Music Review: Who Is Fancy "Goodbye"

Who Is Fancy

Goodbye

Album: N/A

Year: 2015

                 Jake Hargood knows the best thing to do is let go of his girlfriend in the insensitive “Goodbye.”

              Stoic synths open the single, setting a nonchalant tone. He remembers the day he found out. It was after church. He was with his family at breakfast, explaining why she couldn’t be there. Then, he sees her walking by the restraurant holding hands with another woman. He excused himself to go to the bathroom and cried. She was the first person he truly loved. How long has she been cheating on him? (“I was a hot mess/In my Sunday best/Black tears in my eyes/You were my first love/You were my only one/I can't believe your lies.”)

              In the pre-chorus, he says they would play off each other, the chemistry electric between them. He wishes he didn’t have to break up with her. However, he can’t be with her anymore. (“Once we were like bottle rockets/Now I know I have to stop it/Please believe me/This isn't easy/I just need to say goodbye.”)

                In the chorus, he tells her that he has to leave. He replays her betrayal over and over, analyzing what could’ve gone wrong. (“Goodbye/Goodbye/Losin’ my mind/Goodbye.”)

                 She’d rather try to be edgy. He’s acting as though it’s not bothering him. It’s not real. Her new girlfriend has no idea what she’s like. (“You got a new friend/You like to play pretend/I'm just keepin’ my cool/Turn on that smoke machine/Magic and make-believe/She'll never know you like I do.”)

              In the pre-chorus, he says there was passion between them. Now, she’s a learning experience. (“Once we were a fire burnin’/Now you're just a lesson I'm learnin’/Please believe me/This isn't easy/I just need to say goodbye.”)

                The chorus is sung again.

                 In the bridge, he says he won’t be single forever. Someone is out there for him. (“I know that I can find somebody/You won't ever find nobody else like me/I know that I can find somebody/You won't ever find nobody else like me.”)

                  The first pre-chorus is sung again.

                    The chorus is sung again to end the single.

                 Hargood is in denial. He refuses to believe that his girlfriend is now a lesbian. It’s just a phase. Changing the pronouns and thus, the context, turning the bitterness into something judgemental. Everything was going smoothly until then and the needle scratch.

              The  smug   “Goodbye” thinks it knows better.