{{Infobox song | name = Trigger Bang | cover = Lily Allen - Trigger Bang (feat. Giggs).png | alt = | border = yes | type = single | artist = Lily Allen featuring Giggs | album = No Shame | released = {{start date|2017|12|12|df=yes}} | genre = Hip pop | length = {{duration|m=3|s=32}} | label = Parlophone | writer = {{hlist|Lily Allen|Benjamin Gerrett|Nathaniel Thomson}} | producer = Fryars<ref>{{cite web |last=Lefevre |first=Jules |url=http://junkee.com/lily-allen-trigger-bang/139104 |title=Lily Allen Is Back With A New Single And It's Just The Fix For This Garbage Year |website=Junkee |date=13 December 2017 |accessdate=15 December 2017}}</ref> | chronology = Lily Allen | prev_title = Cigarettes & Cush | prev_year = 2017 | next_title = Madeline | next_year = 2025 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = Giggs | type = single | prev_title = Peligro | prev_year = 2017 | title = Trigger Bang | year = 2017 | next_title = Higher | next_year = 2017 }} {{External music video|{{YouTube|T1o0k8bQcMg|"Trigger Bang"}} | type = single | header = Music video }} }} "'''Trigger Bang'''" is a song by English singer-songwriter Lily Allen, featuring English rapper Giggs. It was released on 12 December 2017 as the lead single from Allen's fourth studio album, ''No Shame''. It is her first official release since her third studio album, ''Sheezus'', and the first official single released by Allen since "As Long as I Got You".<ref>{{cite web |last=Wicks |first=Amanda |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/lily-allen-shares-new-song-trigger-bang-with-giggs-listen/ |title=Lily Allen Shares New Song "Trigger Bang" With Giggs: Listen |website=Pitchfork |date=12 December 2017 |accessdate=15 December 2017}}</ref> The song was teased and leaked a night prior to its official release.<ref>{{cite web |last=Gordon |first=Arielle |url=https://www.spin.com/2017/12/lily-allen-trigger-bang-ft-giggs-stream/ |title=Lily Allen – "Trigger Bang" ft. Giggs |work=Spin |date=12 December 2017 |accessdate=15 December 2017}}</ref>
==Background== In 2015 Allen began writing songs for ''No Shame'' in a rented house in Los Angeles. Allen then set up her own studio space in London, where the majority of the album was made.<ref name="Lily Allen No Shame">{{cite web|url=https://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/lily-allen-no-shame|title=Lily Allen No Shame|work=Pledge Music|accessdate=11 June 2018|archive-date=9 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209154958/https://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/lily-allen-no-shame|url-status=dead}}</ref> Upon returning to London and setting up her studio space, Allen began associating with British rapper Giggs. Allen stated that her friendship with Giggs helped her "find her feet" during the album's initial recording process. After Allen's performance at V Festival, she traveled to Giggs' studio where she played him songs from ''No Shame'', whilst Allen was there Giggs wrote a verse for the song "Trigger Bang".<ref name="music-news.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.music-news.com/news/UK/111600/Lily-Allen-We-re-living-in-very-weird-times|title=Lily Allen: 'We're living in very weird times'|website=Music-News.com|accessdate=11 June 2018}}</ref>
==Composition== "Trigger Bang" is a piano-tinged hip pop<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Nolfi |first=Joey |url=https://ew.com/music/2017/12/12/lily-allen-new-song-trigger-bang/ |title=Lily Allen drops 'Trigger Bang,' a catchy ode to dumping toxic men |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=12 December 2017 |accessdate=15 December 2017}}</ref> song that has a length of three minutes and 32 seconds. It is in the key of A-flat minor, and moves at a tempo of 78 beats per minute in a {{music|time|4|4}} time signature.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://findsongtempo.com/artists/lily-allen/songs/trigger-bang-feat-giggs |title=Trigger Bang (feat. Giggs) by Lily Allen {{!}} BPM {{!}} Key |website=Find Song Tempo |accessdate=15 December 2017}}</ref> The song contains a chilled-out sound<ref>{{cite web |last=Kaye |first=Ben |url=https://consequence.net/2017/12/lily-allen-returns-with-first-new-single-in-three-years-trigger-bang-feat-giggs-stream/ |title=Lily Allen returns with first new song in three years, "Trigger Bang" feat. Giggs: Stream |work=Consequence of Sound |date=12 December 2017 |access-date=15 December 2017}}</ref> and toned-down percussion instrumental.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/lily-allen-giggs-trigger-bang/ |title=Damn, Lily Allen's Back, and She's Got a Giggs Feature |website=Noisey |date=12 December 2017 |access-date=15 December 2017}}</ref> It lyrically reminisces about growing up<ref>{{cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/lily-allen-returns-trigger-bang-first-single-three-years-2170697 |title=Lily Allen returns with 'Trigger Bang', her first single in three years |work=NME |date=12 December 2017 |accessdate=15 December 2017}}</ref> and battling substance abuse.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Helman |first=Peter |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8070273/lily-allen-trigger-bang--first-song-since-2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214025226/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8070273/lily-allen-trigger-bang--first-song-since-2014 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 14, 2017 |title=Lily Allen Releases First Song Since 2014, 'Trigger Bang' |magazine=Billboard |date=12 December 2017 |accessdate=15 December 2017}}</ref>
==Critical reception== Robin Murray of ''Clash'' praised the song, writing that "the pairing [of Allen and Giggs] works effortlessly – Lily Allen's nonchalance versus the rapper's emphatic flow." She additionally called it "typically tongue in cheek but with whipsmart wordplay".<ref>{{cite web |last=Murray |first=Robin |url=http://www.clashmusic.com/news/lily-allens-trigger-bang-is-a-mischievous-coming-of-age-tale |title=Lily Allen's 'Trigger Bang' Is A Mischievous Coming Of Age Tale |work=Clash |date=12 December 2017 |accessdate=15 December 2017}}</ref>
==Music video== An accompanying music video for "Trigger Bang" directed by Myles Whittingham was released on 24 January 2018. It features the singers and depicts Allen in three different ages, with two actress portraying younger versions of her.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mtv.co.uk/news/5bcsxt/lily-allen-releases-moving-trigger-bang-video|title=Lily Allen Releases Moving 'Trigger Bang' Video|last=Prance|first=Sam|date=24 January 2018|website=MTV|access-date=29 January 2018}}</ref> The video also references the videos of her previous singles "LDN" and "22".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/97763/lily-allen-unveils-comeback-video-featuring-giggs/|title=Lily Allen unveils comeback video for Trigger Bang with Giggs – watch here!|last=Damshenas|first=Sam|date=24 January 2018|website=Gay Times|access-date=29 January 2018}}</ref>
==Credits and personnel== Credits adapted from Tidal.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/81888306 |title=Trigger Bang (feat. Giggs) / Lily Allen |publisher=Tidal |accessdate=15 December 2017}}</ref> * Lily Allen – songwriting, vocals * Giggs – songwriting, vocals * Fryars – songwriting, production, recording, guitar, piano, programming, synthesizer * Shane the Cutter – mastering * Alexander "Smitty Beatz" Smith – mixing * Marcello "Cool" Valenzano – mixing
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2017–18) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- {{single chart|Flanders Tip|26|artist=Lily Allen feat. Giggs|song=Trigger Bang|rowheader=true|accessdate=13 January 2018}} |- {{single chart|Wallonia Tip|45|artist=Lily Allen feat. Giggs|song=Trigger Bang|rowheader=true|accessdate=13 January 2018}} |}
==Release history== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col"| Region ! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format ! scope="col"| Label ! scope="col"| {{Ref.}} |- ! scope="row"| Various | 12 December 2017 | Digital download | Parlophone | align="center"|<ref name="itunes">{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/trigger-bang-feat-giggs-single/1324015102 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213010238/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/trigger-bang-feat-giggs-single/1324015102 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 13, 2017 |title=Trigger Bang (feat. Giggs) – Single by Lily Allen |website=iTunes Store (US) |accessdate=15 December 2017}}</ref> |}
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