"Ex"
Single by Ty Dolla Sign featuring YG
from the album Beach House 3
ReleasedOctober 6, 2017
Genre
Length2:43
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Ty Dolla Sign singles chronology
"Off of It"
(2017) 		"Ex"
(2017) 		"Say Less"
(2017)
YG singles chronology
"Young Niggaz"
(2017) 		"Ex"
(2017) 		"We Ain't Homies"
(2017)
Music video
"Ex" on YouTube

"Ex" is a song by American singer Ty Dolla Sign, released on October 6, 2017. It is the third single from his second studio album Beach House 3 (2017) and features American rapper YG.[1] Produced by BongoByTheWay, Hitmaka and Ty Dolla Sign, the song samples the remix of "Only You" by 112.[2]

Composition and lyrics

The song is about the artists' disloyalty and their exes.[3] It opens with Ty Dolla Sign referencing "Where I Wanna Be" by Donell Jones in the chorus: "I just text my main chick (main) / I told her I ain't coming home (home) / I just text my main chick (main) / I told her I ain't coming home, tonight (home)".[2][4][5] He "gets to the heart of his plan" in the first verse, singing, "Mixing Henny with the Bombay (Bomb') / Fuck it, I done had a long day (oh) / I done linked up with my old thing / Right time, but the wrong place".[4] YG then raps about his single life, on jet skis with "naked" women ("Leave your main squeeze for these naked bitches, yeah / That's how, you know, when it's all bad / She call me, I text her I could call back / But she imagine in her head I'm doing all that").[5]

Critical reception

Kevin Goddard of HotNewHipHop wrote that Ty Dolla Sign "delivers a radio-friendly club banger that finds him addressing relationship issues with his 'ex' girl."[6] Vice Media called the song a "breezy piece of libidinous R&B that mostly involves Ty Dolla $ign mixing drinks and thinking about hooking back up with a former lover".[7]

Music video

The music video was released on January 18, 2018. Directed by David Camarena, it finds Ty Dolla Sign cruising through a city in a vintage car with hydraulics, then entering a party surrounded by many women, before he is seen in a room bathed in red lights with a woman wearing lingerie waits for him. Ty later meets up with YG, as they show off old-school cars and go partying.[8][9]

Charts

Chart (2017) Peak
position
US Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles (Billboard)[10] 8

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[11] Gold 500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Montgomery, Sarah Jasmine (October 5, 2017). "Ty Dolla $ign taps YG for "Ex"". The FADER.
  2. ^ a b Roth, Madeline (October 6, 2017). "Ty Dolla $ign And YG's New Song Samples A Classic Bad Boy Remix". MTV News.
  3. ^ Pearce, Sheldon (October 7, 2017), Listen to "Ex" ft. YG by Ty Dolla $ign
  4. ^ a b Berry, Peter A. (October 6, 2017). "Ty Dolla Sign and YG Reunite on 'Ex' - XXL". XXL Mag.
  5. ^ a b Penrose, Nerisha (October 6, 2017). "Ty Dolla $ign Connects With an Old Flame on 'Ex' Featuring YG". Billboard.
  6. ^ Goddard, Kevin (October 6, 2017). "Ty Dolla $ign Recruits YG For New "Beach House 3" Song "Ex"". HotNewHipHop.
  7. ^ "Listen to Ty Dolla $ign and YG's Breezy New Track, "Ex"". www.vice.com. October 6, 2017.
  8. ^ Penrose, Nerisha (January 18, 2018). "Ty Dolla $ign & YG Hit Up a Wild House Party in 'Ex' Video: Watch". Billboard.
  9. ^ Blistein, Jon (2018-01-18). "Watch Ty Dolla $ign, YG Team in Raucous New 'Ex' Video". Rolling Stone.
  10. ^ "Ty Dolla $ign – Chart History: Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
  11. ^ "American single certifications – Ty Dolla $ign – Ex". Recording Industry Association of America.
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