Many Saweetie followers have been patiently ready for the rapper to launch a single tentatively titled “Icy Woman, Icy World.” The track sampled “Barbie Woman” by Aqua.
After teasing the file on-line, Saweetie’s model of the Danish-Norwegian pop group’s 1997 hit by no means made it to DSPs. The California native defined why “Icy Woman, Icy World” remained within the vault.
“So what happend to this?” an X person with a Nicki Minaj profile image requested Saweetie on the social media platform. The tweet included a clip of the Warner recording artist rapping to the unreleased “Icy Woman, Icy World.”
Saweetie responded, “Warner wouldn’t clear it.” When questioned if she would take into account releasing “Icy Woman, Icy World” like 2024’s “Immortal Freestyle,” she wrote, “Whew, this was [supposed] to pop the mixtape offfff!!!!!”
There was controversy surrounding the Aqua-sampling “Icy Woman, Icy World.” Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice used the identical pattern for his or her Grammy Award-nominated “Barbie World” collaboration.
“Barbie World” lived on the Barbie film soundtrack. The only peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 chart. Nonetheless, songwriter Jason “Drawback” Martin accused Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice of stealing the track’s idea from Saweetie.
“There are not any guidelines,” Saweetie acknowledged in a 2023 interview concerning the biting allegations. “It’s inspiration. I like to encourage, that’s my objective right here, and so they look bomb as f### within the video. So it’s identical to, ‘Okay, b####, I see you.’ Mine’s nonetheless popping out although.”