"See You Again" is a song written, produced, and performed by American rapper

Tyler, the Creator Tyler Gregory Okonma (born March 6, 1991), known professionally as Tyler, the Creator, is an American rapper and record producer. He is one of the founding members of the music collective Odd Future. Okonma self-released his debut mixtape Bast ...

featuring vocals from American singer

Kali Uchis Karly-Marina Loaiza (born July 17, 1994), known professionally as Kali Uchis ( ), is an American singer. She released her debut mixtape, ''Drunken Babble'', in 2012, which was followed by her debut EP, ''Por Vida'', released in 2015. In 2018, Uc ...

. It was released as the fourth single from Tyler's fourth studio album ''

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'' (2017) on August 29, 2017. The single went viral on TikTok, leading the song to enter several charts around the world for the first time in early 2023.

Background

Tyler, the Creator originally wrote the song for former

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member

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, who turned it down. According to Tyler, Malik "flaked on studio time twice" and he kept the song for himself.

Music video

The music video was directed by Tyler, the Creator under the alias of Wolf Haley and uploaded on YouTube on August 8, 2018. In the opening scene,

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talks on the phone, as Tyler gets ready for another workday in the close quarters of his

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. Kali Uchis appears far away at sea on a rescue boat with other rowers, all of them wearing yellow raincoats. The scene shifts to Tyler on the top deck of the military ship, donning a yellow

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and then flips to Tyler oddly wearing a ghost bed sheet, featuring only the eyes poked out, along with a bucket hat. A tire swings in the background, and when he is unveiled, a swarm of bees attack the screen.

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References

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