Rental (song)

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"Rental"
Brockhampton - Rental.jpg
Single by Brockhampton
from the album Saturation III
ReleasedDecember 15, 2017
RecordedAugust–November 2017
Genre
Length3:33
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Romil Hemnani
  • Q3
Brockhampton singles chronology
"Stains"
(2017)
"Rental" / "Zipper"
(2017)
"1999 Wildfire"
(2018)
Music video
"Rental" on YouTube

"Rental" (stylized in all caps) is a song by American hip hop boy band Brockhampton, released on December 15, 2017, as a single from their third studio album Saturation III (2017).

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Composition

"Rental" is a pop-oriented song that features melodic performances from Kevin Abstract, Dom McLennon and Matt Champion, [1] with synthesizers and 808s in the instrumental, [2] which also has a recurring beeping during the chorus. [1]

Critical reception

Veronica Irwin of The Quietus commented the song "deserves recognition for the contrast between melodic fuzzy synths and crisp tapping 808s". [2] In a review of Saturation III, Hypebeast wrote the song "has the best deployment of autotune on the album, especially on Mclennon's verse." [1]

Variety placed "Rental" at number ten on their list of Brockhampton's 15 best songs. [3]

Music video

The music video was directed by Kevin Abstract and filmed in Brooklyn, New York. [4] It opens with Robert Ontenient in a bathtub eating a banana and announcing the end of the Saturation trilogy, [5] and sees Brockhampton members hanging around in various locations. [6]

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References

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  3. Moreau, Jordan; Shafer, Ellise; Shanfeld, Ethan (November 18, 2022). "Goodbye, Brockhampton: The Hip-Hop Boy Band's 15 Best Songs, Ranked". Variety . Retrieved 26 December 2023.
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