It starts with a sparse piano, before the 'club-ready beat' kicks in. Raisa Bruner of Time defined it as a hip hop song.

'Swish Swish' is a house-inspired EDM song. The track is four minutes and two seconds long. It follows a chord progression of Cm 7–A♭maj 7–Gm 7–Cm 7–A♭maj 7–Fm 7, and Perry's vocals span from E♭ 3 to A♭ 4. The song is performed in the key of F minor with a tempo of 120 beats per minute in common time. 'Swish Swish' was noted to have a beat similar to Maya Jane Coles' 'What They Say' (2010). The song samples 'I Get Deep' by Roland Clark. 'Swish Swish' was written by Perry with Duke Dumont, Sarah Hudson, PJ 'Promnite' Sledge, Minaj, and Brittany Hazzard, while its production was done by Dumont with additional production by Sledge and Noah 'Mailbox' Passovoy. Its single cover features Perry's 'blinged-out hand holding receipts from a place called 'Karma Coffee & Tea'.' On May 26, 2017, Capitol Records confirmed it would focus on promoting 'Swish Swish' to pop radio. 'Swish Swish' was released the next day as the third single from her fifth album Witness, and was included along with the pre-order of the album upon its debut. Honestly, I just want her to do the whole song.' Perry also talked about Minaj's rap skills, commenting: 'With Nicki, she's such a that you can send her anything and her pen game is crazy.' On May 18, 2017, Perry announced on Instagram the track would be released at midnight Eastern time. I actually sent her a couple of songs before these songs were out and she loved 'Swish Swish' the most and she just did it so much justice. As Perry recalled, 'We've always wanted to collaborate, we've done so many things together. However, she did not have time to record her vocals, and Ariana Grande ended up singing the song. Minaj and Perry previously worked together on Minaj's song 'Get on Your Knees', with Perry writing it with the rapper. Minaj's appearance on the track was only discovered when the song was released. And then about two weeks ago I heard that is going to feature on it, it was very quick.'

I am genuinely excited for the music.' Dumont also said that 'it was a very easy process and we made the song quickly. Who knows what we could do?' Eventually, they paired together to work on the record, with Dumont claiming that Perry was a fan of his music and that they kept in touch, noting that 'her vision for the album wasn't a million miles away from the stuff I'm making.' He added: ' working on this project it was great seeing what her vision was for the album and being able to help with that. It has also been certified platinum in Australia, Canada and the US, and was featured in the video game Just Dance 2018.Īfter Duke Dumont produced a track Perry recorded for H&M's 2015 holiday campaign called ' Every Day Is a Holiday', he expressed interest in working with the singer again, adding: 'I think we could switch things up a little more for the next record. 'Swish Swish' reached the top 10 in the Philippines and Scotland in addition to the top 20 in Canada and the United Kingdom as well as the top 30 in Australia and Ireland. Three days later, Perry and Minaj performed the track together for the first time during the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards. The official music video, directed by Dave Meyers, premiered on August 24, 2017. Later, to further promote the track, a lyric video for the track, featuring Brazilian singer Gretchen, was released on July 3, 2017. Subsequently, Perry continued to promote the track during BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend, the Glastonbury Festival 2017 and The Voice Australia. Promotion for the track began with a live debut of the track on Saturday Night Live, with a performance that went viral. Critics wrote mixed reviews of 'Swish Swish' some praised the track's empowering environment and Minaj's verse, while others criticized the song's lyrics. Multiple media outlets suspected that the song is about American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift and her 2015 single ' Bad Blood', which was believed to be about Perry. The song uses basketball metaphors to address Perry's bullies and detractors. 'Swish Swish' is a house-inspired EDM and hip hop song that samples 'I Get Deep' by Roland Clark. The song was initially released as a promotional single on May 19, 2017, and later as the album's third single. It was written by both artists along with Duke Dumont, Sarah Hudson, PJ 'Promnite' Sledge and Brittany Hazzard, while being produced by Dumont, with additional production by Sledge and Noah 'Mailbox' Passovoy and vocal production by Passovoy. ' Swish Swish' is a song by American singer Katy Perry featuring rapper Nicki Minaj for Perry's fifth studio album, Witness (2017).

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