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"Ex"
Single by Ty Dolla Sign featuring YG
from the album Beach House 3
Released	October 6, 2017
Genre	R&B hip hop
Length	2:43
Label	Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Tyrone Griffin, Jr. Keenon Jackson Uforo Ebong Christian Ward Christopher Dotson Floyd Bentley III Quinnes Parker Donell Jones Daron Jones Michael Keith Kyle West Marvin Scandrick Sean Combs Steven Jordan DeWayne Rogers Christopher Wallace
Producer(s)	BongoByTheWay Hitmaka Ty Dolla Sign
Ty Dolla Sign singles chronology
"Off of It" (2017) "Ex" (2017) "Say Less" (2017)
YG singles chronology
"Young Niggaz" (2017) "Ex" (2017) "We Ain't Homies" (2017)
Music video
"Ex" on YouTube

"Ex" is a song by American singer Ty Dolla Sign, released on October 6, 2017. It is the third single from his second studio album Beach House 3 (2017) and features American rapper YG. Produced by BongoByTheWay, Hitmaka and Ty Dolla Sign, the song samples the remix of "Only You" by 112.

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 Donell Jones 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 Henny with the Bombay (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." Vice Media 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 vintage car 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 lingerie waits for him. Ty later meets up with YG, as they show off old-school cars and go partying.

Charts

Certifications

References

1. Montgomery, Sarah Jasmine (October 5, 2017). "Ty Dolla $ign taps YG for "Ex"". The FADER.
2. ^ Roth, Madeline (October 6, 2017). "Ty Dolla $ign And YG's New Song Samples A Classic Bad Boy Remix". MTV News. Archived from the original on October 14, 2017.
3. Pearce, Sheldon (October 7, 2017), Listen to "Ex" ft. YG by Ty Dolla $ign
4. ^ Berry, Peter A. (October 6, 2017). "Ty Dolla Sign and YG Reunite on 'Ex' - XXL". XXL Mag.
5. ^ Penrose, Nerisha (October 6, 2017). "Ty Dolla $ign Connects With an Old Flame on 'Ex' Featuring YG". Billboard.
6. Goddard, Kevin (October 6, 2017). "Ty Dolla $ign Recruits YG For New "Beach House 3" Song "Ex"". HotNewHipHop.
7. "Listen to Ty Dolla $ign and YG's Breezy New Track, "Ex"". www.vice.com. October 6, 2017.
8. Penrose, Nerisha (January 18, 2018). "Ty Dolla $ign & YG Hit Up a Wild House Party in 'Ex' Video: Watch". Billboard.
9. Blistein, Jon (2018-01-18). "Watch Ty Dolla $ign, YG Team in Raucous New 'Ex' Video". Rolling Stone.
10. "Ty Dolla $ign – Chart History: Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
11. "American single certifications – Ty Dolla $ign – Ex". Recording Industry Association of America.

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Discography
Studio albums	Free TC (2015) Beach House 3 (2017) Featuring Ty Dolla Sign (2020) Collaborative albums MihTy (with Jeremih) (2018) Cheers to the Best Memories (with Dvsn) (2021) Vultures 1 (with Kanye West as ¥$) Vultures 2 (with Kanye West as ¥$)
EPs	Beach House EP (2014) Talk About It in the Morning (with Wiz Khalifa) (2015)
Mixtapes	Campaign (2016)
Singles	"Paranoid" "Or Nah" "Shell Shocked" "Stand For" "Drop That Kitty" "Blasé" "Saved" "Wavy" "Sucker for Pain" "Campaign" "Zaddy" "Love U Better" "So Am I" "Ex" "Pineapple" "OTW" "Treehouse" "Midnight Hour" "Ego Death" "Expensive" "Spicy" "The Business, Pt. II" "By Yourself" "Willing to Trust" "Vultures" "Talking / Once Again" "Carnival" "Slide"
Featured singles	"Toot It and Boot It" "Nobody" "You and Your Friends" "My Main" "Play No Games" "Fade" "Work from Home" "Bacon" "Gone" "Money Showers" "Are You Sure?" "I Think She Like Me" "Blessings" "Fallen" "So Good" "Ain't Nothing" "Swalla" "It's a Vibe" "Vitamin D" "F with U" "Trap Paris" "Whatever You Need" "Something New" "Ego" "Say Less" "Psycho" "Me So Bad" "Accelerate" "All Mine" "Bottled Up" "Nights Like This" "Think About Us" "Got Me" "Hot Girl Summer" "Speed Me Up" "Hit Different" "Chosen" "WusYaName" "Lifetime" "Friends"
Other songs	"Real Friends" "Violent Crimes" "Freeee (Ghost Town, Pt. 2)" "New Body" "Everything We Need" "Stars" "Back to Me" "Hoodrat" "Do It" "Burn" "Fuk Sumn" "Good (Don't Die)" "Field Trip" "Fried" "Promotion" "530" "River"
Category

• 2017 singles
• 2017 songs
• Atlantic Records singles
• Ty Dolla Sign songs
• Songs written by Ty Dolla Sign
• YG (rapper) songs
• Songs written by YG (rapper)
• Songs written by Slim (singer)
• Songs written by Quinnes Parker
• Songs written by Donell Jones
• Songs written by Daron Jones
• Songs written by Sean Combs
• Songs written by Stevie J
• Songs written by the Notorious B.I.G.