"Hot Girl Summer" is a song by American rapper Megan Thee Stallion featuring Trinidadian rapper Nicki Minaj and American singer Ty Dolla Sign, released on August 9, 2019, by 300 Entertainment. It was written by all three artists alongside Syed Hossain, Derrick Milano, and producers Crazy Mike, Juicy J, & Bone Collector, 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"; the song was produced by Bone Collector, Juicy J, and Crazy Mike and engineered by Irving Gadoury. Commercially, the song debuted and peaked at number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100. On Billboards Rhythmic Songs airplay chart, it became Megan Thee Stallion's first number one, Nicki Minaj's eighth, and Ty Dolla Sign's third."Megan Thee Stallion Extends 'Hot Girl Summer' With No. 1 on Rhythmic Songs Chart" from Billboard (October 25, 2019)
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. The title originally stems from a line on "Cash Shit" where the rapper calls herself "thee hot girl". The phrase also appeared on the artwork for her 2019 mixtape Fever. 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." On July 28, 2019, Megan posted a snippet of the song to her Instagram. She also revealed the release date to be August 2 but it was later postponed to August 9. On August 5, 2019, it was announced that the song would feature Nicki Minaj which turned out to be the cause for the delay. Minaj revealed that the collaboration almost did not happen due to her almost losing her voice.
Music video On September 3, 2019, the music video for the song was released. Directed by Munachi Osegbu, the video shows the artists at a pool party. Multiple celebrities make cameo appearances, including Agnez Mo, Rico Nasty, Dreezy, La La Anthony, Ari Lennox, Summer Walker, DaniLeigh, Juicy J, and French Montana.
Live performances Megan performed the song for the first time at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards, in a medley with "Cash Shit".
Personnel Credits adapted from Tidal and Jaxsta.
Megan Thee Stallion – lead vocals Nicki Minaj – featured vocals Ty Dolla Sign – featured vocals Bone Collector – production Juicy J – production Crazy Mike – production Irving Gadoury - recording engineer
Awards and nominations Year Ceremony Category Result 2019 MTV Video Music Awards Best Power Anthem 2020 BET Awards Viewer's Choice
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2019) Peakposition Australia (ARIA) 64 France Singles Sales Charts (SNEP) 103 Lithuania (AGATA) 41 New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) 2 US Rolling Stone Top 100 1
Year-end charts Chart (2019) Position US Billboard Hot 100 93 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) 42 US Rhythmic (Billboard) 34
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