"Lollipop Luxury" is a song by American recording artist and songwriter Jeffree Star. It is the only single from the album Cupcakes Taste Like Violence. The song was written by Jeffree Star and Nico Hartikainen in 2008 and it was produced by Smile Future. "Lollipop Luxury" was released on November 18, 2008, as Star's first official single.

"Lollipop Luxury"
Single by Jeffree Star
from the album Cupcakes Taste Like Violence & Beauty Killer
ReleasedNovember 18, 2008
Recorded2008
GenreElectropop
Length4:07
LabelPopsicle
Songwriter(s)Jeffree Star, Nico Hartikainen
Producer(s)Smile Future
Jeffree Star singles chronology
"I Hate Music"
(2008)
"Lollipop Luxury"
(2008)
"Prisoner"
(2010)

Background

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Star announced in 2007 that he was going to be recording his first studio album, Beauty Killer. It was planned to be released in summer of 2008,[1] but was pushed back to fall of 2009. During this time period, Star recorded "Lollipop Luxury" through his own record label, Popsicle Records. The song was written by Jeffree Star and Nico Hartikainen and produced by Smile Future.[2] Star released the song on November 18, 2008, and it came out on Cupcakes Taste Like Violence on December 9, 2008. After the release, Star teamed up with Nicki Minaj to write the remix of "Lollipop Luxury."[3] Star then released the song on his Myspace page not knowing that it would one day be on his studio album. Beauty Killer came out on September 22, 2009, with the song featuring Minaj. Due to Star not releasing a song in 2011, "Lollipop Luxury" featuring Minaj came out as a single on iTunes on June 16, 2011.

Critical reception

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Paper's Justin Moran noted the track's "glittery synths and unruly arrogance" and melody that sounds like a "bitchy lullaby", saying it "ambitiously united all of Star's obsessions — candy, wealth, sex, self-obsession, and celebrity — inside a dance-pop single blatantly designed to shock". Moran also called it a "climax in the musical style Star had been carving out for himself online".[4]

Nicki Minaj remix

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"Lollipop Luxury"
 
Single by Jeffree Star featuring Nicki Minaj
from the album Beauty Killer
ReleasedJune 16, 2011
Recorded2008
GenreDance-pop[4]
Length3:35
LabelPopsicle
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Smile Future
Jeffree Star singles chronology
"I'm in Love (With a Killer)"
(2010)
"Lollipop Luxury"
(2011)
"Prom Night!"
(2012)
Nicki Minaj singles chronology
"Where Them Girls At"
(2011)
"Lollipop Luxury"
(2011)
"Fly"
(2011)

A remixed version of the song, featuring Nicki Minaj, was released on the album Beauty Killer on September 22, 2009, and came out as a single on June 16, 2011. The track was later recognized as one of the earliest tracks to feature Minaj, originally being released prior to her first solo single.[4]

Track listing

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Digital download

  1. Lollipop Luxury – 4:07

Lollipop Luxury (feat. Nicki Minaj) – Single[5]

  1. Lollipop Luxury" (featuring Nicki Minaj) – 3:35

Personnel

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Original

Remix

  • Jeffree Star – vocals
  • Nicki Minaj – additional vocals

References

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  1. ^ Jeffree Star (December 10, 2007). "Jeffree Star's Recording a New Album -- 2 New Song Titles So Far on jeffreestar's Links - Buzznet". Buzznet. Archived from the original on February 29, 2008. Retrieved February 17, 2012.
  2. ^ Jeffree Star (May 9, 2011). "Twitter / @JeffreeStar: recording a new song right..." Twitter. Retrieved February 17, 2012.
  3. ^ Joey Guerra (November 9, 2010). "Nicki Minaj tag teams her way to the top - Houston Music - 29-95.com". 29-95.com. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved February 17, 2012.
  4. ^ a b c Moran, Justin (January 19, 2019). "Before She Was Famous, Nicki Minaj Rapped on This Jeffree Star Song". Paper. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
  5. ^ "Amazon.com: Lollipop Luxury (feat. Nicki Minaj) - Single: Jeffree Star: MP3 Downloads". Amazon.com. Retrieved February 19, 2012.