Pop Dat Thang

Album: Be More Grateful (2026)
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Songfacts®:

  • "Pop Dat Thang" is a club-ready, high-energy track built on an uptempo beat with a heavy bounce and sampled vocals. DaBaby spots a woman on the dance floor and, drawn in by her moves, makes his intentions clear in no uncertain terms. The song is laced with sexually explicit language.
  • The woman is not based on any confirmed real-life love interest; she is more of a composite fantasy figure conjured from the club environment, in the tradition of tracks like 2 Chainz' "Birthday Song" or Flo Rida's "Low," where the anonymous woman on the floor is the subject rather than a specific named muse.
  • A key detail in the production is a female voice in the background that sounds like a seasoned twerker calling out instructions - it gives the track a distinctive sampled-vocal texture that recalls early-2000s bounce and crunk aesthetics, not unlike the backdrop of Lil Jon-era club bangers.
  • The beat was assembled by Charlotte-based producer Sean Da Firzt, one of DaBaby's most trusted in-house collaborators who has contributed to multiple projects across his catalog, and KayoTheWizard, a Southern hip-hop and trap producer known for rhythmically dense, bounce-heavy production.
  • "Pop Dat Thang" is from DaBaby's fifth album, Be More Grateful. The 23-track project marks a shift for DaBaby, leaning into themes of introspection, family, and gratitude, and even featuring his daughter Twin as a guest. Sitting at track 2, "Pop Dat Thang" serves as an early jolt of pure club energy before the album settles into its more reflective mood.

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