Brrr (song)

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"Brrr"
Kim Petras - Brrr.png
Promotional single by Kim Petras
from the album Feed the Beast
Released20 January 2023 (2023-01-20)
Genre Hyperpop [1]
Length2:32
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Ilya
  • Rami Yacoub

"Brrr" is a song by German singer-songwriter Kim Petras. The song was released on 20 January 2023 by Republic Records as the first and only promotional single from Petras' major-label debut studio album Feed the Beast (2023). The track features production work by Ilya. [2] [3]

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Composition

NME 's Emma Wilkes described the song as an "industrial-inspired pop track". [4] Writers for Billboard called "Brrr" a "hypnotic" hyperpop track, [2] [5] and the Dallas Voice said the song has "industrial beats and bad bitch energy". [6] Cillea Houghton of American Songwriter said, "The song features a throbbing beat layered by Petras’ crisp vocals as she takes on the persona of a fearless character." [7]

Promotion

After posting a snippet of the song on 8 January through her social media, Kim Petras officially announced the release of the song on 11 January.[ citation needed ]

Petras performed the song on Late Night with Seth Meyers on 23 January, four days after its release. [8] She also performed it on 1 March at the 2023 Billboard Women in Music ceremony. [9]

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