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Key Takeaways:
- Saweetie’s “boffum” marks her return to solo music after a protracted hiatus.
- Her forthcoming challenge, ‘Hella Stress,’ arrives on Aug. 1, following her final EP, THE SINGLE LIFE, from 2022.
- The one encompasses a pattern of Younger Buck’s “Shorty Wanna Journey” and showcases her signature duality.
Don’t depend Saweetie out simply but. On Friday (July 18), the rapper returned together with her first single of the yr, “boffum,” and let followers know an EP is formally on the way in which.
Produced by J White Did It, the brand new single samples Younger Buck’s iconic “Shorty Wanna Journey” from Straight Outta Cashville. As we have seen earlier than, particularly on hits like “Faucet In” and “My Kind,” Saweetie is aware of her manner round pattern. On the document’s opening verses, she drops bars like, “Wanna stick it in like a USB / Put a Trojan on like USC / From the Bay, however I am not bae to you.”
The refrain finds her itemizing off choices like a bracelet or watch; steak or shrimp; and rapper or athlete. Spoiler alert: she chooses each. Watch the video for “boffum” beneath.
“This observe is all about embracing your duality and proudly owning each facet of who you’re. I’m so excited for the ICY Gang to listen to it, and I can’t wait to lastly share the challenge I’ve been engaged on,” Saweetie mentioned in a press launch. The providing she’s referring to is Hella Stress, her forthcoming EP which is about to drop on Aug. 1.
Positive, it’s not the debut album followers have been ready for, however Saweetie hasn’t dropped an EP in years. Her final one, THE SINGLE LIFE, arrived again in 2022 with singles like “DON’T SAY NOTHIN’” and “BO$$ CHICK.” Whereas it reportedly didn’t carry out that properly commercially, she’s greater than bounced again since.
Whether or not Hella Stress is supposed to carry followers over for the yr or just a approach to take a look at the waters, Saweetie confirmed that her debut LP was “undoubtedly” dropping on this yr. She informed “Name Her Daddy” podcast host Alex Cooper, “I really feel like I lastly know myself.”