page_title: Liquorice (song)
section_title: Release and reception
hierarchical_section_title: Liquorice (song) / Release and reception
caption_attribution_description: English: Azealia Banks performs at the Bowery Ballroom on June 4, 2012.
context_page_description: "Liquorice" is a song by American rapper Azealia Banks, taken from her debut extended play titled 1991. The song was released onto Banks' Tumblr account on December 18, 2011, and was later released for digital download on December 4, 2012. Built around Lone's song "Pineapple Crush", "Liquorice" is an acid house track that incorporates synthesizers in its composition. Lyrically, the song contains wordplay from Harlem, Banks' origin, and is inspired by interracial dating. A music video for the single was directed by Rankin and was released in June 2012.
  "Liquorice" received mostly positive reviews from music critics, who praised the use of "Pineapple Crush" on the song and deemed it catchy. The single charted at number 73 on the Flemish Ultratip of Belgium in July 2012. In support of the song and 1991, Banks included "Liquorice" on the set list for her Mermaid Ball tour and performed the song at BBC's Radio 1's Hackney Weekend in 2012 and the 2013 Glastonbury Festival.
context_section_description: Banks posted "Liquorice" onto her Tumblr on December 18, 2011. It was released as a digital download single on December 4, 2012. The single debuted at number 73 on the Flemish Ultratip chart of Belgium on July 7, 2012.
  Dan Weiss from Boston Phoenix named "Liquorice" a "genuinely 1991-sounding" song, while Sarah Murphy from Exclaim! deemed it "undeniably catchy."
  Larry Fitzmaurice of Pitchfork Media named "Liquorice" the "Best New Track" following its release; he praised the use of "Pineapple Crush" on the song, commenting: "Lone's bright tones and winding sense of melody meshes well with Banks' light, airy vocals, while Azealia spits quick over 'Pineapple Crush''s breakbeat rhythmic pattern without losing a handle on the beat, unleashing clever rhymes [...] without breaking a sweat." In a mixed review, Alex Macpherson from Fact wrote that Banks "feels slightly overwhelmed by its broad synth brushstrokes."
caption: Banks performing on her Mermaid Ball tour in New York
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