Appearance
"She ain’t got a back, she a fatter."
KANDI opens with a body-image punch, setting the main direction of his first round.
Rejection
"Nobody want that cat."
A crude sex/attraction insult aimed at PRYNLEE.
Reference
"Nobody want to give you kids like MJ."
A Michael Jackson-style reference used as an insult.
Appearance
"You don’t need a bra, you need a chest plate."
A body/armour punch. KANDI says her body needs protection more than clothing.
Appearance
"No type of concealer can fix this."
A makeup/appearance insult.
Appearance
"What did you use for your wig glue? Pritt Stick."
A wig/glue punch. This gets an easy visual reaction.
Critique
"You’re a fat girl who raps, that is your gimmick."
The main thesis of KANDI’s first round. He reduces PRYNLEE’s whole persona to body-image branding.
Reference
"Nice to see Nella Rose is out of the jungle."
A celebrity comparison punch.
Reference
"Lizzo’s ready to rumble."
Another celebrity/body comparison.
Confidence
"I brought the energy and you never matched it."
KANDI claims he has taken control of the battle already.
Hygiene
"You mix a mouthwash with cat piss."
A hygiene/breath insult.
Appearance
"You wear a wig, you’re balding in patches."
A hair/wig attack.
Reference
"You’re so fat Thanos would have to snap twice to get rid of you."
One of KANDI’s best lines. Thanos’ snap wipes out half the universe, but KANDI says PRYNLEE would need two snaps.
Rejection
"If I slap you here in the face right now, it’s the only time you’ll have a man hitting you."
A crude relationship/attraction insult.
Disrespect
"If you were on fire I wouldn’t spit on you."
A refusal-to-help line, showing contempt.
Status
"How does it feel to be a pick-me when nobody’s picking you?"
A strong social/status punch.
Insult
"Your name Phoebe, that’s a pig’s name."
A name/animal insult.
Diet/Health
"You go Greggs on your ones and call it a quick day."
Food/weight imagery.
Appearance
"Spoke to your doctors, they said they’re looking to find your rib cage."
A body/medical insult.
Reference
"So Miss Piggy, where’s Kermit?"
A Muppets reference. PRYNLEE becomes Miss Piggy.
Performance
"I’ll kill myself on stage right now if you start twerking."
A shock-value body/performance insult.
Rejection
"If I had a hotel and you stayed, I would burn it."
A nasty rejection line.
Family
"Your nan’s the only skinny one in your family."
A dead-family/body insult. It is battle material.
Food
"If you want Phoebe to focus, tell that bitch you’re making a cake."
Food/focus punch.
Wordplay
"What does BBW stand for? Big Body Walrus."
A BBW acronym flip.
Insult
"You sat on I.B. Reels’ face, that’s why he stutters."
A crude scene-specific sex/physical insult.
Interaction
"Show of hands in the crowd right now, who would fuck this tragedy?"
A crowd-participation humiliation angle.
Reaction
"See how nobody’s hand got raised."
KANDI uses the room itself as a punchline.
Reference
"You’re like Precious. You’re not precious."
A Precious film/reference punch.
Hygiene
"Your breath kicks. Time for a peppermint."
A breath/hygiene punch.
Reference
"You can’t touch this flow."
A MC Hammer-style reference.
Reference
"That’s not me."
KANDI uses a repeated grime-style refrain to separate himself from PRYNLEE’s image.
Reference
"Dirty hobbit."
A Lord of the Rings / appearance insult.
Wordplay
"Your bars go round and round like you’re doing up NASCAR."
A NASCAR/circular-writing punch.
Reference
"This is Gloria, Madagascar."
A Madagascar / Gloria reference, again aimed at PRYNLEE’s body.
Critique
"Bars like that go over your head."
A height/intelligence/punchline line.
Closing
"Look at your face — dead. Look at your clothes — dead. Look at your makeup — dead. Look at your body — dead."
A repetitive closer that turns every part of PRYNLEE’s image into a loss.
Closing
"How am I meant to kill someone who’s already dead?"
A strong final image. KANDI says PRYNLEE was finished before he started.