Phat Butt

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"Phat Butt"
Single by Ice Spice
from the album Y2K!
ReleasedJune 21, 2024
Genre
Length2:09
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) RiotUSA
Ice Spice singles chronology
"Gimmie a Light"
(2024)
"Phat Butt"
(2024)
"Did It First"
(2024)
Music video
"Phat Butt" on YouTube

"Phat Butt" is a song by American rapper Ice Spice, released on June 21, 2024 as the third single from her debut studio album Y2K! . It was produced by RiotUSA.

Contents

Background

Ice Spice teased the song through a snippet on social media on June 17, 2024. Fans drew comparisons between her and Nicki Minaj with respect to musical style and her clothing in the clip. [1]

Composition and lyrics

Ice Spice opens the song with a reference to "Beez in the Trap" by Nicki Minaj in the intro. [2] Over a "bone-rattling", "video gamey" beat with "ferocious" percussion, [3] [4] she boasts her fame, success and physique, [2] [4] calling herself a "rap bitch on a pop chart". [2] [5] Spice takes aim at other female rappers (especially Latto) for copying her photography and music style on the bridge [2] and pays homage to Nicki Minaj through references in the second verse. [6] [7] She also alludes to the cover art of Y2K!, particularly the placement of the title on a trash can. [6]

Music video

The music video was directed by Ice Spice herself and released alongside the single. It sees her dancing, twerking, lip-syncing and posing in front of garage door that is painted with graffiti of a bikini-clad posterior. [2] [3] [5] [7] [8] She rocks an orange-yellow bob cut, [3] [5] designer clothing and jewelry. [3] The clip also uses VHS filter. [3] [7]

Charts

Chart performance for "Phat Butt"
Chart (2024)Peak
position
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [9] 39

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