Be Real (Phoebe Ryan song)

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"Be Real"
BeReal-Phoebe Ryan.jpg
Single by Phoebe Ryan
from the album James
ReleasedSeptember 8, 2017
Recorded2016
Genre
Length3:42
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Valley Girl
Phoebe Ryan singles chronology
"Forgetting All About You"
(2017)
"Be Real"
(2017)
"James Has Changed"
(2017)

"Be Real" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Phoebe Ryan. It was released on September 8, 2017, as the second single from her second extended play, James (2017). [2] Remixes for the single were released the same month. [3]

Contents

Composition

"Be Real" is a synth-pop and hip hop [1] song with a length of three minutes and forty two seconds. The song lyrically talks about wanting honesty in a relationship that no longer feels genuine. [2] The song was penned by Ryan, Kyle Shearer, and Nathaniel Campany, while Valley Girl handled the production of the song. [4]

Critical reception

Ariella Kozin of We Are the Guard wrote that the song marks a "sweet spot that makes a hit song—it's vulnerable, but not without a glamorous mask." [5] [ unreliable source? ]

Track listing

Digital download [6]
No.TitleLength
1."Be Real"3:42
Remix EP [7]
No.TitleLength
1."Be Real" (NOTD Remix)3:35
2."Be Real" (DJ Mike D Remix)3:50

Personnel

Adapted from Tidal. [4]

Release history

RegionRelease dateFormatRef.
WorldwideSeptember 8, 2017 Digital download [6]

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References

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