Pretty Girl (Ice Spice song)
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{{Infobox song
| name = Pretty Girl
| cover = Ice Spice - Pretty Girl.png
| alt = 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
| type = single
| artist = Ice Spice featuring Rema
| album =
| released = {{start date|2023|10|13}}
| recorded = 2023
| genre =
| length = 2:17
| label = * 10K Projects
| lyricist =
| composer =
- Blake Slatkin
- Ephrem Lopez Jr.
- Jasper Harris
| producer = * RiotUSA
- Jasper Harris
- Blake Slatkin
| chronology = Ice Spice
| prev_title = Deli
| prev_year = 2023
| next_title = Think U the Shit (Fart)
| next_year = 2024
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Rema
| type = single
| prev_title = Calm Down
| prev_year = 2022
| title = Pretty Girl
| year = 2023
}}
{{External music video|{{YouTube|__ym7vClmp4|"Pretty Girl"}}}}
}}
"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.{{cite web|url=https://uproxx.com/music/ice-spice-rema-pretty-girl-single-release-date/|title=Ice Spice And Rema Are Teaming Up For Their New Single 'Pretty Girl' And It's Dropping Soon|website=Uproxx|last=Gonzalez|first=Alex|date=October 11, 2023|access-date=October 12, 2023}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=YdXccmadvGM|title=Rema and Ice Spice - Pretty Girl [Ad Feature Snippet]|website=YouTube |access-date=September 7, 2023}} 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.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/ice-spice-rema-collab-pretty-girl-release-date-1235439638/|title=Ice Spice Announces New Song Featuring Rema: Here's When 'Pretty Girl' Arrives|magazine=Billboard|last=Dailey|first=Hannah|date=October 11, 2023|access-date=October 12, 2023}} On October 13, 2023, the song was released.{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/andrewwhitefreelancer/ice-spice-pretty-girl-rema|title=Ice Spice Blesses Fans With New Song "Pretty Girl" featuring Rema|website=Complex|last=Andrew|first=Whites|date=October 13, 2023|access-date=October 13, 2023}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-ice-spice-perform-in-ha-mood-and-pretty-girl-on-snl/|title=Watch Ice Spice Perform "In Ha Mood" and "Pretty Girl" With Rema, Get Introduced by Taylor Swift on SNL|website=Pitchfork|last=Lindert|first=Hattie|date=October 15, 2023|access-date=October 16, 2023}}
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".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ice-spice-rema-pretty-girl-song-1234853222/|title=Ice Spice and Rema Bridge their Worlds on 'Pretty Girl'|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Conteh|first=Mankaprr|date=October 13, 2023|access-date=October 14, 2023}}
Charts
Release history
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Release dates and formats for "Pretty Girl" ! scope="col"| Region ! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format ! scope="col"| Label ! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row"| Various
| October 13, 2023 | {{hlist|Digital download|streaming}} | rowspan="2" | {{hlist|10K|Capitol}} | style="text-align:center" | {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/ice-spice-rema-pretty-girl-single-listen-1235440737/|title=Ice Spice & Rema Unite on 'Pretty Girl' Single|magazine=Billboard|last=Heran|first=Mamo|date=October 13, 2023|access-date=October 14, 2023}} |
|---|
| scope="row" | United States
| October 15, 2023 | style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=338022|title=Your Radio Add Recaps|work=Hits|date=October 15, 2023|access-date=October 15, 2023}} |
| scope="row"| Italy
| October 20, 2023 |