Glizzy Glow: I’m glazing over my biggest rap baddie crush and her Poundcake music video
Just to keep it a buck? The way Drake feels about Sexyy Red - yup, same vibes and feelings for Glizzy Glow - my goodness. Add in the fact her sizzling ‘Poundcake’ music video is here and demands attention? Oh yes.
Pure yumminess and turn up energy on display? You bet. Completely geek out.
South Side Chicago rapper Glizzy Glow releases her new single, “Poundcake,” available now via Geffen Records alongside an official music video. Built on a buoyant beat and Glizzy's signature Chicago delivery, “Poundcake” turns celebration, and unapologetic self-assurance into a chant-ready anthem. The accompanying video brings the track's dessert-inspired imagery to life as Glizzy takes center stage at local black owned business Pookie Crack Cakes in Chicago. Surrounded by confident women and high-energy performance scenes, the visual expands the playful, larger-than-life world of her growing Trench Baddie universe.
“Poundcake” arrives on the heels of the official remix of Glizzy’s viral breakout hit “CUTWATER” featuring YKNIECE. The original record that has amassed more than 2.9 million views on YouTube HERE and has over 15 million streams across all platforms. “Poundcake” will be on her upcoming project, Trench Baddie which is set to release soon. This new anthem also follows her extensive CUTWATER TOUR, the celebratory “YB Anthem,” and her candid Off the Porchinterview. As she builds toward the release of Trench Baddie, Glizzy continues to transform her sharp writing, memorable hooks, and unfiltered personality into music that's built to move both the streets and the club.
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As anyone from Chicago will tell you, Glizzy Glow is the It Girl hip-hop has been desperately missing. She’s long had regional motion, previously as a successful salon owner, hair model, and all-around hustler. But over the past few years, the 29-year-old rapper’s been pouring her clout, artistry, charisma, and drive into the career she was clearly meant to have. Because with Glizzy, you might come for the super sticky hooks (“CUTWATER,” anyone?), but you’ll stay for the A1 bars as she roasts rivals, boasts gloriously, and weaves in her striver’s story throughout. And to think, she only started rapping when her friends and cousins pressured her into spitting bars during a casual home freestyle session in 2019. That became her Soulja Boy “Shootout” remix, which went viral in Chicago the same year. By 2023, after doing her research, she was a one-woman business — booking shows, self-releasing music, and eventually conceptualizing the concepts for her buzzing videos, which somehow feel both off-the-cuff and carefully plotted. Now, as she confidently takes her place on the Interscope Records roster, her new music feeds the most electrifying rap from the ’00s and ’10s (read: crunk, trap) into an ambitious expansion of modern strains like Chicago footwork, Jersey Club, and sexy drill. The songs brim with her bossed-up energy, relentless quest for success, and history coming up on 59th and Hermitage in West Englewood. Now you know Glizzy Glow — get ready to meet the Trench Baddie.
