Songfacts®:

• "Baby" is a collaboration between Prospa and Canadian hip-hop and trap music producer Murda Beatz. Born Shane Lee Lindstrom, Murda Beatz took his stage name from the straightforward assertion that he "murders beats." The claim proved difficult to argue with. During the mid-2010s he became one of hip-hop's most in-demand producers, crafting tracks for the likes of Migos' ("MotorSport"), Drake ("Nice For What") and 6ix9ine ("FEFE"). As Murda Beatz's first-ever house record, "Baby" represents a genuine creative departure for him.
• The vocal comes from Austrian singer-songwriter Gini (real name Regina Lampl). "Baby" is built around a lyric of tender but bittersweet longing. The word "baby" does double duty here: as a term of endearment for a specific person, and as the kind of single-syllable emotional shorthand that has powered dance music since its earliest days. Entire genres have survived for decades on surprisingly little more than "baby" and a sturdy bassline.
• Murda Beatz's "Murda on the beat, so it's not nice" tag drops at around 1 minute 50 seconds in. Baka Not Nice, a rapper from Toronto who is part of Drake's OVO circle, voices the tag. A playful callback to the tag emerged on TikTok, where Prospa's own account and fans posted clips playing on the phrase "Prospa on the beat, so it's not nice," nodding to the collaboration's unique pairing of a house duo with a hip-hop producer tag.
• Prospa started road-testing "Baby" in DJ sets weeks before its official release on May 8, 2026. The song arrived during a pivotal moment in the duo's career: "Free Your Mind" had climbed into the UK Top 20, and the duo had just made their official Coachella debut in April 2026, alongside a headline show at Magazine London.