"Ex" is a song by American singer

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, released on October 6, 2017. It is the third single from his second studio album ''

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'' (2017) and features American rapper YG. Produced by BongoByTheWay,

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and Ty Dolla Sign, the song samples the remix of " Only You" by

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Composition and lyrics

The song is about the artists' disloyalty and their exes. It opens with Ty Dolla Sign referencing " Where I Wanna Be" by

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in the chorus: "I just text my main chick (main) / I told her I ain't coming home (home) / I just text my main chick (main) / I told her I ain't coming home, tonight (home)". He "gets to the heart of his plan" in the first verse, singing, "Mixing

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with the

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(Bomb') / Fuck it, I done had a long day (oh) / I done linked up with my old thing / Right time, but the wrong place". YG then raps about his single life, on jet skis with "naked" women ("Leave your main squeeze for these naked bitches, yeah / That's how, you know, when it's all bad / She call me, I text her I could call back / But she imagine in her head I'm doing all that").

Critical reception

Kevin Goddard of ''HotNewHipHop'' wrote that Ty Dolla Sign "delivers a radio-friendly club banger that finds him addressing relationship issues with his 'ex' girl."

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called the song a "breezy piece of libidinous R&B that mostly involves Ty Dolla $ign mixing drinks and thinking about hooking back up with a former lover".

Music video

The music video was released on January 18, 2018. Directed by David Camarena, it finds Ty Dolla Sign cruising through a city in a

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with hydraulics, then entering a party surrounded by many women, before he is seen in a room bathed in red lights with a woman wearing

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waits for him. Ty later meets up with YG, as they show off old-school cars and go partying.

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References

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