TGIF

Album: Glorious (2024)
Charted: 22
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Songfacts®:

  • "TGIF" is all about GloRilla flaunting her success. She's bragging about packed shows, basically telling her haters to deal with it. The song's a weekend anthem (because, you know, TGIF = Thank God It's Friday), and she's all about living it up with her girls. Stealing boyfriends might also be on the agenda, so watch out fellas!
  • Chaii Beats created the scorching trap production, his first placement with a major artist.
  • The song leaked online first, just a snippet of GloRilla and her crew vibing on tour. The song quickly became a viral sensation, with the lyrics being widely used in dance videos on TikToK.

    The Memphis artist then started performing it during her Hot Girl Summer Tour dates in support of Megan Thee Stallion, and finally dropped the full song on June 21, 2024.
  • On June 28, 2024, Rihanna shared a video of herself rapping and dancing to "TGIF" in front of her stern-looking romantic partner, A$AP Rocky. He watches with his hands on his hips, eventually remarking, "I'm too old for this," which makes Rihanna burst into laughter. The clip, captioned "Happy Friday," quickly went viral, causing the song's popularity to soar even more.
  • Directed by Jerry Morka and Diesel Filmz, the video sees GloRilla and her crew twerking on top of her tour bus in the desert, then hitting the beach to bust some moves.

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