
Ice Spice Flips M.I.A.’s “Bad Girls” On New Single “Baddie Baddie”

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Ice Spice attends the Roberto Cavalli entrance row throughout Milan Fashion Week Womenswear Spring/Summer 2026 on September 25, 2025 in Milan, Italy.
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Key Takeaways:
- “Baddie Baddie” flips M.I.A.’s 2012 hit “Bad Girls” via a Bronx baddie lens.
- Ice Spice teases a brand new period with current collabs, movie roles, and a Kate Spade marketing campaign.
- The single marks her first solo launch since 2024’s Y2K!, signaling a assured return.
As promised, Ice Spice dropped her new single “Baddie Baddie” on Friday, Sept. 26. Produced by her longtime collaborator RiotUSA, her new bop samples British singer M.I.A.’s 2012 hit “Bad Girls.”
Clocking in at a shade over two minutes, the Bronx rapper will get proper to speaking that discuss. “They said they wanted a bop? I was just poppin’ my s**t, I ain’t even really mean to go pop,” spits Ice on the refrain. “He was just beggin’ to hit, I don’t be givin’ you n**gas a shot, I know he don’t want me for me, I know he just want what I got.”
On the second verse, she drops a bar with a Destiny’s Child ode. She raps, “I’m feelin’ like Destiny’s Child, I need my bae to go get me a Kelly, and I back up a yacht, I’m still gettin’ paid off of ‘Deli.’”
The “Deli” she’s referring to is her platinum single from 2023, which appeared on the deluxe version of her Like..? EP. “Baddie Baddie” is Ice Spice’s first official single since 2024’s Y2K!, which additionally received a Y2K!: I’m Just A Girl (Deluxe) model in December 2024. In early September, she partnered along with her former rival music-video”>Latto to drop “Gyatt,” which included a Hidji World-directed video.
While a brand new album is forthcoming, there is no such thing as a additional info so far as a doable launch date at the moment. Nevertheless, she’s been busy. Besides being featured on the cover of NYLON journal, she just lately appeared within the Spike Lee-directed movie Highest 2 Lowest, which stars A$AP Rocky and Denzel Washington. She may even be a part of the forthcoming The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants movie in December 2025, and shall be contributing a brand new tune to the film. Also, she’s starring in a brand new Kate Spade marketing campaign.
Ice Spice’s “Baddie Baddie” is now streaming by way of 10K Projects/Capitol Records.
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