\"Bye\" is a song by American singer-songwriter Ariana Grande from her seventh studio album, Eternal Sunshine (2024). She wrote and produced the track with Swedish producers Max Martin and Ilya Salmanzadeh. It is an uptempo dance-pop and disco-funk song sonically inspired by 1970s music. The song, rooted in self-awareness and accountability, sees Grande bidding farewell to her partner.

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Background and composition

\"Bye\" is two minutes and 45 seconds long. The song is a lavish and retro-inspired dance-pop, disco, and disco funk song with elements of Philadelphia soul echoing the sound of 1970s pop music. \"Bye\" features strings, adding in the disco influences throughout the song. Lyrically, Grande sings about how she is prepared to leave her partner, with her friend ready to pick her up. Taking place in the album's track list after \"Intro (End of the World)\", the song follows the theme of having accountability and self-awareness in a relationship.\n

Critical reception

Upon release, the song received positive reviews from music critics. Kyle Denis of Billboard called the song \"fantastic\", ranking it at number three in the parent album's track ranking. Denis praised the song's pre-chorus and the usage of funk and disco influences. Nick Levine, a writer at NME deemed the song an album highlight, saying Grande is \"playing disco diva\". In a review of the parent album, Rolling Stone and Variety likened the song to \"seventies pop\" with the latter publication likening the song's sound to Gamble and Huff and Beyoncé.\n

Credits

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Eternal Sunshine.\n

Recording\n

Mixed at Mixstar Studios (Virginia Beach)
Mastered at Sterling Sound (New York City)

Personnel\n

Ariana Grande – vocals, lyrics, composition, production
Max Martin – production, lyrics, composition, drums, guitar, keyboards, bass, background vocals
Ilya Salmanzadeh – production, composition, drums, synthesizers, guitar, keyboards, bass, programming, background vocals
Mattias Bylund – horns, strings, strings arrangement, synthesizers, glockenspiel
Karl Gunér – strings arrangement, synthesizers, programming
Janne Bjerger – trumpets
Magnus Johansson – trumpets
Mattias Johansson – violin
Erik Arvinder – violin
Hanna Helgegren – violin
David Bukovinszky – cello
Peter Noos Johansson – trombone
Tomas Jonsson – baritone saxophone
Wojtek Goral – alto saxophone
Per Strandberg– guitar
Sam Holland – engineering
Lou Carrao – engineering
Eric Eylands – engineering assistance
Rob Sellens – engineering assistance
Randy Merrill – mastering
Serban Ghenea – mixing
Bryce Bordone – mixing assistance

Charts

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Certifications

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References

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