"Discounts" is a song by American rapper and singer

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. It was independently released as a single on June 26, 2020. It became her first charting single, debuting at number 10 on the'' Billboard''

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component chart. The song received critical acclaim from

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, who praised the production, vocal performance, solo songwriting and maturity.

Background and composition

"Discounts" and its precursor "Lemon Pepper" were released not long after Cupcakke's hiatus of late 2019. She announced her retirement after being disappointed with "corrupting the youth" with her hypersexualized music. After two months, Cupcakke returned to social media writing "Jesus fasted for 40 days... and so did I." In the Fantom-produced song, Cupcakke name-drops

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and

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, and references

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's bruised forehead after attempting to physically attack

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at NYFW 2018.

Reception

Critics described the song as "fierce" "fiery", and "bold". Jessica McKinney of ''

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'' highlighted her "witty wordplay and rapid delivery". ''

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'' wrote, "CupcakKe remains prolific ..She goes ''hard'' on this one".

Commercial performance

"Discounts" became CupcakKe's first charting single in her career. It charted on the

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at number 78 and the

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at number 70.

Music video

After announcing it earlier that month, the video titled "Discounts" (The Movie), was officially released on July 28, 2020.

Charts

References

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