Pretty Slowly

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"Pretty Slowly"
Benson Boone - Pretty Slowly.jpg
Single by Benson Boone
ReleasedAugust 15, 2024
Genre Folk rock
Length4:21
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Boone
  • Evan Blair
  • Jack LaFrantz
Producer(s) Blair
Benson Boone singles chronology
"Slow It Down"
(2024)
"Pretty Slowly"
(2024)
Music video
"Pretty Slowly" on YouTube

"Pretty Slowly" is a song by American singer Benson Boone, released on August 15, 2024. It was written by Boone himself, along with the producer Evan Blair and Jack LaFrantz.

Contents

Background

Prior to releasing it, Benson Boone teased the song on the video-sharing platform TikTok. [1]

Composition

"Pretty Slowly" is a folk rock song in which Benson Boone reflects on a romantic relationship that ended in breakup, [2] [3] [4] over an instrumental composed of piano and guitar. [3] [4] He reminisces the positive moments of his relationship in the first verse, and reveals in the chorus that his troubled past drove his partner to leave him. [3] [4] In the second verse, he admits she had legitimate reasons for doing so. [3]

Charts

Chart performance for "Pretty Slowly"
Chart (2024)Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [5] 87
Global 200 ( Billboard ) [6] 190
Ireland (IRMA) [7] 85
Latvia Airplay (LAIPA) [8] 20
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [9] 3
San Marino (SMRRTV Top 50) [10] 40
Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan) [11] 14
UK Singles (OCC) [12] 43
US Billboard Hot 100 [13] 86

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