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, Emma Bertilsson and Johan Gustafson, with the latter one handling the song's production. It was released commercially for digital download on 16 June 2017, through

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, Atlantic Records and

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, as the duo's first single of 2017.

Music video

The official music video was released on Icona Pop's YouTube channel on 16 June 2017. It included selfies from the duo themselves, as well as selfies collected from their fans.

Critical reception

Rob Copsey of

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wrote that the song "sounds like summer", "sees Icona Pop sticking to what they know best, i.e, great, big, stomping neon pop, albeit with a deep/tropical house edge to it this time out" and "ends in such an abrupt way that you'll want to put it straight back on." Similarly, Raisa Bruner of ''Time'' magazine also noted it "sounds like summer" and regarded the song as "a club-ready groove mixing their signature singalong choruses with a tropical house edge". Mike Wass of

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said that the song is "a soaring tune" and "a club-ready, pop-centric party anthem that really should be blasting out of every radio over the summer". Lilian Min of

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said the song has "an excellent bubbly beat and a refreshing femme-centric vibe".

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from

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. * Icona Pop – composing, vocals * Johan Gustafson – composing, producing, mixing * Litens Anton Nilsson – composing * Marcus Andersson – composing *

– composing * Emma Bertilsson – composing *

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– mastering engineering * Nicki Adamsson – engineering

Charts

Certifications

References

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