Key Takeaways:

• The EP HELLA PRESSURE marked Saweetie’s return after an extended musical hiatus.
• The five-track undertaking included a TWICE collaboration and showcases her inventive vary.
• Saweetie says the EP displays her persona and affords a preview of her upcoming debut album.

Since first arriving with 2017’s “ICY GRL,” there’s all the time been one thing actually particular about Saweetie. While a debut album remains to be unreleased, followers really feel seemingly nearer than ever to receiving it.

Before that launch, she dropped HELLA PRESSURE in early August, joking, “You can’t just put it in without it being lubricated.” On Wednesday (Aug. 20), the rapper sat down with Justin Credible to speak by way of her first EP in practically three years.

Noting that she was in “album mode” whereas engaged on the five-song undertaking, Saweetie stated, “I really had to get my feet wet real quick.” She added, “I just feel like in this day and age, you have to feed them the appetizers and then you come with the entrées.” The prolonged play did simply that, introducing data just like the Young Buck-sampling “boffum” and “pressure.”

“This was the first project where I really, really put everything into it. When I [say] that, I mean my conscience,” Saweetie defined. “I feel like this encompasses 70 percent of my personality.” While breaking down the EP, she talked about that she needs to get a characteristic — ideally a male artist — on “twinzzz,” one of many cuts listeners have been launched to midway by way of the undertaking.

Later within the dialog, Saweetie revealed that she initially sang the refrain on “superstars” earlier than TWICE took it over. “They sound way better than me,” the Oakland rapper stated of the K-pop group.

“I’m a true Northern California woman, and when you hear ‘hella,’ you know that I’m from that region for sure,” she went on to say whereas reflecting on the EP. “I feel like with this project, you’re able to see my range.”

Although the West Coast princess didn’t affirm if her large debut will arrive in 2025, she is recent off her first-ever Australian tour. The trek included 4 stops throughout Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, and extra.