Goodbye & Thank U

## Single by Kira Kosarin

"**Goodbye & Thank U**" (stylized in all lowercase) is the third single and fifth and final track from Kira Kosarin's EP *Something New* (2022). It was released by Republic Records on June 10, 2022. The lyric video premiered on YouTube the same day, produced by Khush Savjani, and the official music video released on June 21st, directed by Kevin Lien.

## Background

In an interview, she revealed, "I wanted to write an ode to the first home that I moved into on my own, because it felt like a main character in my life through my early 20s. Those walls saw me live through so many firsts, held me through so many ups and downs and watched so many people come and go,” she says. “When I found that outgrowing and saying goodbye to an apartment could feel as bittersweet, intense, poignant, and heartbreaking as any other breakup – I poured all that emotion into this song and I hope it carries people through bittersweet and grateful goodbyes of all kinds."

## Credits and personnel

Song
* Ashley Pawlak – cover artwork
* Chloe Clements – A&R
* Danny Kosarin – photographer
* Jonny Shorr – writer, producer, mixer, studio personnel
* Kira Kosarin – hair/makeup, vocals, writer
* Riley Biederer – writer
* Ruairi O'Flaherty – mastering engineer, studio personnel

Video
* Kevin Lien – director
* Sofie Hubbard Warshafsky – producer
* Connor Haddad – 1st AD
* Daniel Shputnov – DP
* Ashton Rose – 1st AC
* Nick Conroy – gaffer
* Kyle Hardesty – key grip
* Connor Vickers – grip
* Priscill$ Serr$no – swing
* Taylor Venegas – PD
* B Armstrong – art director
* Jill Colwell – makeup
* Chloe Schlossmon – hair
* Jessica Harris – stylist
* Hannah Raine Levy – PM
* Charles Capp – PA
* Camryn Portegollo – talent
* Republic Records – label
* Jon Wong – video comissioner

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Verse 1]

There's a chalkboard in the kitchen

Full of names of people I don’t know anymore (Mm)

There's a sink of dirty dishes

And a picture frame in pieces in a drawer

And boxes on the floor, yeah

[Pre-Chorus 1]

If these walls could talk

They'd tell you how I learned to fall and get back up

Feels like too much, and just enough, so

[Chorus 1]

Goodbye to the balcony I had that awful kiss

Goodbye to the purple walls I never thought I’d miss

To the years and broken mirrors that have seen my faces change

Well, it might be time we go our separate ways

So I say, "Goodbye, and thank you"

"Goodbye, and thank you"

[Verse 2]

To the place that I burned dinners

To the stack of empty letters in the corner (Mm, mm, mm)

To the nights around the table

And the nights I can't really remember at all, oh, yeah

[Pre-Chorus 2]

If these walls could talk

They'd tell you how I learned to fall back in love

Feels like I hear the stories all at once

[Chorus 1]

Goodbye to the balcony I had that awful kiss

Goodbye to the purple walls I never thought I'd miss

To the years and broken mirrors that have seen my faces change

Well, it might be time we go our separate ways

So I say, "Goodbye, and thank you"

"Goodbye, and thank you"

[Bridge]

I cried and I grew

I tried my way through

"Goodbye, and thank you"

[Chorus 2]

Goodbye to the life I made inside this empty space

Goodbye to the memories I never thought I'd make

To the years and broken mirrors that have seen my faces change

Guess I knew this day would come, but it's still strange

"Goodbye and thank you"

[Outro]

"Goodbye, and thank you, goodbye"

## References

1. ↑ "Exclusive Q&A: Kira Kosarin says "goodbye & thank u"". *Stage Right Secrets*. June 10, 202.