Ice Spice Describes Crying After Taylor Swift Reached Out To Collaborate

BYLavender AlexandriaPublished on February 02, 2024909 Views

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 25: Ice Spice performs onstage during the BET Awards 2023 at Microsoft Theater on June 25, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET)

The song went on to be one of her biggest hits.

Earlier today, Ice Spice appeared on Today for an interview that covered a variety of topics for the rapper who had a massive breakthrough in 2023. It comes just a day after she appeared at Spotify's Best New Artist party where she performed her divisive new song "Think U The Sh*t." She's one of two favorites alongside Victoria Monet to eventually take home the Best New Artist award at the Grammys this weekend.

Part of her meteoric rise to fame came from the collaborations she managed to pull last year. She dropped a pair of tracks with Nicki Minaj and a pair of singles with Pinkpantheress and Rema. But her biggest hit came on a remix of an already existing song. That song is "Karma" by Taylor Swift. It originally came out in 2022 on Taylor's Midnights album before getting a remix on the project's deluxe edition. The collaboration was a major score for Spice and the resulting song was one of many big hits Taylor had last year. During her recent interview Spice spoke on what it felt like to first hear that Taylor wanted to collaborate. Check out the interview clip below.

Ice Spice's Initial Reaction To Collaborating With Taylor Swift

“I started crying when I heard about it. I was like, ‘No, you’re lying. That’s not real!’ I was so emotional, it was like tears of joy, of course. But, just grateful — iconic," Ice Spice says in the clip. Spice has big plans in 2024 to follow up her breakthrough year. She announced that she has a new album called Y2K dropping later this year.

She didn't just announce a new album though. She also confirmed that she has a "crazy" feature coming on the project. What do you think of Ice Spice's first reaction to hearing that Taylor Swift wanted to collaborate with her on the "Karma" remix? Do you think the two artists complimented each other on the song? Let us know in the comment section below.

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Lavender Alexandria

Lavender Alexandria is a music and culture journalist based in Los Angeles, California. She’s covered dozens of musical genres and styles from the most mainstream to the most experimental and underground on her blog and accompanying YouTube channel that looks at music, pop culture, and Billboard charts since 2017: Lav’s Music Corner. Lavender has produced editorial and listicle content both in written and video form over the past far years and has also interviewed up-and-coming artists like Censored Dialogue. Her experiences covering culture have taken her from Hyperpop parties in LA to underground rap shows in Atlanta, to DIY punk shows in Charlotte. Lavender has also written for iHeartRadio, covering some of the biggest artists in Hip Hop such as Ice Spice, Drake, Doja Cat and Cardi B. She also has bylines with ScreenRant and continues to write for Ringtone magazine. Lavender is a lifelong Charlotte Hornets fan and her favorite rap artists include Clipping, Little Simz, Earl Sweatshirt, and Kendrick Lamar.