Boy's A Liar Pt. 2

## Music Video

"**Boy's A Liar Pt. 2**" is a remix by PinkPantheress featuring Ice Spice. It was released on February 3, 2023. The original song is from PinkPantheress' debut EP *Take Me Home.* The song was also the lead single to PinkPantheress’ debut album, *Heaven Knows.*

## Background

The remix came about after Ice Spice followed and had reached out to PinkPantheress via Instagram messages explaining how she was subsequently a major fan of her. PinkPantheress then replied to her saying that she would like to meet up if she was ever in the UK. However, this happened to be the exact opposite, with PinkPantheress visiting the rapper in The Bronx during the course of January 16, 2023. During her stay, both artists filmed the music video for the song, which was released on the same day as the song's release.

The song went on to be both artist's first top 10 and top 3 hits, peaking at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100; with it initially debuting at #14. The song also peaked at #2 in Canada and went platinum as well as topping the charts in New Zealand. The song also peaked at #3 on the Global 200 and topped the US Rhythmic Radio chart.

## Promotion & Music Video

A music video for the song was filmed over the course of January 16-17, 2023 in the Bronx, directed by George Buford and Frederick Buford. During the same course, Ice Spice had been also subsequently shooting the video for In Ha Mood during the same course. The music video subsequently accompanied the release of the song, being released to YouTube on February 3. As of April 2023, the song has amassed 100 million views.

To promote the song, 2 subsequent mannequins in the UK of both artists had been hung up on a billboard with the words "CENTRAL" in the background. However, a week later, the mannequin of Ice Spice had been stolen by a group of TikTok users.

Ice Spice herself, had made a video uploaded to TikTok 8 days after the songs release of her rapping the first half of her verse, in which her facial reaction near the end happened to go viral and spawned a subsequent internet meme by the name of the Ice Spice Cult.

The two eventually went on to attend the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards together, presenting the award for "Song of the Year".

### Critical reception

LaTesha Harris of NPR praised "Boy's A Liar Pt. 2" as "never overstay[ing] its welcome", calling Ice Spice's verse "hilarious". *Pitchfork*'s Matthew Ritchie called "Boy's a Liar Pt. 2" "an impeccable team-up from a baddie and her baddie friend". For *Complex*, Joe Price wrote that "Ice Spice effortlessly blends into the track on the remix", while *Stereogum*'s Tom Breihan wrote that the song "works" and that there was "something really fun about the idea of PinkPantheress and Ice Spice making music together". Spencer Kornhaber of *The Atlantic* wrote that "Boy's A Liar Pt. 2" was "undeniably catchy and yet feels as fleeting as a mild dream" and that what was "most remarkable about the song" was "its featherweight feeling". For *Vulture*, Reanna Cruz wrote that "Boy's A Liar Pt. 2" "serves as a bridge between the hack-iness of sped-up trend hopping and genuine artistic needle-pushing".

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1: PinkPantheress]**

Take a look inside your heart

Is there any room for me (Is there any room for me?)

I won't have to hold my breath

Till you get down on one knee (Till you get down on one knee)

Because you only want to hold me

When I'm looking good enough (When I'm looking good enough)

Did you ever feel me?

Would you ever picture us? (Would you ever picture us?)

**[Verse 2: PinkPantheress]**

Every time I pull my hair

Well, it's only out of fear (Only out of fear)

That you'll find me ugly

And one day you'll disappear because

What's the point of crying?

It was never even love (It was never even love)

Did you ever want me?

Was I ever good enough? (Ever good enough?)

**[Chorus: PinkPantheress]**

The-the boy's a liar, the boy's a liar

He doesn't see ya, you're not looking at me, boy

The boy's a liar, the boy's a liar

He doesn't see ya, you're not looking at me, boy

**[Post-Chorus: PinkPantheress]**

Good eno-o-ough, good eno-o-ough

Good eno-o-ough, good eno-o-ough

Good eno-o-ough, good eno-o-ough

Good eno-o-ough, good eno-o-ough

**[Verse 3: Ice Spice]**

He say that I'm good enough, grabbin' my duh-duh-duh

Thinkin' 'bout shit that I shouldn't've (Huh)

So I tell him there's one of me, he makin' fun of me (Ha-ha)

His girl is a bum to me (Grrah)

Like that boy is a cap

Sayin' he home, but I know where he at, like

Bet he blowin' her back

Thinkin' 'bout me 'cause he know that it's fat (Damn)

And it been what it been (Huh)

Callin' his phone like, "Yo, send me a pin"

Duckin' my shit, 'cause he know what I'm on (Grrah)

But when he hit me I'm not gon' respond (Grrah)

But I don't sleep enough without you

And I can't eat enough without you (Huh)

If you don't speak, does that mean we're through? (Huh)

Don't like sneaky shit that you do (Grrah)

**[Chorus: PinkPantheress]**

The-the boy's a liar, the boy's a liar

He doesn't see ya, you're not looking at me, boy

The boy's a liar, the boy's a liar

He doesn't see ya, you're not looking at me, boy

**[Post-Chorus: PinkPantheress]**

Good eno-o-ough, good eno-o-ough

Good eno-o-ough, good eno-o-ough

Good eno-o-ough, good eno-o-ough

Good eno-o-ough, good eno-o-ough