Taylor Swift and Ice Spice perform at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on May 26.Photo:Kevin Mazur/TAS23/Getty
Kevin Mazur/TAS23/Getty
Ice Spicehas a friend — and confidant — inTaylor Swift!
The “In Ha Mood” rapper, whom Swift recently recruited for aremix of her hit “Karma,“opened up about their bond in a new interview withTheGuardian.
Ice, 23, said it was “surreal” when Swift, 33, reached out to say she’d been listening to the rapper’s January debut EPLike.. ?while rehearsing for her sold-outEras Tour.
“I was like, ‘You f— with my project? Like, what?'” Ice 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 added, not wanting to spill Swift’s tricks of the trade.
Taylor Swift and Ice Spice perform at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on May 26.Kevin Mazur/TAS23/Getty
Ice and Swift teamed up in May for the “Karma” remix, which appeared onMidnights (Til Dawn Edition). The rapper also joined the star forthree 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, who released the long-awaitedSpeak Now (Taylor’s Version)on Friday.
Ice Spice at the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards in Los Angeles in March.Steve Granitz/FilmMagic
Ice (née Isis Gaston) has enjoyed a quick ascent to the top since releasing her breakthrough single “Munch (Feelin’ U)” in August.
“I always felt like I could do anything I tried to do, but especially now it feels like anything is possible,” she said. “Being at award shows, being on magazine covers, getting huge features — all those moments made me feel like: ‘Wow, we’re really doing it big.'”
The star told theGuardianthat in addition to Swift, she also cites fellow New York City nativeNicki Minajas a friend and mentor.
“She be telling me to learn from her mistakes — just watching her in general, if you pay close enough attention, you gonna see what you should do,” Ice said. “I love to talk to her about things that I can’t talk about publicly — it just means so much to be able to have somebody like her.”
source: people.com
