BOY BYE

BOY BYE is the third track in the 2019 BROCKHAMPTON album GINGER. It was released as the third single for the album with an accompanying music video on August 14, 2019.

Background
The band performed the song for the first time live ahead of the album and single's release. This was at the Bilbao BBK Live festival in Spain in July 2019.

Song
The song opens with Merlyn shouting "Jabari, me paddy!" BROCKHAMPTON producer explained the meaning behind this opening lyric on Twitter:"ME PADDY = my padna/partner, my brejen, my dawg, my homie, my friend! Its old Caribbean slang, especially in Grenada and the other small surrounding islands. Just so y’all know!"Dom McLennon gives the first verse of the song, referencing people such as Johnnie Cochran and Michael Keaton. Matt Champion's verse makes references to Elmer Fudd from Looney Tunes and Kirby. Kevin Abstract gives a quick verse that looks back at his background growing up, as well as the band's signing to RCA Records and his alcohol issues.

Matt and Merlyn Wood sing the chorus together. Bearface gives the last verse of the song, while JOBA and Merlyn sing together in the outro.

Music video
The song opens with Dom McLennon playing with a basketball, seemingly teasing Roberto, Jabari, and Weston by holding the basketball out of their reach. Also featured are people painted in blue participating in a boxing match.

Matt raps his verse while inside a glass box attached to a crane spinning in midair. Kevin's verse features visuals of him rapping with lighters being switched on and off around his face. Also shown is him shirtless in a room with a screen projecting flame behind him.

The chorus has silly visuals with Matt appearing to be a oversized person with Merlyn walking by in normal size. Bearface's verse is fairly normal, with him walking around and rapping in a warehouse shortly before JOBA runs out of the background, being chased by apparent aliens.

Writing credits

 * Russell Boring
 * Matt Champion
 * Ciaran McDonald
 * Dominique Simpson
 * Ian Simpson
 * William Wood
 * Romil Hemnani
 * Jabari Manwarring
 * Isaiah Merriweather
 * Reza Attaei
 * Varoujan

Production credits

 * Produced by Jabari Manwa, Romil Hemnani, and Kiko Merley
 * Additional programming by Chuks Chiejine

Recording credits

 * Recorded by Jabari Manwa and Romil Hemnani at The BH Factory, Los Angeles, California
 * Mixed by Tom Elmhirst at Electric Lady Studios, New York, New York
 * Mix engineered by Brandon Bost
 * Mix assisted by Matthew Scatchell
 * Mastered by Vlado Meller at Vlado Meller Mastering, Charleston, South Carolina

Additional credits

 * Samples "Ejazeh" written by Reza Attaei and Varoujan.