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"Pretty Girls" is a song recorded by American singer Britney Spears and Australian rapper Iggy Azalea. Azalea co-wrote the song with Maegan Cottone, British girl group Little Mix, and the song's producers, The Invisible Men. The single was released on May 4, 2015, by RCA Records. The music video for "Pretty Girls" premiered on May 13, 2015, and was directed by Azalea and Cameron Duddy. The visuals were inspired by the 1988 film ''Earth Girls Are Easy'', starring Geena Davis. The song was performed live by Spears and Azalea for the first time on May 17 at the 2015 ''Billboard'' Music Awards. Later that year, it was added to Spears's Las Vegas residency show Britney: Piece of Me setlist. The collaboration performed moderately in music charts worldwide, peaking within the top 20 in the United Kingdom and Canada and the top 30 in the United States, France and Australia. The track also received two nominations at the 2015 Teen Choice Awards〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Teen Choice Awards 2015: One Direction Up Against Zayn Malik in First Round of Nominations )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Teen Choice Awards 2015 Nominations: Taylor Swift, One Direction & More Lead Second Wave of Noms )〕 ==Background and release== On September 9, 2014, during an interview with ''Extra'' at The Intimate Britney Spears Collection launch in New York City, Spears revealed she had slowly but steadily started working on a new album. When asked who she would like to collaborate with, Spears said she would like to do something with Katy Perry or Iggy Azalea. Rumors began to circulate that a collaboration between the two artists was already in the works, with Azalea saying she had done a "secret collaboration" with someone she had been interested in. In December 2014, Azalea told Kiss 108 backstage at their Jingle Ball Tour 2014 that their collaborative song would premiere in 2015, "We have a song, which is going to be her first single, coming out next year." Asked how the collaboration came about, Azalea added, "She said she would like to work with me in an interview and they reached out. We recorded a few different things and then one of those just ended up being, I think, undeniably great. Hopefully I think everybody will get to hear it at the beginning of next year." In February 2015, Azalea tweeted there were "epic" ongoing plans for the song. For Spears's ''Billboard'' magazine cover story, published online on March 12, 2015, it was reported that despite Spears being back in the recording studio as back as in September 2014 working on a duet with Azalea, among other tracks, a proper full-length album would not be coming soon. Spears further explained, "I'm gonna do (new album ) slowly but surely () I'm gonna try to do my best to do an amazing album, but it's not my full priority right now". Azalea confirmed the title of the track the following week. Afterwards, in Spears's cover story with ''People'' magazine, it was announced that "Pretty Girls" would be released on May 5. On March 29, 2015, on the red carpet of the 2nd iHeartRadio Music Awards in Los Angeles, Azalea confirmed "Pretty Girls" would be featured on Spears's upcoming album during an interview with MTV News and explained the song's evolution mentioning its final version being a true duet with her also joining Spears on the chorus instead of a typical rap guest appearance. When describing the song in an interview with ''USA Today'', Azalea said, "It's just a lot of fun. It's a classic, girly (song) you want to scream to each other when you're getting ready". Although the collaboration was finished in the fall of 2014, Azalea didn't meet Spears in person until January 2015, when she invited Spears to her house for lunch.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Britney, Iggy team up for 'Pretty' duet )〕 On April 30, 2015, the single artwork, an illustration of the artists in an outer space background alluding to the '80s cult classic film ''Earth Girls Are Easy'', was unveiled online. Portions of the song began surfacing on the internet later that day, and the song leaked in its entirety on May 2, 2015, two days prior to its official release.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hear Britney Spears and Iggy Azalea’s New Song ‘Pretty Girls’ )〕 On May 3, 2015, Spears announced she had teamed up with mobile-app-based transportation network company Uber to give fans an early listen of the song. For six hours between 3pm-9pm PDT on that day, requesters in Los Angeles were able to ride select Britney-themed vehicles called "Bees" while listening to the song and have a chance to win surprise gifts and tickets to her show, Britney: Piece of Me in Las Vegas.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Britneymobile? See the Crazy Way Fans Can Hear Her New Single 'Pretty Girls' )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Uber LA Riders: Britney Spears Wants You To Hear 'Pretty Girls' First )〕 On May 4, 2015, "Pretty Girls" was released for digital download, with anticipating fans trending the hashtag #PrettyGirls on Twitter.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Britney Spears & Iggy Azalea's 'Pretty Girls' Headed for Top 40 Debut )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pretty Girls (Britney Spears and Iggy Azalea song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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