Songwriter discusses Beyoncé, Nicki and Feeling Myself
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TL:I also recently saw that Hit-Boy shouted you out in an interview with Revolt TV saying that you helped write Nicki Minaj and Beyoncé’s “Feeling Myself.”
SZA:Yeah, I wrote parts of that. A nice chunk of that [laughs], I’m on the credits so I think it’s really interesting. It was dope meeting Beyoncé, she’s tight, she’s perfect actually.
TL:How did that come about?
SZA: Um, I have no idea. Literally like on God it was something I could never explain to anyone. The call just got put in and then I arrived [laughs], I have no idea. Hit-Boy produced and I wrote the lyrics so Nicki (Minaj) and Beyoncé are singing some of the things that I wrote to it. But him (Hit-Boy) and I just work really well together like we vibe together just because he’s such a cool kid. He’s not pretentious at all, for as accomplished as he is he’s just super welcoming and drinks like chocolate milk all day, honestly the nicest kid.
I thought when we hear Nicki Minaj spits, she wrote it.
I'm pretty sure SZA didn't write any of Nicki's rap lines (= spitting). Nicki does a bit of singing in the song and, to me, it seems like SZA just wrote the bridge (which both Bey and Nicki sing) and possibly the "I'm whipping that work" part too.
I wish the song was better though.
