Black Widow (Iggy Azalea song) Perry and feature an undisclosed female artist. A 90-second preview of "Black Widow" was released on 11 April 2014. The song's full version then leaked online on 17 April 2014, five days prior to the release of "The New Classic" on 22 April 2014. In an interview with music website HotNewHipHop on 3 June 2014, Azalea confirmed the song as the forthcoming fifth single from the album. It was released on 14 September 2014 in the United Kingdom. "Black Widow" is a song which runs for a duration of three minutes and 29 seconds and has been described as a
Fancy (Iggy Azalea song) Hop DX" defined it as "a hip hop-slash-pop party anthem in which the emcee lyrically displays her confidence." Joe Gross of "Rolling Stone" gave the song a mixed score of 3 out of 5 stars, writing that Azalea "deftly handles the ratchet beat while Charli XCX's earworm hook holds it all down," writing that the song "[doesn't] bring '88 back [but] they can swing on chandeliers with the best of them". Jamie Parmenter of "Renowned for Sound" noted that the song showed the influence of Missy Elliott, and that "Iggy is almost playing a character or parody of herself like