Fancy is pretty much like every other Iggy Azalea song in that it’s got a relatively basic beat but it’s catchy as hell. On top of that it’s got a contagious hook featuring Charli XCX (who’s actually a home-grown artist) which some have highlighted the likeness to Gwen Stefani of, that’s got me reminding everyone around me just how fancy I am every five-minutes. Though a base synthesizer isn’t anything new musically it sets up a repetitive, simple and smooth bass line that is layered only by a fractured hip-hop drum beat, rhythmic claps and chants which makes it both an easy listen and available for the club-scene to manipulate and remix as many times as they’d like to. But it’s also dancey enough that the original would still get a room moving any day of the week. Iggy’s rhymes are confident and sassy but not arrogant enough to make you feel uncomfortable listening to, so it’s clear that 2014 could be Iggy’s year as she steps up her game and prepares for the release of her debut album ‘The New Classic’.
7.5/10
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