"Big Hoops (Bigger the Better)" is a song by Canadian recording artist Nelly Furtado, taken from her fifth studio album, The Spirit Indestructible.

In 2021, "Big Hoops (Bigger the Better)" was interpolated in the dance track "Talk About" by Rain Radio and DJ Craig Gorman, which reached the top 10 on the UK Singles Chart and was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry.

[4] There are references to Furtado's favourite groups at the period — such as Salt-n-Pepa, A Tribe Called Quest and Blackstreet, many of whom were produced by Jerkins himself — and her teenage wardrobe.

[3] Furtado said that the song describes "a certain unique swagger you have at that young age and that the music gives you,"[4] and that she was "the kid who used to pick up the mic at parties and just rock the crowd, sing my way through the storm and know my voice could penetrate.

As an in-joke to Smith's reaction to when he first heard the track, the song starts with the manager saying "Time release the fresh", Furtado laughing at the phrase, and Interscope Records A&R representative Thom Panunzio replying "You're 100 percent right Chris.

"[11] The title and intro, during which Furtado chants "the bigger the better" against a bass line, references the character finding strength in the size of her earrings.

[11] Furtado stated that the song earned this status because it represented her intentions "to detach myself from all shackles and play freely" as her ambitious younger self was always "pushing the boundaries".

[9][14] Billboard's Maria Sherman wrote that "Big Hoops" is "easily in the running to be one of the best summer club anthems of the year", and "if this song doesn't roll out the carpet for her comeback, nothing will.

"[15] MTV reviewer Jenna Hally Rubenstein praised Jerkins' production and the song's originality, considering that "Big Hoops" was "unlike anything you've heard in a hot minute".

[16] Robbie Daw of Idolator, gave the song a mixed review, criticizing the singer's "unnecessary Rihanna-esque vocal delivery" while adding that it "isn't the strongest lead single we've heard from an album.

[22][23] Smith felt the underperformance was helped by moving The Spirit Indestructible's release date, "so there's no need to get this thing that supposed to be this club banger intro track and force it up the chart.

[27][28] Becky Bain of Idolator wrote that "the singer struts down a city street in a pair of stilts, exuding the most swag we've ever seen from someone nearly 12 feet tall.