00:00Buckle bunny is a term that I have been called before.
00:03It used to be a derogatory term used to describe a lady who got all dressed up to go to the rodeo
00:10and hit on the cowboys and hopefully link up with the cowboy with the biggest buckle,
00:14which would be whoever won that night.
00:16But for me, three things that define a buckle bunny in 2024,
00:21independent, a woman who knows what she wants, and someone who's not afraid to take risks.
00:30I had wanted to write a song called Buckle Bunny for a really long time,
00:36and I had the concept of what it really meant to me.
00:39And I've watched so many women in pop and hip hop take
00:43certain words and make it into something positive.
00:46It's not a nice word.
00:48And some people don't really understand the song.
00:50And they go, she knows buckle bunny's not good, right?
00:52And I'm like, I wrote the song.
00:55I know what a buckle bunny is, clearly.
00:57I mean, you're looking at one.
01:00I'm at the mini mart in a miniskirt about to steal your man in a torn up t-shirt.
01:08This ain't the Hamptons.
01:10We all got tramp stamps.
01:12Acrylic covered and barbecue at the line dance.
01:15This was kind of funny.
01:16I had this idea for Hamptons to rhyme with tramp stamps.
01:21And my co-writer was like, I don't know if Hamptons is a tramp.
01:24And I was like, oh, I'll just say it like this.
01:26Hamptons.
01:27So, for me, it was kind of like joking about like, see who play.
01:33You know, because the Hamptons is the Hamptons.
01:34And East Hampton is like, that's where everybody's going.
01:37And it's summertime.
01:40So, I thought it would be cool to kind of say, this is not the Hamptons.
01:45We got tramp stamps out where I'm from, you know?
01:48And the acrylic covered and barbecue at the line dance.
01:51I absolutely love barbecue.
01:54There's nothing like getting barbecue sauce underneath those nails when you are going ham
02:00on some relps, okay?
02:18It's a very common country term to say knocking boots as like, hooking up.
02:23And so, that's kind of what it means.
02:25Like, you know, riding cowgirl and make my boots rattle when knocking boots.
02:30The second half is sassed up.
02:32Sassy.
02:33Round them like cattle.
02:35Like, get your girls together.
02:36Get those buckle bunnies together.
02:38We're getting ready now.
02:39Bunny gang.
02:40Looking like Beyonce with a lasso.
02:42A common thing that people say is they could see if Beyonce and Mariah had a baby that
02:48would like, be me.
02:49The deeper meaning to this is not just looking like Beyonce, but to me, Beyonce is a black
02:56woman that is one of my idols.
02:58Someone I really look up to.
02:59And it's not just looking like Beyonce, but the pinnacle of a black woman.
03:03Looking like a black woman in country music.
03:06This song is a statement.
03:19Rhyme Stone has seized Kentucky.
03:22Everyone wants to know what bang with the cha means.
03:25It's chewing tobacco.
03:26Because I wanted to say what could be in my mouth so that I would be like, talking funny.
03:30Because it's bang with the cha, so I talk funny.
03:33Because you kind of talk like this and you have it like, and you look like that.
03:35That's what it looks like.
03:36And it's not cute, so stop it.
03:38But the way that we phrase it was actually just an inside joke between my producer and
03:43like, his high school friends.
03:45They would just say bang with the cha instead of cha banging.
03:49I'm a buckle bunny, I'm a buckle bunny, woo.
03:53Ate the whole cake, left them no crummies.
03:56Bottle bleach blonde, but I'm no dummy.
04:00Big bag poise, but a little tummy.
04:03Can't take nothing from me.
04:05I'm a buckle bunny.
04:07This is a reference to Dolly Parton's first radio hit single.
04:13It's called, Dumb Blonde.
04:14You know, the whole blondes are dumb thing.
04:18And it's just a play on that type of thing and saying that I'm proud to be a blonde.
04:22Big back poise, little tummy, big old booty, little tummy.
04:27People have thought that this means like, no tummy, like tiny little waist.
04:32No, I'm an endometriosis girlie, so I've got a pouch, you know, for my extra cookies.
04:37I got a little tummy, I got a big back poise, I got a little tummy.
04:40I'm a buckle bunny.
04:41Like, it's potty positive.
04:43Can't take nothing from me, especially not my ribs.
04:46Maple stirrups, banana pudding, where the wrangler put it, sterling silver.
04:51Now give me more, watch the buckle hit the floor.
04:53When I talk about more intimate subjects, I have to make it about food.
04:59I have a song called Strawberry Crush, and that's strawberries, meaning, you know.
05:05Bake It is a song all about intimacy, but it's about baking.
05:10It's maple syrup, but maple stirrups, because that's what you put your feet in when you're
05:13riding a horse.
05:14That's the part where your feet go.
05:15Banana pudding, where the wrangler put it.
05:17Banana pudding is my favorite, first of all.
05:20A man's hmm could be like a banana, and so like, if it's like hmm, then it's like banana
05:29pudding, because it's smashing.
05:33So that's the part of the hooking up with a cowboy.
05:37It's banana pudding, where the wrangler put it.
05:39Put it where the wrangler put it.
05:40Push it for me, he blowin' a fag.
05:42B.B. on a custom tag, hot pink on pink, it's rap.
05:46V.V.'s on teeth, he snap.
05:48Let him spoil me, boy know I'm a cheapskate.
05:50To the factory, buy me a cheesecake.
05:52If he buy me cheesecake, I'm a holler.
05:54Big boy, big blick, blue collar.
05:55If he gets me dessert, I will holler at your boy.
05:58Big boy, big blick, blue collar.
06:00I like my big boys.
06:02And I don't mind if you're strapped.
06:04I don't.
06:05I grew up in a very country home and very part of my regular life, so I feel safe.
06:12And blue collar, it doesn't matter to me if you're buying me a Porsche that's wrapped
06:17in pink.
06:18It holds just as much value for me if you're taking me to Cheesecake Factory and you're
06:24a blue collar boy.
06:26Doesn't matter.
06:26Well, I could buy it all myself anyway.
06:28Penn Game, Cash, Hemingway.
06:29But I like my Luckys thrifted, Casies thrifted, buckle thrifted, bunny gifted.
06:34I could buy you a Porsche.
06:35I could take you to the Cheesecake Factory.
06:37It's empowering to be able to take care of your person.
06:42It's because this Penn Game is strong.
06:44The Penn Game.
06:45That's my writing skills.
06:47My Penn Game is cash.
06:48I'm making money with it.
06:50And obviously, Hemingway is one of the greatest writers of all time.
06:53So I wanted to say that.
06:54Penn Game, Cash, Hemingway.
06:57Like it's so good.
06:58It's Hemingway good.
07:01I landed on the Cowboy Carter album.
07:04There's a video of me floating around on social media.
07:07I posted it the day that the album actually dropped.
07:10It's a clip of me at the Renaissance tour.
07:13It was my first time seeing Beyonce.
07:14And the video is me bawling my eyes out during her first song, Dangerously In Love.
07:20And then it cuts to a clip of me bawling my eyes out again
07:24because I see my name on the track list.
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