Your New Boyfriend

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"Your New Boyfriend"
Official cover art showing the song's focal character, Lonely Boy (Wilbur Soot), holding a spray bottle against his temple
Single by Wilbur Soot
Released11 December 2020 (2020-12-11)
Genre
Length3:59
Songwriter(s)Will Gold
Producer(s)Will Gold
Wilbur Soot singles chronology
"Internet Ruined Me"
(2020) 		"Your New Boyfriend"
(2020)
Music video
"Your New Boyfriend" on YouTube

"Your New Boyfriend" is the sixth single by English singer-songwriter, YouTuber, and Twitch streamer Will Gold, better known online as Wilbur Soot.[2] The song was released on 11 December 2020, and appeared at number 100 on the midweek UK chart, published by the Official Charts Company, for the week of 14 December.[3] It officially debuted at number 83 on the UK Singles Chart on 18 December 2020, later peaking at number 65 on 8 January 2021.[4]

Background, release, and reception[]

"Your New Boyfriend" is the finale in a trilogy of songs about its focal character, Lonely Boy, being in love with an e-girl.[5] The two prior installments in the trilogy, "I'm in Love with an E-Girl" and "Internet Ruined Me", were both in similar style to "Your New Boyfriend".[2] The song featured background vocals from fellow musician Chevy.[6]

"Your New Boyfriend" was previewed in July 2020[7] on fellow YouTuber and streamer TommyInnit's Twitch channel, and officially released on 11 December 2020. The song accumulated over 500,000 views on YouTube around two hours after its release, and soon thereafter started "trending" on Twitter in the United States.[2] The song included a reference to the singer-songwriter Jason Derulo, which caused some people to jokingly claim the song as the "bisexual anthem", due to a line from Derulo's single "Get Ugly" frequently being used on TikTok in coming out videos.[2]

The single entered the midweek UK Singles Chart at position 100 on 14 December,[8] and later officially debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number 83 in the week of 18 December.[4] It left the chart the following week,[9] but later reappeared at number 65 in the week of 8 January 2021.[4] The single also appeared on the UK Independent Singles Chart, where it peaked at number 10,[10] the UK Independent Singles Breakers Chart, where it peaked at number 2,[11] and the UK Singles Downloads Chart, where it peaked at number 70.[12] Due to the song's popularity, Gold appeared on Billboard's Emerging Artists Chart at number 46 in the week of 26 December 2020.[13] Following Gold's appearance on the Emerging Artists Chart, "Your New Boyfriend" entered the LyricFind Global Chart, also published by Billboard, at number 22 in the week of 2 January 2021.[14] Rolling Stone reported that Gold had sold 9.6 million units in the month of December, which they attributed to "Your New Boyfriend".[15]

Music video[]

The song's music video was uploaded to YouTube on the same day as the song released. The video features its focal character, Lonely Boy (played by Gold), in an office environment as he sings about his displeasure with a female Twitch streamer's new boyfriend, named Jared. The video includes several references to popular culture, such as Lonely Boy's Google profile picture being of a sad male anime character.[2] In the video, the female Twitch streamer's name appears on screen as "Pandora Braithwaite", the name of a fictional character in the Adrian Mole series of books by Sue Townsend. The video was edited together by Elodie Grenville, an English youtuber best known for being the editor for both Wilbur Soot and TommyInnit.

Personnel[]

Credits adapted from YouTube.[16]

  • Will Gold – songwriter, producer, vocals, piano, drums, guitars
  • Chevy – backing vocals
  • Dmitry Lisenko – bass
  • Isaac Beer – trumpets

Charts[]

Chart performance for "Your New Boyfriend"
Chart (2020–2021) Peak
position
Irish Singles (IRMA)[17] 100
Lithuania (AGATA)[18] 93
UK Singles (OCC)[4] 65
UK Indie (OCC)[10] 10

References[]

  1. ^ Gold, Will. "Your New Boyfriend – Single". Apple Music. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Mitra, Smita (11 December 2020). "Who is Wilbur Soot? Youtuber makes sly Jason Derulo reference in satirical song 'Your New Boyfriend'". MEAWW. Archived from the original on 13 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Official Singles Chart Update Top 100". Official Charts. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  5. ^ McDonald, Adam (13 December 2020). "Wilbur Soot – Your New Boyfriend | Lyrics Meaning & Song Review". Justrandomthings. Archived from the original on 24 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  6. ^ @chiffonhaha (11 December 2020). "always fun being the e-girl on these tracks w/ @WilburSoot !! go check out this one :D" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 December 2020 – via Twitter.
  7. ^ London, Amanda (18 December 2020). "'Your New Boyfriend' by Wilbur Soot". Song Meanings and Facts. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  8. ^ Ainsley, Helen (15 December 2020). "Taylor Swift's Willow rolls in at Number 1 on the Official Trending Chart". Official Charts. Archived from the original on 16 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100: 25 December 2020 – 31 December 2020". Official Charts. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  11. ^ "Official Independent Singles Breakers Chart Top 20". Official Charts. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  12. ^ "Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100: 18 December 2020 – 24 December 2020". Official Charts. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  13. ^ "Emerging Artists: The Week of December 26, 2020". Billboard. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  14. ^ "LyricFind Global: The Week of January 2, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  15. ^ Blake, Emily (7 January 2021). "RS Charts: Vory, DJ Scheme and Trey Lewis Lead Breakthrough 25 Chart". Rolling Stone. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  16. ^ Gold, Will (11 December 2020). Wilbur Soot – Your New Boyfriend (OFFICIAL VIDEO). Wilbur Soot (video) – via YouTube.
  17. ^ "Your New Boyfriend by Wilbur Soot". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  18. ^ "2021 17-os SAVAITĖS (balandžio 23-29 d.) SINGLŲ TOP100" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. 30 April 2021. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

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