Songfacts®:

• "Sticky" is a chaotic romp from Tyler, the Creator featuring Lil Wayne, Sexyy Red, and GloRilla, who all spit playful, audacious four-bar verses. The four artists rap about their sexual allure and staying true to themselves, while taking potshots at the inevitable haters who seem to trail them everywhere.
• The refrain "Better find a mop, it's gettin' sticky" is Tyler's warning that trouble's brewing. Both GloRilla and Sexyy Redd's verses allude to this in their final lines. GloRilla ends her verse with the bold threat, "These bitches tryna scrap, but I'm knuckin' if you buckin', ho." Not to be outdone, Sexyy Red fires off her own version, "Fah-fah-fah-fah, baby girl, I'm finna rock yo' s--t."
• This is the first time Tyler has collaborated with GloRilla and Sexyy Red, though he and Lil Wayne have shared the mic before on tracks like "Hot Wind Blows," "Droppin' Seeds," "Smuckers," and The Game's "Martians Vs Goblins." GloRilla and Sexyy Red also worked together on "Whatchu Kno About Me," a track released a few weeks before "Sticky."
• Solange Knowles (Beyoncé's sister) joins Tyler on the final refrain. Solange has teamed up with Tyler before - she provided vocals on his Igor album, lending her voice to "I Think," "I Don't Love You Anymore" and "A Boy Is a Gun." She also co-wrote and added backing vocals to Chromakopia's closing track, "I Hope You Find Your Way Home."
• Musically, "Sticky" is classic Tyler, a genre-bending frenzy with whistles and a "hey, hey, hey" chant at the start, leading into a relentless onslaught of bass, whistles, chants, and blaring horns. There's also a sample of Young Buck's "Get Buck" and a brief snippet of James Brown's "Get Up Offa That Thing" at the end of Sexyy Red's verse.
• "Sticky" debuted #14 on the Hot 100, marking Lil Wayne's 187th career entry on the chart and his first of 2024. This gave him a 21-year streak of Hot 100 hits, the longest active stretch among all acts. Jason Aldean and Chris Brown are close behind, each with 20 years.
• "Sticky" is an exuberant, high-energy track bursting with horns, whistles, and the kind of rhythm you'd drum out on a cafeteria table. "I wanted something the drill team could use at pep rallies," Tyler explained to Billboard, "something the band could really crank out at halftime."