tipsy

She could have been hungover, plastered, tipsy — you know, any place in it.

I was feeling good, but nowhere near tipsy.

It discreetly calls back to J-Kwon’s 2004 hit “Tipsy,” an elder-millennial college-party staple, but does so less as a straight cover than by using the song as a reference point for nostalgia and longing for release.

“But I knew the world was looking for something unique. Y2K is coming back, everyone’s playing 2000’s music already, and ‘Tipsy” was a big party song.

Tipsy and flailing a champagne glass around in one hand, she alludes to a Detroit stereotype about cheap housing, making a wisecrack about outsiders thinking houses can be bought for $15.