Big Energy

Album

777

Label

RCA Records

Genre

Funk

Composer(s)

lyssa Stephens;Lukasz Gottwald;A1 LaFlare;Adrian Belew;Chris Frantz;Jaucquez Lowe;Randall Hammers;Steven Stanley;Theron Thomas;Tina Weymouth;Vaughn Oliver

Entered Chart

Nov 6, 2021

Peak Date

Apr 9, 2022

Released

September 24, 2021

Recorded

2021

Catalog #

RCA

B-Side

n/a

Atlanta native Alyssa Stephens is a rapper who records under the name Latto. Stephens first came to the public's attention in 2015 when she was inaugural winner of the Lifetime reality series The Rap Game. Known as Miss Mulatto back then, Stephens changed her stage name to the mononym Mulatto in 2018, and to Latto in January 2021. "Big Energy" is her second Billboard Hot 100 entry, following the 2019 single "Bitch from da Souf," which peaked at #95. The song name is a more radio-friendly form of "big d–k energy." The phrase means a guy exuding self-assurance, whose self-esteem is enhanced by knowing he has a huge phallus. Latto expands that personality trait to both genders: "It's basically just this confidence, this strong aura that no one can tell you, 'You not the s--t. You is the s--t,'" she told Essence. "It's about believing in yourself – how you walk, how you talk, just carrying yourself like the person that you believe you are." Latto wrote the song with A1 LaFlare, London Jae, Dr. Luke, SupaKaine, Theron Thomas, and Vaughn Oliver. The rapper needed a lot of people in the room so they could bounce ideas off of each other. "It wasn't a sit-down-and-write type of thing. It was more just talking out loud, playing the beat out loud," she told Billboard. "It was a lot of different opinions, even from people who aren't rappers. My assistant was throwing ideas at me, and I was asking the girls in the room, 'What does big energy mean to you.'" Dr. Luke and Vaughn Oliver's retro, pop-tinged production borrows its groove from Tom Tom Club's 1981 hit "Genius Of Love." Many other songs have sampled the post-disco tune's rhythm track, including Dr. Jeckyl & Mr. Hyde's "Genius Rap" in 1981, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's "It's Nasty" in 1982, and most famously, Mariah Carey's "Fantasy" in 1995. Latto teamed up with Mariah Carey for the song's remix. During Carey's verse, she revisits some lyrics from her 1995 hit song "Fantasy," which uses the same "Genius Of Love" sample as "Big Energy." Report an ad Latto first conceived the idea of having Mariah Carey on the remix back in November 2021, before "Big Energy" blew up. Back then, she didn't think a collaboration with the superstar singer was realistic. However, once the song started climbing the charts, she plucked up the courage to reach out to her. When Carey agreed to the collaboration, Latto's personal fantasy became reality. Latto was understandably nervous about the collaboration, but when she found Carey to be genuine, she relaxed. "We was sipping on her liquor Black Irish and just kicking it," she recalled. DJ Khaled produced the remix. This was the superstar producer's first released collaboration with either artist, though he'd been photographed in the studio with Carey earlier in the year. "Big Energy" was named Song of the Year at the BET Hip Hop Awards 2022.

This the remix (hahaha)
Is Miami in the house? (Sweet, sweet fantasy)
Is Atlanta in the house?
Is New York in the house?
Got that big, big energy (Mimi, Latto)
Got that real big energy (DJ Khaled)
Hey, daddy, when you gon' stop playin'?
(Another one)

Bad chick, I could be your fantasy
I can tell you got big, big energy (uh-huh)
It ain't too many of them that can handle me (yeah)
But I might let you try it off the Hennessy
Make 'em sing to this thang like a melody
And if your girl ain't right, I got the remedy (I, I)
It ain't too many of them that can handle me (ayy)
Bad chick, I could be your fantasy

Oh, when you walk by every night
Talking sweet and looking fine
I get kind of hectic inside
Mmm, baby, I'm so into you
Darling, if you only knew
All the things that flow through my mind
But it's just a sweet, sweet
You gon' have to come and see this
Pretty like new-new, sweet like peaches
I'ma be your fantasy, you ain't gon' believe this
Hold up, got Mimi on the remix (on and on and on)

On the count of three, bad, get money (money)
Broke to the left, we don't want it (we don't want)
I'm the one they love to hate but they can't get past (uh-huh) (On and on it goes)
Pretty face, no waist and a big ol' bag, ha

Bad chick, I could be your fantasy
I can tell you got big big energy (uh-huh)
It ain't too many of them that can handle me (yeah) (no)
But I might let you try it off the Hennessy (uh)
Make 'em sing to this thang like a melody
And if your girl ain't right, I got the remedy
It ain't too many of them that can handle me (ayy)
Bad chick, I could be your fantasy (ayy, ayy)
(And they say)

Sweet fantasy
Got that big, big energy (big, big energy)
Sweet fantasy
Got that big, big energy (big, big energy)

Yuh, tell me how you want it (want it)
Three, two, one, camera rollin' (ooh)
Do it slow motion (uh-huh)
Real chick, them other, phony
All that big talk, Latto put 'em on it (Latto)
I'm just bein' honest (yeah), lingerie Dolce (uh)
Blindfold, tie me to the bed while we roleplay (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Can't skip foreplay, kill the kitty cold case (uh-huh)
I'm a boss chick but tonight we do it your way

On the count of three, bad, get money (Get money) (sweet baby)
Broke, to the left, we don't want it (sweet baby)
If you ever see me broke, I'm probably rockin' a cast
Pretty face, no waist with a big ol' bag, ha (sweet)

Sweet fantasy (I could be your fantasy)
Got that big, big energy (big, big energy, yeah)
Sweet fantasy (I could be your fantasy, uh)
Got that big, big energy (big, big energy, ayy) (sweet)

Go on, Big Latto say
Big Latto say (uh-huh)
Go on, Big Latto say (it's a new world)
Big Latto say (big, big energy, yeah)
It's Latto, it's Mariah (got that big, big energy)
And I'm looking at my wrist and it's a new watch
This the remix