Ice Spice Shares Taylor Swift’s Recommendation, Lana Del Rey Obsession

Ice Spice’s followers have Taylor Swift to thank for the latest rush of latest music from the New York Metropolis rapper.

Ice Spice, 24, dished on her new friendship with Swift, 34, when talking with Billboard for its 2024 Girls in Music collection. Ice Spice (born Isis Naija Gaston) teamed up with Swift in 2023 for a remix of the latter’s “Karma.” Since then, they’ve made a handful of public appearances, the latest being at Tremendous Bowl LVIII on February 11.

Within the interview Billboard printed on Monday, March 4, Ice Spice shared the piece of recommendation that Swift gave her once they have been within the studio collectively. “I’ll always remember, [Taylor] instructed me, ‘It doesn’t matter what, simply maintain making music and all the things’s going to be advantageous,’” she recalled.

After the “Karma” remix dropped, Ice Spice launched the deluxe model of her Like..? EP and shared three new singles: “Deli,” “Fairly Woman” and “Assume U the S–t (Fart).” She’s additionally getting ready her debut studio album, Y2K, the title of which is a nod to her January 1, 2000, birthday.

Ice Spice’s friendship with Swift additionally connects her with one among her favourite artists (and fellow Swift pal), Lana Del Rey. As Billboard’s 2024 Girls in Music Hitmaker honoree, the publication requested Ice Spice about her favourite fellow hitmakers. “I might say Lana Del Rey,” mentioned the rapper. “I’m obsessed together with her, and I really feel like all of her songs are hits, even those that aren’t as massive because the others.”

Ice Spice additionally gave like to Rihanna, Drake and Nicki Minaj. Minaj, 41, jumped on the remix of Ice Spice’s “Princess Diana,” and the younger rapper stays extremely grateful for that. “I felt like ‘Princess Diana’ was already my greatest music on [Like..?], however then it didn’t chart or something till Nicki received on it,” she defined. “I used to be simply so completely satisfied to have each of these worlds the place I felt prefer it was culturally an awesome music, but additionally it charted. After which I had my dream collab fulfilled on the similar time.”

Swift instructed Selection in 2023 that she pertains to Ice Spice “in some ways,” however particularly, the rising rap star’s dedication to her profession “blew me away from the very begin.” Swift praised how Ice Spice could possibly be “skilled with out being chilly” and “playful and enjoyable with out ever taking her eye off the prize.”

“She is aware of what’s and isn’t ‘her’ and units these boundaries with grace,” added Swift. “She research the trade and different artists’ careers however may be very clear about charting her personal definitive, unique path. It’s her capability to fastidiously discover that steadiness that impresses the hell out of me.”