



“A week before!” It’s an exceptionally hot day in Greater Los Angeles, and GloRilla is in an all-pink velour short set and white forces, sprawled on the bed of her non-air-conditioned artist trailer with the back of one hand delicately placed on her forehead while the other holds a purple mini-fan directly over her face. My car got repo’d, like, less than a week before I dropped this song,” says the 23-year-old. (a nod to Memphis’s area code) and began to spread across the internet. The next day, it was uploaded at 9:01 p.m. (Let’s Go),” and told her to return with all her friends later that day to shoot the video. A week and a half later, Hitkidd brought her back to the studio to record a new first verse, titled the song “ F.N.F. The clip initially went viral in her home region. It was savvy posting song snippets across socials prerelease has become a new way for artists at all levels to try to guarantee a hit. She arrived at his studio straight from the appointment, stepped outside to hit a blunt before getting in the booth, and came back with the hook that changed the trajectory of her life: “I’m F-R-E-E, fuck nigga free / That mean I ain’t gotta worry ’bout no fuck nigga cheating / And I’m S-I-N-G-L-E again / Outside hanging out the window with my ratchet-ass friends.”Įager to share, Glo uploaded part of the hook to Triller (the short-video app that predates TikTok), playing over a video of her, blunt in hand, swaying from side to side, before the song was even finished. The artist had been on his radar since he saw her perform at a local showcase last year. Not hearing back from Meg quick enough, standout Memphis producer Hitkidd reached out to Glo, who was on the way to get her lashes done, saying he needed a summer anthem - and fast. GloRilla’s meteoric rise began with a beat originally dreamed up for Megan Thee Stallion.
