LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - FEBRUARY 11: Rapper Ice Spice, singer Taylor Swift and actress Blake Lively react prior to Super Bowl LVIII between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs at Allegiant Stadium on February 11, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
In a detailed cover story with Rolling Stone, Ice Spice lifted the lid on her unexpected friendship with music megastar Taylor Swift. The young artist recalled the jaw-dropping moment her manager called to share some Career-changing news – Swift wanted Ice Spice to collab on a remix of her smash hit “Karma” from the Midnights album.
Ice Spice was holed up in her tiny New Jersey apartment with producer Riot laying down tracks, hardly believing her rapid rise. When her phone lit up with her manager’s number, she braced for bad news. Instead, she was blindsided by the revelation that Taylor Swift herself was inviting her onto a record.
“I’m playing it cool on the phone. I’m like, ‘Oh, that’s cool. Super cool.’ And then I hang up the phone, and I’m hysterically crying. I’m in my walk-in closet, and I’m like, ‘Bro, this is not real life.’ Riot definitely filmed it. That’ll probably be in a documentary one day.”
Some critics scoffed at the team-up, assuming Swift was simply chasing hype around Ice Spice’s blowing-up song “Munch.” But as the artist explained, their connection runs far deeper. “Taylor fucks with me. She’s so funny. I think our personalities mesh really well,” she insisted. Behind closed doors, the megastar opens up and the two find common ground in their humor and artistry.
Later, when comments resurfaced of The 1975’s Matty Healy mocking Ice Spice’s ethnicity amid dating rumors with Swift, many were swift to condemn. But Ice Spice herself remained unfazed, saying Healy apologized personally. While some “wanted drama,” she saw no harm.
