Ice Spice has been busy, from winning a VMA for Best New Artist to introducing the Ice Spice Munchkins Drink at Dunkin'. Here she discusses hanging out with Taylor Swift at the VMAs, being directed by Ben Affleck, collaborating with Nicki Minaj and reveals her favorite thing to order at a deli.
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00:00 Hey, it's Ice Spice, and today I'm chatting with Variety.
00:03 (upbeat music)
00:05 Thank you MTV.
00:13 (crowd cheering)
00:15 Oh my God, this is so cool.
00:16 It was surreal.
00:19 I was crying.
00:20 I was trying to hold my tears back.
00:22 It was so hard.
00:23 I'm just so grateful, so blessed, so excited.
00:27 Very, very proud.
00:28 I'm definitely gonna keep it in my studio for inspiration.
00:33 And yeah, right next to my plaques.
00:35 My inspo was Britney's 2003 VMA carpet look.
00:40 That's what I had sent to Dolce.
00:41 POV, you're in front of Ice Spice at the VMAs.
00:46 Oh, she just looks like that all the time.
00:48 That's my sis.
00:51 She's so funny.
00:52 We was just sipping a little something, something,
00:54 just chatting, vibing.
00:56 ♪ Karma is my boyfriend ♪
00:58 ♪ Karma is a guy ♪
01:00 ♪ Karma is the breeze in my hair on the weekend ♪
01:03 That was mostly through management.
01:05 I was talking about how I was watching Taylor's documentary
01:08 'cause I just wanted to really take notes
01:10 as an artist and stuff like that.
01:11 Just like how the lifestyle is
01:13 for such a big artist like her.
01:15 My manager heard me talking about that
01:16 and had reached out to her team,
01:17 and then they had a song for me,
01:19 and everything just played out real good.
01:22 What I took away from Taylor's documentary
01:24 was that you really do need to work hard,
01:27 and not everything gonna be as easy as it seems.
01:31 Ice Spice, Munchkin's drink.
01:33 - What would that be?
01:34 - You put the Munchkin in the Dunkin'.
01:37 - I think I got replaced.
01:38 - The Dunkin' opportunity is so crazy to me.
01:41 I just love a good brand collab, you know what I'm saying?
01:45 Money just makes sense,
01:46 and I just felt like Dunkin' just made a lot of sense,
01:48 and I'm really excited.
01:50 I'm a Dunkin' guru.
01:51 - I'm not seeing it.
01:52 - Ice Spice, my fans are the Munchkins.
01:54 - Where you going with this?
01:55 - Ben Affleck is a very, very comforting person
01:57 to be directed by,
01:58 because he's just been in it for so long
02:01 that I just felt very secure working with him,
02:04 you know what I'm saying?
02:05 He made me feel comfortable,
02:07 and he just guided it well.
02:09 He had his Batman figure or whatever in his office,
02:14 and that was fire.
02:15 I'm really excited for a tour with Doja Cat.
02:17 I just know we're gonna kill it.
02:19 Everybody's just so talented, involved,
02:22 and I'm so excited it's gonna be my first tour,
02:25 so I can't wait to see my fans in real life.
02:27 I like intimate venues.
02:29 Like, last night I went to a really intimate venue,
02:31 and it was so fun,
02:32 but I do like a big stadium moment, too.
02:35 I like both, to be honest.
02:37 Both have pros and cons or whatever.
02:39 My favorite song to record on the Deluxe was "Delhi"
02:42 for sure, that's my favorite song right now.
02:44 That song really turned me up.
02:46 And my favorite music video was "Delhi."
02:50 I'm not gonna lie, yeah.
02:51 ♪ 100 bands in Chenelle ♪
02:52 ♪ But I'm still shaking ass in a deli ♪
02:54 We filmed it in Harlem, in a deli.
02:57 You know I love me a deli.
02:58 And it was just a bunch of my homegirls
03:02 and just people around that I feel comfortable with,
03:05 so it was a vibe.
03:07 - What's your go-to deli order?
03:09 - Ooh, it's always gonna be a turkey,
03:13 lettuce, tomato, cheddar cheese,
03:16 on a roll, cold,
03:18 with a little bit of mayonnaise
03:20 and some chips, probably.
03:21 I put the chips in the sandwich.
03:23 ♪ When we come out it look like ♪
03:24 ♪ Princess Diane on the street ♪
03:26 ♪ And your eyes ♪
03:27 ♪ Stop playing with 'em, right ♪
03:28 ♪ Finish her ♪
03:29 ♪ Like it, I keep it a stack ♪
03:30 ♪ Bitches move 'round 'cause they know I got bands ♪
03:32 I always just felt like Nicki
03:34 was such a big inspiration to me,
03:36 you know what I'm saying, growing up.
03:37 Just as a female from New York in general,
03:40 I feel like she gives us a lot of confidence.
03:42 I'm just a fan and I guess management let her know that
03:46 and it just, we clicked and it just worked.
03:48 I'm so grateful to have two songs
03:51 and music videos with her.
03:53 That's just iconic.
03:55 ♪ We both from the Bronx ♪
03:56 ♪ So I know that you dirty, dirty ♪
03:57 ♪ How you do me like ♪
03:59 My favorite spot in New York is Fordham.
04:01 I feel like I say that a lot,
04:02 but it really is because Fordham is so close to my heart
04:05 and that's where I grew up.
04:07 And that's what I be having the most dreams about.
04:10 You know what I'm saying?
04:11 I be dreaming about Fordham
04:13 and just being there sometimes.
04:15 And I just have the most memories there.
04:18 Probably Kingsbridge too.
04:19 I love Kingsbridge and Parkchester.
04:23 My favorite New York slang term is munch.
04:25 ♪ You thought I was feeling you ♪
04:27 ♪ No, that nigga a munch ♪
04:29 A munch is a eater.
04:30 That's pretty much it.
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