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Saweetie attends Beacher Fest Presents: Beacher’s Madhouse 2025
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Key Takeaways:
- The EP HELLA PRESSURE marked Saweetie’s return after an extended musical hiatus.
- The five-track venture included a TWICE collaboration and showcases her inventive vary.
- Saweetie says the EP displays her persona and gives a preview of her upcoming debut album.
Since first arriving with 2017’s “ICY GRL,” there’s all the time been one thing actually particular about Saweetie. Whereas a debut album continues to be unreleased, followers really feel seemingly nearer than ever to receiving it.
Earlier than that launch, she dropped HELLA PRESSURE in early August, joking, “You possibly can’t simply put it in with out it being lubricated.” On Wednesday (Aug. 20), the rapper sat down with Justin Credible to speak by her first EP in almost three years.
Noting that she was in “album mode” whereas engaged on the five-song venture, Saweetie stated, “I actually needed to get my ft moist actual fast.” She added, “I simply really feel like these days, it’s important to feed them the appetizers and then you definitely include the entrées.” The prolonged play did simply that, introducing data just like the Younger Buck-sampling “boffum” and “stress.”
“This was the primary venture the place I actually, actually put every little thing into it. Once I [say] that, I imply my conscience,” Saweetie defined. “I really feel like this encompasses 70 % of my persona.” Whereas breaking down the EP, she talked about that she needs to get a function — ideally a male artist — on “twinzzz,” one of many cuts listeners had been launched to midway by the venture.
Later within the dialog, Saweetie revealed that she initially sang the refrain on “superstars” earlier than TWICE took it over. “They sound means higher than me,” the Oakland rapper stated of the Ok-pop group.
“I am a real Northern California lady, and if you hear ‘hella,’ you recognize that I am from that area for certain,” she went on to say whereas reflecting on the EP. “I really feel like with this venture, you are capable of see my vary.”
Though the West Coast princess didn’t affirm if her massive debut will arrive in 2025, she is recent off her first-ever Australian tour. The trek included 4 stops throughout Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, and extra.