Ice Spice is gearing up to release her debut album, and she’s getting fans in her hometown of New York City ready with custom MetroCards.
Launching at midnight on Monday (May 13), 50,000 special MetroCards will be available at four MTA stations: the Fordham Road 4 train station; the Fordham Road B and D station; 34-Street Penn Station on the A, C, E line; and Times Square-42nd Street.
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You can view photos of the new cards here.
In an interview with The Zane Lowe Show last week, Ice Spice explained that her mother’s look during her childhood was the inspiration for the vibe of the forthcoming Y2K album.
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“Thankfully, I had my mom, so growing up I’d see her really embody the Y2K aesthetic in its truest form,” she said. “It’s duck nails, it’s a tramp stamp. It’s brown lip liner no matter where you go. So thankfully I had her as my inspo growing up. And of course just, like, the internet, you feel me? Just like anyone else.”
Elsewhere in the same interview, Ice Spice admitted that she was “nervous” about sampling Sean Paul’s 2002 hit “Gimme the Light.”
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“I was really nervous because we really wanted to have a very authentic Y2K sample in there, and Sean Paul, he’s legendary,” she said.
“And that song alone, his ‘Gimme the Light,’ is so iconic that I was so nervous to sample it, because I’m like, ‘This isn’t going to get cleared, so what’s the point?’”
Spice remembered feeling a sense of relief when her sample clearance request was approved and praised the dancehall legend for being receptive to her homage.
“Thankfully we got it cleared. Shouts to Sean Paul. He’s so real,” she added.
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“Gimmie a Light” is the latest offering from Ice Spice’s eagerly awaited debut album Y2K, which will serve as her second full-length release following last year’s Like..? EP.
Named after both her birth year and the turn-of-the-millennium computer programming scare, Y2K is expected to be released later this year, though an exact release date has not yet been announced.
