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Saweetie at 2024 Billboard Women in Music Awards

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Key Takeaways:

• After a three-year hiatus, Saweetie returns with a assured, five-track EP that blends pop attraction with lyrical edge.
• ‘HELLA PRESSURE’ incorporates a standout collaboration with Ok-pop group TWICE and manufacturing from J White Did It.
• Exploring themes of self-worth and independence, the mission positions Saweetie for a strategic comeback forward of her debut album.

Saweetie is making use of HELLA PRESSURE together with her newest EP. Released on Friday (Aug. 1) at midnight, the rapper presents followers a few of her finest and probably most different work throughout greater than 5 tracks.

On the thematic opener, she instantly clues us in on her headspace: “Imagine throwin’ dirt on me and I shine like this / B**ches never thought they would see a time like this / Might’ve went through what I went through but don’t look like this.” The West Coast princess spends the following few bars emphasizing that she’s the “epitome of class,” and the way regardless of being MIA for some time, her affect hasn’t light. With that, Saweetie indicators upfront that she’s reclaiming her area and doing it her method.

The mission then segues into “boffum,” the one pre-release single listeners obtained forward of HELLA PRESSURE. Produced by J White Did It, the women’ anthem about not deciding on one possibility when you’ll be able to have each is maybe the EP’s most braggadocious providing. Next up is “twinzzz” — a considerably watered-down tackle her earlier hit “Best Friend” with Doja Cat — which is simply as enjoyable, although noticeably shorter.

The solely different credited function on the EP arrives courtesy of K-pop group TWICE, who be a part of Saweetie on “superstars.” Predictably, it is a shiny pop anthem that, doubtless with radio in thoughts, pulls again a bit on the explicitness we are likely to get from Saweetie’s solo work. It’s a formulation she’s accustomed to by now, particularly after teaming up with IVE on “All Night” simply final 12 months.

Last however not least, the mission closes with “i need some inspo,” during which Saweetie takes on a extra submissive place, comparatively talking. “Mama, don’t need no provider / Maybe add fuel to my fire,” she clarifies. “I don’t need you putting on a cape to come save me / Don’t ask me where I’m at, just tell me where to go, baby.”

With her first EP of brand-new music in about three years, the “My Type” hitmaker delivers a little bit little bit of every part. However, all of it matches rather well into one cohesive physique of labor. Listen to HELLA PRESSURE under.