Boyfriend Material

## Audio

* Bella Thorne's Version
* Charli's Demo

"**Boyfriend Material**" is a song by Bella Thorne from her "Jersey" EP written by Charli XCX in 2010.

## Leak History

* July 25th, 2016 - A 33 second snippet of Charli's demo is leaked online.
* August 25th, 2017 - Charli's demo is leaked in full and HQ online.

## Background

The song was written and recorded in 2010 by Charli and producer Kool Kojak. Charli teased the song on Twitter in August of 2010 and @ed Kool Kojak.

Four years later, Charli sold the song to Bella Thorne, who re-recorded the song and released it on her EP. Charli's original demo was leaked in August 2017, with slightly different lyrics.

## Lyrics

* Bella Thorne's version
* Charli XCX Demo

[Chorus]

You're a boy who likes to play games

Drives girls so insane

They only want you to say their name

But you don't work that way

You're a boy who breaks the girls' hearts

Don't know what he wants

Shoulda told you straight from the start

That she will not fall apart

[Verse 1]

You're not boyfriend material

Got your back up straight against a wall

Eyeing up the girlies from the head to the toe

Ha, they think you're serious

Alright, you're kinda sweet

Gonna knock them socks right off your feet

Ooh, boy, gotta rot the teeth

But you can't stay long, yeah, you got to breathe

[Pre-Chorus]

Why don't you just come on and take a ride?

We're chillin' like an ice pack inside

Why don't you just come on and jump on in?

I don't care if you sink or you swim

[Chorus]

You're a boy who likes to play games

Drives girls so insane

They only want you to say their name

But you don't work that way

You're a boy who breaks the girls' hearts

Don't know what he wants

Shoulda told you straight from the start

That she will not fall apart

[Verse 2]

You're not boyfriend material

Gotta know, are you like, "really real?"

You can come and test me, you can come and try me

Ha, I think you might just like me

You know you're kinda cool

Used to mess around with all the little girlies in the school

Ooh, boy, gonna break the rules

Ooh, boy, gonna break the rules

[Pre-Chorus]

Why don't you just come on and take a ride?

We're chillin' like an ice pack inside

Why don't you just come on and jump on in?

I don't care if you sink or you swim

[Chorus]

You're a boy who likes to play games

Drives girls so insane

They only want you to say their name

But you don't work that way

You're a boy who breaks the girls' hearts

Don't know what he wants

Shoulda told you straight from the start

That she will not fall apart

[Chorus]

You're a boy who likes to play games

Drives girls so insane

They only want you to say their name

But you don't work that way

You're a boy who breaks the girls' hearts

Don't know what he wants

Shoulda told it straight from the start

That she will not fall apart

[Verse 1]

You're not boyfriend material

Got your back up straight against the wall

Eyeing up the girlies from the head to the toe

Ha, they think you're serious

Alright, you're kinda sweet

Gonna give all of the little girlies sugar to eat

Ooh, boy, gotta rot the teeth

But you can't stay long, yeah, you need to breathe

[Pre-Chorus]

Why don't you just come on and take a ride?

I'll melt you like an ice pack inside

Why don't you just come on and jump on in?

I don't care if you sink or you swim

[Chorus]

You're a boy who likes to play games

Drives girls so insane

They only want you to say their name

But you don't work that way

You're a boy who breaks the girls' hearts

Don't know what he wants

Shoulda told it straight from the start

That she will not fall apart

[Verse 2]

You're not boyfriend material

Gonna eat you up like cereal

You can come and test me, you can come and try me

I think you might just like me

You know you're kinda cool

Used to mess around with all the little girlies in school

Ooh, boy, gonna break the rules

Ooh, boy, gonna break the rules

[Pre-Chorus]

Why don't you just come on and take a ride?

I'll melt you like an ice pack inside

Why don't you just come on and jump on in?

I don't care if you sink or you swim

[Chorus]

You're a boy who likes to play games

Drives girls so insane

They only want you to say their name

But you don't work that way

You're a boy who breaks the girls' hearts

Don't know what he wants

Shoulda told it straight from the start

That she will not fall apart

## References

<references>

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/CharliXCXBrazil/status/757795854535135232
2. ↑ http://lanaboards.com/index.php?/topic/614-charli-xcx/page-1101
3. ↑ https://twitter.com/charli\_xcx/status/22072503231