The visuals are inspired by 1995 American comedy film Clueless, with Azalea playing Beverly Hills socialite Cher Horowitz and XCX as Tai Frasier. The accompanying music video for "Fancy" was directed by Director X and released in March 2014. In 2017, Billboard named "Fancy" as the biggest hit by a female rapper in history. It is one of the best-selling singles worldwide, with combined sales and track-equivalent streams of 9.1 million units according to IFPI. It won the Top Rap Song category at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards and was nominated for Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 57th Grammy Awards. "Fancy" was named Billboard's Song of the Summer for 2014, as well as the most-streamed song on Spotify and most-watched music video on Vevo in 2014. It is XCX's second top-ten single, after her guest spot on Icona Pop's "I Love It" in 2013. It reached the top ten in several countries such as Azalea's native country Australia and the United Kingdom. It also topped the charts in Canada and New Zealand and had general chart success around the world. It held the spot for seven consecutive weeks. "Fancy" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming both Azalea's and XCX's first number-one on that chart. It was leaked under the title "Leave It" in December 2013. It was written by Azalea and XCX, composed and produced by production team the Invisible Men, alongside additional producers The Arcade. "Fancy" was described as an electro-hop song. It was released on 17 February 2014 by Def Jam Recordings as the fourth single from the album.
After a few years’ hiatus, she resumed her career, releasing less-commercial music that showcases her unceasing devotion to hip-hop."Fancy" is a song by Australian rapper Iggy Azalea featuring British singer Charli XCX, taken from the former's debut studio album, The New Classic (2014). Azalea’s meteoric rise made her a lightning rod for debates over cultural appropriation, but she refused to let that stop her. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 while “Problem,” her collaboration with Ariana Grande, occupied the second spot.
That song, with its Clueless-inspired video and an insanely catchy chorus (courtesy of Charlie XCX), rocketed up the charts it was sitting at No. The record was slow to catch fire until the single “Fancy” hit the airwaves. In 2012, she signed with T.I.’s Grand Hustle Records two years later she dropped her debut album, The New Classic. The release, with the singles “Pu$$y” and “My World,” set the template for her playfully pugnacious, sexually explicit lyrical personality. Her tour of the South was, in a way, a fact-finding mission: She perfected her imitation of a Southern Black drawl and began working with producers on her first mixtape, 2011’s Ignorant Art. She moved to the United States to pursue music when she was 16, bouncing between Houston, Miami, and Atlanta before settling in Los Angeles. Ostracized as a kid, she found solace and inspiration in American artists like Missy Elliot and Outkast. Born Amethyst Amelia Kelly in 1990 in Mullumbimby, New South Wales, the Australian singer/songwriter, rapper, and model-whose stage name combines her first dog’s name with her childhood street-grew up revering hip-hop. Iggy Azalea became one of the most polarizing pop stars of the mid-2010s, a figure whose genuine talent has sometimes been overshadowed by her penchant for controversy.
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