 soundtrack {{!}} Full list of songs {{!}} Radio Times |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/technology/gaming/ea-fc-24-soundtrack-songs/ |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=www.radiotimes.com |language=en-GB}}

Digital single

1. "Nice 2 Me" (Piri & Tommy) – 2:51

Tommy Villiers Remix

1. "Nice 2 Me" (Tommy Villiers Remix) – 3:26

Acoustic

1. "Nice 2 Me" (Acoustic) – 2:30

• Piri – vocals{{cite web |title=Nice 2 Me – Credits |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/295444442/credits |accessdate=16 June 2023 |publisher=Tidal |archive-date=16 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616135415/https://listen.tidal.com/album/295444442/credits |url-status=live }}
• Tommy Villiers – production, mixing
• Kevin Grainger – mastering

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