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| Single by Tinashe | ||||
| from the album Quantum Baby | ||||
| Released | April 12, 2024 | |||
| Recorded | November 2023 | |||
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| Length | 2:56 | |||
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| Match My Freak EP cover | ||||
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"Nasty" is a song by American singer and songwriter Tinashe. It was released on April 12, 2024, via producer Ricky Reed's Atlantic Records imprint Nice Life Recording Company, as the lead single from her seventh studio album, Quantum Baby, which was released in August 2024. A sexual R&B song written by Tinashe and Reed and produced by Zack Sekoff and Reed, it has a sparse beat and various innuendos, with Tinashe rap-singing in a deadpan tone about looking for a lover who has an equivalent sex drive to hers. Its release coincided with her performance at the 2024 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival and with the release of its music video.
Critics acclaimed "Nasty" for its hooks and its catchiness, with many identifying it as the best song from Quantum Baby. A video of TikTok user Nate Di Winer dancing with "Nasty" edited over it became a meme on Twitter in April 2024, causing a surge in streams for the song. Other memes involving the song, particularly those surrounding its line "Is somebody gonna match my freak?", also propelled the song's popularity. It peaked at number 61 on the Billboard Hot 100 in June 2024, making it Tinashe's first entry on the chart as a lead artist since her 2014 single "2 On" and her first-ever solo entry.