Spend It

Album: released as a single (2025)
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  • On "Spend It" Summer Walker is no longer asking for love - she's now billing for it. Those sweet nothings don't mean anything to her; she's a diamonds and pearls type of girl now.
  • Gone are the days of tear-streaked ballads and the aching search for closure. This is not the Walker of her first two albums, Over It or Still Over It, both of which were masterclasses in emotional dissection. Those records chronicled a young woman reckoning with betrayal and vulnerability. "Spend It," the opening track from the final act in her heartbreak trilogy - Finally Over It - is a different beast entirely. Here, love is not a delicate thing to be nurtured or saved. It's a transactional item. Try Givenchy. Or hand over the last four numbers of your American Express card.
  • Walker wrote "Spend It" herself. The track was produced by Swedish beatmaker Rami Dawod (Marc E. Bassy, Yung Lean), SlimWav (a familiar face from Walker's Still Over It), and her longtime engineer David "Dos Dias" Bishop.
  • Directed by Lesly Lynch, the video casts Walker as the mastermind of an elaborate robbery during an exclusive private poker game hosted by a wealthy man, played by actor Eric Roberts.

    Walker is joined by a star-studded cast including Angela White (formerly known as Blac Chyna) as her slick accomplice, and P-Valley stars Gail Bean, Miracle Watts, and Brandee Evans, who also play key roles in the heist. Joanne the Scammer makes a surprise cameo, adding a cryptic clue at the end of the video.

    The visual complements the song's themes of power, luxury, and reclaiming value after heartbreak, portraying Summer Walker as confident and in control, trading emotional vulnerability for material empowerment.

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