Ice Spice and Taylor Swift.Photo:Kevin Mazur/TAS23/Getty
Kevin Mazur/TAS23/Getty
Ice Spicehas gotten some sage advice from her friendTaylor Swift.
In aninterview withBillboardon Monday, the “Boy’s a Liar Pt. 2” artist, 24, opened up about the wisdom the “Maroon” singer — whom she collaborated with on aremix of Swift’s hit “Karma”— has imparted on her.
“When I was in the studio with Taylor, like, I’ll never forget that. She told me, ‘No matter what, just keep making music and everything’s going to be fine,'” Ice told the outlet.
Elsewhere in the conversation, she included Swift, 34, in a list of her favorite hitmakers of all time.
“Well, first, shout out to them; they’re iconic, each in their own way,” Ice said. “I would sayLana Del Rey— I’m obsessed with her, and I feel like all of her songs are hits, even the ones that aren’t as big as the others.Rihanna, too. I have both [her and Del Rey’s] vinyls. Taylor Swift. Of course,Nicki Minaj.Drake. The list is long!”
In May 2023, the rapper and pop star joined forces for the “Karma” remix, which appeared onMidnights (Til Dawn Edition). Ice also was a special guest of Swift’s atthree of her shows at MetLife Stadiumin New Jersey, where they debuted a music video they’d made together.
“I had been listening to her nonstop — like getting ready for my tour, I was just listening to Ice Spice constantly. So I immediately got her number and said, ‘Hey, would you wanna do your version of ‘Karma’? Do you relate to this?’ She jumped in headfirst,” said Swift at the time.
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Ice Spice and Taylor Swift in New Jersey in September 2023.Jeff Kravitz/Getty
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Just two months later,Ice opened up about her friendshipwith the “Mastermind” performer in an interview withTheGuardian,explaining that it was “surreal” when she reached out and said she’d been listening to the rapper’s January debut EPLike.. ?during rehearsals for her sold-outEras Tour.
“I was like, ‘You f— with my project? Like, what?'” the “Barbie Girl” musician recalled. “She’s so sweet — I was so obsessed with how humble she was and willing to work. She gives me so much advice. We talk all the time and she’s so funny.”
“But I can’t say what she be telling me!” she said, playing coy about what Swift had told her.
source: people.com
