Pretty Boy Swag Explained

Pretty Boy Swag
Cover:Pretty Boy Swag - Soulja Boy Tell'Em Official Single Cover.png
Type:single
Artist:Soulja Boy
Album:The DeAndre Way
Released:June 8, 2010
Recorded:2010
Genre:Southern hip hop
Length:3:59
Label:
Producer:
  • Soulja Boy
  • G5 Kids
Prev Title:Daze
Prev Year:2010
Next Title:Blowing Me Kisses
Next Year:2010

"Pretty Boy Swag" is a song by American rapper Soulja Boy, released as the first single from his third studio album The DeAndre Way (2010). It features production from G5 Kids, who helped to write the song along with Soulja Boy.

In popular culture

The song became a meme in early 2019, on the video-sharing platform TikTok. As part of the "Pretty Boy Swag transformation meme", users upload short videos of themselves where they "transform into their favourite pop culture figures".[1] According to Mashable India, during the song's build up, users don pieces of costumes and assume position. When the beat drops during the chorus, they "cut to whatever obscure object they dressed as".[2]

Charts

Year-end charts

Radio and release history

CountryDateFormatLabel
United StatesJune 8, 2010Digital download[4] Collipark Records, Interscope Records
July 20, 2010Rhythmic contemporary radio[5] Interscope

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The "Pretty Boy Swag" TikTok meme is the best thing to come out of the app so far. PopBuzz. 2019-04-26.
  2. Web site: TikTok isn't Vine, but it's a beautiful mess on its own. Sung, Morgan. 2019-01-31. Mashable India. 2019-04-26.
  3. Web site: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2010. Billboard. January 2, 2013. November 9, 2020.
  4. Web site: Pretty Boy Swag [Explicit]

    Soulja Boy Tell'em | website=Amazon | access-date=January 11, 2013]

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  5. Web site: FMQB: Radio Industry News, Music Industry Updates, Arbitron Ratings, Music News and more!. FMQB. Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report, Inc. dead. December 24, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20110720210133/http://fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=69239#2010. July 20, 2011.