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 "excerpt": "DANCE... is a 2026 song by American pop singer Slayyyter, opening track and fourth single of WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA; written with Nate Campany and Kyle Shearer, produced by Valley Girl, released January 16, 2026 on Columbia/RECORDS.",
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 "markdown": "# Dance...\n\n**DANCE...** (stylized with an ellipsis and originally titled \"DANCE!\") is a song by the American pop singer [Slayyyter](https://www.edgepedia.org/slayyyter), released on January 16, 2026 as the opening track and fourth single from her third studio album, *WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA*.<sup>[1](https://slayyyter.fandom.com/wiki/DANCE..._%28song%29)</sup> Written by Slayyyter with Nate Campany and Kyle Shearer and produced by the production duo Valley Girl, it runs 4:47 on the album in the key of B at 113 BPM.<sup>[1](https://slayyyter.fandom.com/wiki/DANCE..._%28song%29)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[2](https://musicbrainz.org/release/15940bbe-6e23-4012-a12b-bfa12ba404b9)</sup> The track became the album's calling card: it spawned a TikTok trend in the spring of 2026, was named a song-of-the-summer pick by the Associated Press, and opened the album that debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Dance Albums chart.<sup>[3](https://brockpress.com/slayyyter-is-the-wort-girl-in-america/)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[4](https://apnews.com/article/0d2c000ccce4ea35a74baa3e6cc34090)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[5](https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/08/summer-songs-2026-slayyyter-adela/688394/)</sup>\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Artist and album | Slayyyter; first track and fourth single on *WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA*, her third studio album<sup>[1](https://slayyyter.fandom.com/wiki/DANCE..._%28song%29)</sup> |\n| Release | January 16, 2026, worldwide, on Columbia and RECORDS<sup>[2](https://musicbrainz.org/release/15940bbe-6e23-4012-a12b-bfa12ba404b9)</sup> |\n| Writers and producer | Slayyyter, Nate Campany, Kyle Shearer; produced by Valley Girl<sup>[2](https://musicbrainz.org/release/15940bbe-6e23-4012-a12b-bfa12ba404b9)</sup> |\n| Length and tempo | 4:47 on the album (3:56 single edit); key of B, 113 BPM<sup>[1](https://slayyyter.fandom.com/wiki/DANCE..._%28song%29)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[2](https://musicbrainz.org/release/15940bbe-6e23-4012-a12b-bfa12ba404b9)</sup> |\n| Recording | LemonTree Studios (Highland Park), Los Angeles; mixed by Clint Gibbs<sup>[2](https://musicbrainz.org/release/15940bbe-6e23-4012-a12b-bfa12ba404b9)</sup> |\n| Reception | TikTok trend in spring 2026; AP song-of-the-summer pick; album debuted at No. 1 on Billboard Hot Dance Albums<sup>[3](https://brockpress.com/slayyyter-is-the-wort-girl-in-america/)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[4](https://apnews.com/article/0d2c000ccce4ea35a74baa3e6cc34090)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[5](https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/08/summer-songs-2026-slayyyter-adela/688394/)</sup> |\n\n## Background and release\n\nSlayyyter began working on *WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA* after an edgier sonic shift in her 2024 single \"No Comma\".<sup>[6](https://www.cherwell.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/TT26-Week-0.pdf)</sup> According to her fan-maintained song page, \"DANCE...\" was written around August 2024 and recorded between 2024 and May 3, 2025.<sup>[1](https://slayyyter.fandom.com/wiki/DANCE..._%28song%29)</sup> She first teased the song on May 3, 2025, playing a snippet in a Tumblr video post.<sup>[1](https://slayyyter.fandom.com/wiki/DANCE..._%28song%29)</sup>\n\nThe rollout in January 2026 was staged over four days. On January 12, Slayyyter teased the music video with a slowed version of the song captioned \"WOR$T\", a reference to the album title; on January 13 she unveiled the album cover art and confirmed the January 16 release; on January 15 she teased the video across her social media; and on January 16 the song and its video appeared on streaming platforms at midnight.<sup>[1](https://slayyyter.fandom.com/wiki/DANCE..._%28song%29)</sup> The single was issued worldwide on Columbia and RECORDS, with phonographic copyright held by [Columbia Records](https://www.edgepedia.org/columbia-records) and RECORDS Label, LLC.<sup>[2](https://musicbrainz.org/release/15940bbe-6e23-4012-a12b-bfa12ba404b9)</sup>\n\n## Composition and production\n\nThe album version runs almost five minutes, an unusually long track for a pop single, and its structure is built around a long intro that crescendos into a thumping bassline.<sup>[6](https://www.cherwell.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/TT26-Week-0.pdf)</sup> The Harvard Crimson's review of the album described \"DANCE...\" as subtly priming, a track whose party-girl ethos builds and builds and sets up the standouts that follow, \"OLD TECHNOLOGY\" and \"CRANK\".<sup>[7](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/4/7/worst-girl-in-america-album-review/)</sup>\n\nThe recording credits place the song firmly in a Los Angeles studio context. It was recorded at LemonTree Studios in [Highland Park, Los Angeles](https://www.edgepedia.org/highland-park-los-angeles), with Kyle Shearer as recording engineer, Valley Girl as producer, and Clint Gibbs mixing; Shearer is also one of the song's three writers alongside Slayyyter and Nate Campany.<sup>[2](https://musicbrainz.org/release/15940bbe-6e23-4012-a12b-bfa12ba404b9)</sup> AllMusic credits Slayyyter as composer, lyricist, and primary artist on the release.<sup>[8](https://www.allmusic.com/album/dance-mw0004776721)</sup> In an interview around the album's release, Slayyyter said she had been playing with what her voice could do in a different way on the project, and that she wanted to go crazy in the studio rather than make a conventional four-on-the-floor dance-pop song.<sup>[9](https://theneedledrop.com/interviews/slayyyter-interview-march-2026/)</sup>\n\n## Music video and performance\n\nSlayyyter directed the music video for \"DANCE...\" herself. The Los Angeles Times described it as a fitting start to an album that on the surface erupts with club pop anthems, electric guitar-lined excess, and her stated desire for \"money, drugs, chains on my chest\".<sup>[10](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2026-03-25/meet-slayyyter-at-her-most-raw-as-worst-girl-in-america)</sup> Across the album, each song received a self-directed music video, with costumes handmade or drawn from her own wardrobe.<sup>[6](https://www.cherwell.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/TT26-Week-0.pdf)</sup> A separate choreography edit of the video, \"DANCE... (CHOREO EDIT)\", is listed among the song's music videos.<sup>[2](https://musicbrainz.org/release/15940bbe-6e23-4012-a12b-bfa12ba404b9)</sup>\n\n## Reception\n\nThe song's public life outgrew its single status. The Brock Press noted that listeners would likely have recognized \"DANCE\" from a TikTok trend late in the spring of 2026, months after the album's March 27 release.<sup>[3](https://brockpress.com/slayyyter-is-the-wort-girl-in-america/)</sup> The Associated Press included \"DANCE...\" in its 2026 song-of-the-summer predictions as the pick for \"high-energy It Girls\".<sup>[4](https://apnews.com/article/0d2c000ccce4ea35a74baa3e6cc34090)</sup>\n\nThe album it opens became Slayyyter's commercial breakthrough. *WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA* debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Albums chart, drew large festival audiences, and earned her the fandom of [Courtney Love](https://www.edgepedia.org/courtney-love); by August 2026 she had scored her first-ever entry on the Hot 100.<sup>[5](https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/08/summer-songs-2026-slayyyter-adela/688394/)</sup> [The Atlantic](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-atlantic) characterized the album, and by extension its opening track's world, as a blurry reimagining of the crisp, uplifting pulse of circa-2010 electronic dance music and pop punk, with scuzzy production and feral lyrics delivered in what Slayyyter has called a \"tweaker twang\" tone of voice.<sup>[5](https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/08/summer-songs-2026-slayyyter-adela/688394/)</sup>\n\n## References\n\n1. [DANCE... (song), Slayyyter Wiki (Fandom)](https://slayyyter.fandom.com/wiki/DANCE..._%28song%29)\n2. [DANCE… by Slayyyter, MusicBrainz release entry](https://musicbrainz.org/release/15940bbe-6e23-4012-a12b-bfa12ba404b9)\n3. [Slayyyter is the WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA, The Brock Press](https://brockpress.com/slayyyter-is-the-wort-girl-in-america/)\n4. [What is the 2026 song of the summer? AP offers some predictions, Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/0d2c000ccce4ea35a74baa3e6cc34090)\n5. [Party in the (Downwardly Mobile) U.S.A., The Atlantic](https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/08/summer-songs-2026-slayyyter-adela/688394/)\n6. [Val Michael, discussion of Slayyyter's WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA, Cherwell (Trinity 202, Week 0)](https://www.cherwell.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/TT26-Week-0.pdf)\n7. [WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA Album Review: A Night Out Encapsulated, The Harvard Crimson](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/4/7/worst-girl-in-america-album-review/)\n8. [Slayyyter: DANCE... Tracks & Reviews, AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/album/dance-mw0004776721)\n9. [Slayyyter on teen angst, screaming, and pop tropes, The Needle Drop interview](https://theneedledrop.com/interviews/slayyyter-interview-march-2026/)\n10. [Meet Slayyyter at her most raw, as the 'Worst Girl in America', Los Angeles Times](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2026-03-25/meet-slayyyter-at-her-most-raw-as-worst-girl-in-america)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Music › Musical works and recordings › Compositions and songs › Pop, rock, and metal songs › Pop songs › Pop songs of the 2020s*\n\n*Initially written Sep 17, 2026 · Reviewed: Sep 19, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Sep 19, 2026; Oct 11, 2026; Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n",
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