The 24-year-old artist performed at the Rolling Loud Europe Festival in Austria on Sunday, where she was met with a wave of boos when the speakers began playing “Karma.” Ice Spice didn’t lose her cool — instead, she responded by blowing over-the-top kisses to the crowd. The boos, seemingly coming mostly from men in the audience, were met with mockery from her supporters. Fans on social media defended her, highlighting her grace under pressure and criticizing the hecklers. Ice Spice and Taylor Swift previously collaborated on the “Karma” remix, and Swift has expressed admiration for the rapper.
As she was showered in jeers from some anti-Swifties, Ice Spice didn”t lose her cool — instead she clapped back by blowing the crowd over-the-top kisses as the boos rolled in.
Ice Spice handled the booing — which appeared to be coming almost entirely from men in the audience — like a pro, and many fans jumped in to mock the haters in the crowd.
“Imagine going to an ice spice set then booing taylor swift when there collab plays. what losers,” one commenter tweeted, while another replied to the video of the moment, “An absolute queen!! we will be streaming the new album for sure.”
“Men used to go war and now they show up to ice spice sets and hate on a woman 1,000,000 times out of their league,” another user posted. Ice Spice performs at day 2 of Rolling Loud Europe 2024 at Magna Racino on July 7, 2024 in Vienna, Austria. – Mario Skraban/Getty Images
Ice Spice and Swift collaborated on the remix of “Karma” last year, and Swift previously opened up about how the pair”s musical relationship came together.
“Collaborating with Ice Spice on ”Karma” was one of the most natural things,” Swift said in an audio snippet shared by Spotify. “She reached out through her team, just kind of saying, ”Hey, Ice has been a big fan of Taylor’s since she was a little kid, would love to collaborate if that was ever something that came about.””
Turns out, Swift was already a big fan of Ice Spice. “I had been listening to her nonstop, like getting ready for my [Eras] tour, I was just listening to Ice Spice constantly,” revealed the “Anti-Hero” singer. “So I immediately got her number and said, ”Hey, would you wanna do your version of ”Karma”? Do you relate to this?” So she jumped in headfirst.” Ice Spice and Taylor Swift are seen during the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on Sept. 12, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey. – Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for MTV
ET spoke with Ice Spice on the carpet at the 2024 BET Awards late last month, and the rapper joked, “I”m giving birth July 26! Everybody tune in.”
While she previously teased a “crazy collaboration” that was “locked in” earlier this year, she has kept mum on naming the artist involved. However, she revealed to ET there will be “more than one” collab on the album.
“There”s a couple,” she teased to ET. “That”s all I can say.”
Prior to the album drop, Ice is gearing up to hit the road on her Y2K World Tour. As for whether she”ll be welcoming any special guests to the stage, including Swift or her “Barbie World” and “Princess Diana” collaborator Nicki Minaj, she said the door is open.
“They”re busy ladies right on sold-out tours,” she said, adding, “They”re always welcome.”