Muni Lengthy isn’t “performing shy” about sharing the origins of Fifth Concord’s “Price It,” the group’s hit music that simply marked its tenth anniversary.
The 2-time Grammy winner, 36, completely informed PEOPLE whereas discussing her new single, “Gradual Grind” how she had a hand in co-writing “Price It” — and the stunning manner she came upon the music was launched in 2015.
Requested if she had Fifth Concord in thoughts when writing the music, Lengthy says, “No, I wrote that music within the studio on my own,” earlier than explaining what occurred subsequent. “After which Stargate took it and simply form of reproduced it.”
“They took the hook off of the music I wrote, a verse from one other music I had written, they took the Child Ink verse from a music that he had did with them and reproduced it,” Lengthy explains. “They usually mainly made, like they engineered this music. It was like three completely different songs put collectively.”
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Fifth Concord launched the observe on March 2, 2015.
“By the point I came upon that it was out, it was already No. 10 on iTunes. I bought a textual content like, ‘Congratulations!’ I used to be like, ‘For what?’ ” Lengthy remembers with fun.
The music peaked at No. 12 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. Lengthy is credited as a author on “Price It” underneath the identify Priscilla Renea, the beginning identify she used within the music trade till debuting her Muni Lengthy transformation with a brand new look and sound in 2020.
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“I’m not complaining! It’s what it’s,” Lengthy says of being shocked by the discharge of “Price It” 10 years in the past. “There’s nothing I can do about it. What I’m attempting to do is give [others] some perception that it occurs to the very best of us. So if it occurred to me, it might probably occur to you too, sweetie.”
On the time “Price It” got here out, Fifth Concord was composed of Ally Brooke, Normani, Dinah Jane, Lauren Jauregui and Camila Cabello.
“Price It” now has greater than 2.3 billion views on YouTube alone.
Since then, Lengthy has received two Grammys within the R&B efficiency class for “Hrs & Hrs” in 2023 and “Made for Me (Live on BET)” in 2025.
After this yr’s Grammy win, Lengthy declared in her acceptance speech, “Please cease calling me Priscilla — it’s Muni Lengthy now.”
Wanting forward, Lengthy will make her debut Coachella performance in April.
