Kim Gordon, BYE BYE | Bangerz N Bopz 🔥

In the 33^rd edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2024), we highlight “BYE BYE” performed by Kim Gordon.

Bring on the bold, fierce songs! Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 serves up background info and insight into songs of various styles, especially songs that raise eyebrows and/or stir the pot.  Featured records can be classic or brand new. In the 33^rd edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2024), we break down “BYE BYE” performed by Kim Gordon.

“Buy a suitcase, pants to the cleaner / Cigarettes for Keller / Call the vet call the groomer / Call the dog sitter.” Um, okay… “BYE BYE” commences The Collective, the second solo album by the legendary Kim Gordon, released in March 2024. Gordon penned “BYE BYE” alongside producer SADPONY (Justin Raisen). Ear-catching from the onset, the record sounds distorted, noisy, and malicious. The beat that anchors ‘goes hard’ – NO CAP! Kim Gordon and trap? Who would’ve ever thought?

“Milk thistle, calcium, high-rise, boot cut / Advil, black jeans, blue jeans…” Throughout, Gordon delivers a chanted, spoken-word performance. No, she’s not a rapper, but that’s the effect she gives on “BYE BYE”, particularly given that nasty trap beat.  After wowing with her ‘bars,’ following the third verse (“YSL, Eckhaus Latta / Eyelash curler, vibrator, teaser / Bye-Bye / Bye-Bye”), the remainder of the song focuses on the instrumental, which grows noisier and more chaotic. That is a win! An odd, experimental track, that is the charm of “BYE BYE”, a surefire, certified vibe.

Kim Gordon // The Collective // Kim Gordon / Matador // 2024

Kim Gordon, BYE BYE: Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 No. 33 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Kim Gordon / Matador; cottonbro studio, Harry Shelton, Kool Shooters, Lucas Pazeta, Mavluda Tashbaeva, Teddy Yang, Wesley Souza from Pexels]