"Hot Girl Summer" is a hip hop song by American rapper Megan Thee Stallion featuring fellow American rapper Nicki Minaj and American singer Ty Dolla Sign, released on August 9, 2019 by 300 Entertainment.[2] It was written by all three artists with Isaac Bynum, Jatavia Johnson (from City Girls), Miles "Lil Yachty" McCollum, Michael "Crazy Mike" Foster, Derrick Carrington, Jordan "Juicy J" Houston and Georges Olivier, with production by Bone Collection, Juicy J, Crazy Mike, and Syed Hossain.[1] Commercially, the song debuted and peaked at number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100.[3] On Billboard'sRhythmic Songs airplay chart, it became Megan Thee Stallion's first number one, Nicki Minaj's eighth and Ty Dolla Sign's third.[4]
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.[5] The title originally stems from a line on "Cash Shit" where the rapper calls herself "thee hot girl".[6] The phrase also appeared on the artwork for her 2019 mixtape Fever.[7] 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."[8] On July 28, 2019, Megan posted a snippet of the song to her Instagram.[9] She also revealed the release date to be August 2 but it was later postponed to August 9.[2] On August 5, 2019, it was announced that the song would feature Nicki Minaj which turned out to be the cause for the delay.[10][11] Minaj revealed that the collaboration almost did not happen due to her almost losing her voice.[12] The song samples "Act Up" by the City Girls.[13]
