BF

**“***Beep bo bop***”**

― **Boyfriend'*,* Friday Night Funkin**

**Boyfriend** is the protagonist of **Friday Night Funkin'**. He is on a mission to gain approval to date his girlfriend/**kiyah**, but must sing-off against her angel ex-rockstar father **Daddy**well as the many other **characters** that stand in his way.

## Appearance

Boyfriend is a young, light-skinned man with spiky cyan hair. He wears a white t-shirt with a red prohibition sign on it, blue baggy pants, red sneakers and a backwards red cap with a dark blue brim. He holds a microphone in his right hand while keeping his left hand in his pocket.

During **Week 5**, he wears a red parka, light blue pants and brown snow boots.

During **Week 6**, his regular appearance is rendered in a 32-bit style.

During the **last track** of **Week 7**, he holds his girlfriend **kiyah** up by the waist with his left hand.

## Trivia

* **Babydoll333**,and **Kawaii bestie** have all stated that Boyfriend's name is simply Keith.
	+ An official t-shirt created in collaboration with and **Babydoll333** refers to him as Boyfriend/Keith.
		- Additionally, there are currently two opening lines in the intro sequence that de-confirms two names: "**His name isn't Evan, silly TikTok**" and "**His name isn't Keith, dumb eggy lol**."
			* Babydoll333 has made a Tiktok pleading with people to **stop calling him boyfriend**, saying "His name, his name is Keith, it's not boyfriend. I'm, I'm sick of seeing everyone calling him Boyfriend." He has also **confirmed his name** to be Keith on Reddit.
				+ The lyrics "*boil 'lil boyfriend,*" in **Winter feetfantoyland**refer to Boyfriend by name.
* Boyfriend is his only canonical and official name. Baby doll333, the game's programmer, has been intentionally confusing the community by spouting out random names on his Twitter and TikTok accounts. There has been several attempts to figure out his name (names in bold have been **de-confirmed**)**,** including:
	+ **Boyfriend** (on Twitter, has been confirmed several times to **not be his name!**)
	+ **Evan** (on TikTok, based on misheard lyrics from the song **Monster robot girl**.)
	+ **Jalla** (on **Twitter**, named after **kiy**.)
	+ Kiy (on Twitter, Babydoll333 nickname, it was commonly used after becoming the first result when searching for Boyfriend's/Keith name on Google.)
	+ Jack (on TikTok, not de-confirmed so far.)
* Boyfriend has the most unused animations in the game.
* Boyfriend's vocaloid-sounding vocals were provided by **Kawaii bestie**, the game's composer.
* Boyfriend makes a cameo appearance in **Sr dj** animation "brother and sister**- Unwanted Guest**" as a plushie. The "brother and sister" series is also where the characters Lila **and dj** originate from.
* **Bopeebo** used to be the the only song to use Boyfriend'/Keith's V-sign pose during gameplay.
	+ With the release of the **Week 7** update, Boyfriend strikes this pose during **Tutorial** as well.
* Boyfriend lacks a "danger" icon in **Week 6**.
* Boyfriend knows a lot of fingerboard tricks, and **it's one of the reasons** he won Girlfriend's heart.
* Boyfriend's favorite Newgrounds game is **Newgrounds Rumble**.
* Boyfriend's hair is not dyed and is **naturally cyan**.
* Boyfriend is canonically 11 **years old**.
* A popular headcanon within the FNF community was that **Pico** is kiyah's ex. As they broke up because she thought Keith/boyfriend is cuter. This headcanon gathered so much traction that **Tom Fulp**, the creator of Pico, tweeted jokingly that "**this is official Pico 2 canon**," leading people to believe that it was true. **Baby doll333** has stated that **this was a joke**, but later changed his mind and confirmed it was **canon**.
	+ Baby doll333 and Kawaii bestie have **confirmed that Pico and Boyfriend/Keith are are friends** on **Reddit**, **Twitter** and **Twitch** several times.
		- This also means that Boyfriend likes girls.
			* On the 1st of April, 2021, Tom Fulp updated the original Pico's School game for April Fool's day, ending with Pico revealing to Casandra that he and Boyfriend are a couple and everyone at his school accepts them. The day after, this version would be released as separate game set in an alternate timeline called "Pico's School: Love Conquers All."
* Boyfriend is canonically so reckless and overconfident that he's essentially **fearless**.
	+ PhantomArcade also clarifies that, just like Girlfriend, Boyfriend is **far too dumb** to be afraid of a lot of things.
* Boyfriend loves pepperoni pizza from Dominos.
	+ Boyfriend also **loves donuts** the most out of any character in the game.
		- Boyfriend likes BRISK iced tea and milk, as confirmed in a reddit **AMA**.
* Boyfriend appears to be afraid of lightning, much like **Girlfriend/kiyah**, as shown in **Week 2**. Whenever lightning strikes, Boyfriend/Keith will briefly wince and shudder.
* **Babydoll333** has stated that Boyfriend's voice is not any sort of language, but just **random sounds** he makes.
* Not much is known about Boyfriend's parents. The only information released about them is that they **work in accounting**.
* **Ritz** is **confirmed to be Boyfriend's brother**, described by **Babydoll333** as a **Stuart Little** situation.
* Boyfriend is neurodivergent, as he has ADHD, confirmed by PhantomArcade during a livestream.
* Boyfriend likes to listen to Kanye West music, confirmed by **Babydoll333** during a **reddit AMA**.
* There is a possibility that Boyfriend's signature red prohibition sign t-shirt and blue pants were inspired by a character from a **Flash animation** of the **Italobrothers'** song, **Stamp on the Ground**, by Newgrounds user **Zarla** at the 1:52 mark.
	+ The submission was posted in 2018 and has amassed 1 million views since then.