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Key Takeaways:

• Saweetie’s “boffum” faucets into early 2000s nostalgia with a flip of Young Buck’s “Shorty Wanna Ride.”
• The teaser reveals Saweetie rapping over a assured, Southern type beat with quotable bars.
• Artists like Tinashe and Kehlani are already exhibiting love within the feedback.

Saweetie does not have to choose 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 Young Buck’s “Shorty Wanna Ride.” In the accompanying video, Saweetie, who we see sporting a white bikini and fur boots, raps, “Want the head or the box? Both of ‘em / Bracelet or the watch? Both of ‘em / Kelly or the croc? Both of ‘em / My hair, nails? Both of ‘em / Lady or a pimp? Both of ‘em.”

It’s a promising launch, and notably, her first solo single of this yr is just not related to some other challenge. Listen to the snippet beneath.

If there’s one factor Saweetie by no means fumbles, it’s a pattern. “My Type” beforehand reworked Petey Pablo’s “Freek-A-Leek,” whereas “Tap In” flipped Too Short’s “Blow the Whistle.” She simply is aware of the way to do classics justice.

“I’m ready,” Tinashe penned within the feedback part underneath the artist’s Instagram post for “boffum.” Another fan wrote, “I’m seated. Saweetie Supremacy!” Lola Brooke, Tay Money and Stunna Girl 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 informed “Call Her Daddy” podcast host Alex Cooper that it was “definitely” coming out in 2025. “I feel like I finally know myself,” the rapper defined. “I felt like I was constantly in this weird transition phase, especially with recording, like, ‘What am I even talking about?’”

In 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.