Chlöe, Boy Bye | Song Review 🎵

Chlöe brings the attitude to her engaging, pop-leaning R&B single, “Boy Bye” where she kicks her lame, no-good boy to the curb.

“Boy, bye / Bye / I won’t even cry / You stupid motherfucker.” Wow! Attitude to the nth degree! Chlöe (Chlöe Bailey) exhibits plenty of it on her second single of 2024, “Boy Bye”.  After the profane “FYS”, Bailey keeps the same energy on “Boy Bye.” She penned this ‘anthem’ alongside Carter Lang, Yeti Beats (David Sprecher), jesse saint john, Kurtis McKenzie, Rogét Chahayed, and Soraya LaPread.  Ooh-wee, what a team! Yeti Beats, Chahayed, Lang, and McKenzie produced it. One thing is clear – she’s kicking this lame-o to the curb!

“Boy Bye” sounds different than some of the artist’s other records. That is a pro. While it still falls under the R&B umbrella, it’s poppier. The groove kicks ass, helping to fuel the narrative Chlöe paints about this no-good dude. Lyrically, it’s familiar territory but it never gets old.  In the first verse, she states, “If we bein’ honest, it was never my fault / You just gave a little while I gave my all.” In the second, she bites, “You can go back to the girl you fuckin’ on the low /… I think by now that you should know you a silly ho.” Woo! In the pre-chorus, he’s got her messed up, but in the chorus, she lets that stupid mofo walk! Chlöe has received some justified criticism as a solo artist, but on “Boy Bye” things click.  She sings well, brings feistiness and sassiness, the lyrics are relatable (and profane), and the record sounds incredible. A winner? Methinks!

Chlöe // Boy Bye // Parkwood Entertainment LLC / Columbia // 4.12.24

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