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Key Takeaways:
- Saweetie’s “boffum” faucets into early 2000s nostalgia with a flip of Younger Buck’s “Shorty Wanna Journey.”
- The teaser reveals Saweetie rapping over a assured, Southern model beat with quotable bars.
- Artists like Tinashe and Kehlani are already exhibiting love within the feedback.
Saweetie does not have to select when she will simply take each. On Thursday (July 10), the West Coast princess dropped a teaser for her subsequent single, “boffum,” which formally arrives subsequent Friday (July 18).
Produced by J. White Did It, the forthcoming observe samples Younger Buck’s “Shorty Wanna Journey.” Within the accompanying video, Saweetie, who we see carrying a white bikini and fur boots, raps, “Need the top or the field? Each of ‘em / Bracelet or the watch? Each of ‘em / Kelly or the croc? Each of ‘em / My hair, nails? Each of ‘em / Woman or a pimp? Each of ‘em.”
It’s a promising launch, and notably, her first solo single of this yr just isn’t related to another venture. Hearken to the snippet beneath.
If there’s one factor Saweetie by no means fumbles, it’s a pattern. “My Sort” beforehand reworked Petey Pablo’s “Freek-A-Leek,” whereas “Faucet In” flipped Too Quick’s “Blow the Whistle.” She simply is aware of the way to do classics justice.
“I’m prepared,” Tinashe penned within the feedback part underneath the artist’s Instagram publish for “boffum.” One other fan wrote, “I’m seated. Saweetie Supremacy!” Lola Brooke, Tay Cash and Stunna Lady additionally jumped in to indicate love, whereas Kehlani humorously declared, “She’s bAaAaAaaAaack!”
Hopefully, “boffum” is the primary signal that Saweetie’s long-awaited debut album is lastly on the way in which. She beforehand advised “Name Her Daddy” podcast host Alex Cooper that it was “positively” popping out in 2025. “I really feel like I lastly know myself,” the rapper defined. “I felt like I used to be continually on this bizarre transition section, particularly with recording, like, ‘What am I even speaking about?’”
Within the meantime, Saweetie can also be gearing as much as hit the street in Australia. The worldwide present run is slated to start in Perth on July 30 and wrap up in August. See the flyer beneath.