"Hot Girl Summer" is a song by American rapper Megan Thee Stallion featuring Nicki Minaj and Ty Dolla Sign,released on August 9,2019,by 300 Entertainment.[2] It was written by all three artists alongside Syed Hossain,Derrick Milano,and producers Crazy Mike,Juicy J,&Bone Collector,with additional writing credits going to Earl On The Beat,JT (from City Girls),and Lil Yachty for the sampling of City Girls' 2019 song "Act Up";[3] the song was produced by Bone Collector,Juicy J,and Crazy Mike and engineered by Irving Gadoury.[4][1] Commercially,the song debuted and peaked at number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100.[5] On Billboard'sRhythmic Songs airplay chart,it became Megan Thee Stallion's first number one,Nicki Minaj's eighth,and Ty Dolla Sign's third.[6]
In July 2019,the term "hot girl summer" went viral on social media and subsequently became a meme prior to the release of the song.[7] The title originally stems from a line on "Cash Shit" where the rapper calls herself "thee hot girl".[8] The phrase also appeared on the artwork for her 2019 mixtape Fever.[9] Megan first teased the song in a tweet on July 18,stating "I feel like it's only right I drop a hot girl summer song before the summer is over."[10] On July 28,2019,Megan posted a snippet of the song to her Instagram.[11] She also revealed the release date to be August 2 but it was later postponed to August 9.[2] On August 5,2019,it was announced that the song would feature Nicki Minaj which turned out to be the cause for the delay.[12][13] Minaj revealed that the collaboration almost did not happen due to her almost losing her voice.[14]
↑ "ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Singles Digital Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select 33. týden 2019 in the date selector. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
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