Key Takeaways:

• Ice Spice debuts her Spanish rap abilities on “Thootie,” a bilingual dembow monitor produced by RIOTUSA.
• The track’s music video, shot within the Dominican Republic, options daring visuals and celebrates Dominican road tradition.
• The collaboration highlights the rising affect of cross-cultural sounds in mainstream hip hop.

Ice Spice is proving she will make a bop in any language. On Friday (Dec. 5), the folks’s princess launched her new single, “Thootie,” that includes Tokischa.

Produced by frequent collaborator RIOTUSA, the monitor featured Ice rapping in Spanish for the primary time. “Dominicana making a movie / My a** too fat, no me cabe en el puchi / I’m cocky, b**ch, you can’t outdo me,” she delivered within the monitor’s show-stopping second verse.

Tokischa, in the meantime, referenced Woody from Toy Story, in addition to trend homes like Gucci and Versace, in her opening verse and refrain. The pair filmed the colourful music video for “Thootie” within the Dominican Republic, the place Ice was simply visiting a number of weeks in the past. Watch the Richard Cordones-directed effort beneath.

“This was a fun record for me. It’s the first time people are actually hearing me speak or rap in Spanish, and it was fun to show another side of who I am,” Ice stated in a press assertion. “It’s much more particular that I received to do it with Toki. We went to the Dominican Republic to shoot the video final month, and it was a vibe. I undoubtedly felt at residence.”

“I’m so happy we finally got to make a song. It’s been a while since we’ve wanted to. When she sent me ‘Thootie,’ it was instant,” Tokischa added. “I gotta give it to the producers, they did a great job with the beat, not everyone who didn’t grow up in the DR can make a dembow hot like that.”

She continued, “I loved working with Ice. She’s a sweetheart and a genuinely fun girl. I’m so proud of the video, and her coming to the DR after so long was very special to honor and respect the ‘bajo mundo culture.’”

“Thootie” marked Ice’s first single since final month’s “music-video-spongebob-soundtrack”>Big Guy” and “Pretty Privilege.” Earlier within the yr, she handled followers to “Baddie Baddie” and her collaboration with Latto, “Gyatt.”