"Hot Girl Summer" is a song by American rapper Megan Thee Stallion, featuring Trinidadian rapper Nicki Minaj and American rapper Ty Dolla $ign, released on August 9, 2019 by 300 Entertainment.[2] It was written by all three artists alongside Michael "Crazy Mike" Foster, Syed Hossain, Derrick Milano, Jordan "Juicy J" Houston and Georges Olivier, 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 Collection, Juicy J, and Crazy Mike.[1] Commercially, the song debuted and peaked at number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100.[4] 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.[5]
Background
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.[6] The title originally stems from a line on "Cash Shit" where the rapper calls herself "thee hot girl".[7] The phrase also appeared on the artwork for her 2019 mixtape Fever.[8] 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."[9] On July 28, 2019, Megan posted a snippet of the song to her Instagram.[10] 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.[11][12] Minaj revealed that the collaboration almost did not happen due to her almost losing her voice.[13]
^"ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Singles Digital Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select SINGLES DIGITAL - TOP 100 and insert 201933 into search. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
