"I Love It" is a song by Swedish synth-pop duo Icona Pop featuring vocals from British singer Charli XCX.
[6] Band member Aino Jawo said she felt a connection to the song because it mirrored her own experiences, and the line "You're from the 70s but I'm a 90s bitch" reminded her of an older man she had known.
[8] Icona Pop approached Swedish producer Style of Eye to make a rougher version of the track, telling him, "We want the punkiness.
[14] Pitchfork writer Lindsay Zoladz commented that the song was "basically just two-and-a-half minutes of drop";[15] colleague Larry Fitzmaurice noted the track's maximalist approach fit the contemporary trends in electronic and pop music.
[17] Critics compared the song's breakup narrative to Kelly Clarkson's 2004 single "Since U Been Gone",[15][18] and journalist Chuck Eddy wrote in a piece for Spin that the track's brattiness was similar to that of British band Shampoo.
[2] Jawo and Hjelt's first performance with Charli XCX happened in April 2013, after seeing her back stage at a South by Southwest showcase where both acts were playing.
[23] When Icona Pop released their version, it entered at the top of the chart, overtaking Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" featuring T.I.
[27] Amrit Singh for Stereogum described it as "fun",[12] Heather Phares commented Jawo and Hjelt "half-sung, half-shouted vocals and revved-up synths make the song inescapably catchy".
The song is performed by Tina Cohen-Chang (Jenna Ushkowitz), Kitty Wilde (Becca Tobin), Unique Adams (Alex Newell), and Brittany Pierce (Heather Morris).
In 2017, Swedish singer Moneybrother released a punk rock inspired cover version of the song as a part of the eighth season of Så mycket bättre.