Nice 2 Me

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"Nice 2 Me"
Piri & Tommy - Nice 2 Me.png
Single by Piri & Tommy Villiers
Released24 May 2023
Genre Drum and bass
Length
  • 2:51 (original version)
  • 3:26 (Tommy Villiers Remix)
  • 2:30 (acoustic)
Label Polydor
Songwriter(s)
  • Piri
  • Tommy Villiers
Producer(s)
  • Tommy Villiers
  • Piri
Piri & Tommy Villiers singles chronology
"Updown"
(2023)		"Nice 2 Me"
(2023)		"Lovergirl"
(2023)
Music video
"Updown" (official video) on YouTube

"Nice 2 Me", sometimes referred to as "Nice to Me", is a 2023 single by Piri and Tommy Villiers. Released 24 May 2023 on Polydor Records, the song is about wanting to be treated nicely in a relationship, and received positive critical reception. It featured on Spotify's "Planet Rave" playlist and on the soundtrack for EA Sports FC 24.

Contents

Background

In 2020, just before the second United Kingdom COVID-19 lockdown, [1] Piri matched on Tinder with Tommy Villiers. [2] A couple of weeks later, one of the band's photographers retweeted one of their photo shoots, prompting her to find his Instagram account and ask him out. [3] : 38:07  They released the mixtape Froge.mp3 in October 2022, which they promoted the following month with Froge.tour. [4] A week after that, they split up and did not talk to each other for several months; [5] : 44:25  after releasing "Updown" in February 2023, [6] the pair reunited as friends in April 2023. [5] : 44:25 

Release and reception

On 24 May 2023, they released "Nice 2 Me", [7] their second single of the year. The song speaks of wanting to be treated nicely in a relationship [8] and had previously been performed during Froge.tour. [9] The song samples the Amen break [10] and was an attempt at mimicking DJ Marky. [8] BBC Radio 1 announced it as that day's "Hottest Record" [11] and Spotify later added it to its "Planet Rave" playlist. [12]

Notion complimented the song's "acoustic-infused liquid DnB beat", [10] while Dan Cairns of The Times wrote that the track was "at once as light as air and as insistent as a final demand". [13] Hollie Geraghty of The Forty Five described the song as "a weightless summer melody that radiates warmth and golden hour sunshine", [14] while DIY described the song as "sure to be a massive singalong anthem this summer". [15] A more critical review, however, came from Stephanie van Tol of Dancing Bears, who opined that little happened on the record and that it felt "much longer" than its sub-three minute playing time. [16] In September 2023, the song appeared on the soundtrack for EA Sports FC 24. [17]

Track listing

Digital single [7]

  1. "Nice 2 Me" (Piri & Tommy) – 2:51

Tommy Villiers Remix [7]

  1. "Nice 2 Me" (Tommy Villiers Remix) – 3:26

Acoustic [7]

  1. "Nice 2 Me" (Acoustic) – 2:30

Personnel

Release history

Release history for "Nice 2 Me"
RegionDateVersionFormatLabelRef.
Various24 May 2023Original version Polydor [7]
23 June 2023Tommy Villiers Remix [7]
7 July 2023Acoustic [7]

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