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gameboy by ROSÉ

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ROSÉ

gameboy

Release date: 6th December 2024

From rosie
Track 7
2:47
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About This Track

A breakup song built on a simple, cutting metaphor: the person you loved is a gameboy, a toy designed to keep you entertained and distracted, never capable of genuine change or commitment. Rosé traces the slow realisation of this truth across two years, from the initial charm of a convincing performance to the belated understanding that she was always going to lose. The song moves between anger at herself for falling for it and anger at him for the performance itself, each verse adding detail to a portrait of calculated deception. The production sits somewhere between pop and dance, propulsive enough to match the restless energy of someone who has spent months replaying the same relationship in her head. Rosé's vocal cuts through with precision, the chorus hook simple and devastating: "you'll always be a gameboy / but these days, I don't wanna play, boy". It is the sound of someone who has finally put the thing down and walked away.

"gameboy" is a track by ROSÉ, from the album rosie, released 6th December 2024. The track is 2:47 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 5 articles about ROSÉ.

About the Artist

ROSÉ

ROSÉ

Lyrics

gameboy

If crying was fun, I'd be having the time of my life
If loving you was a jump, yeah, I probably died a hundred-ten times
Gave you my favourite memories
Yeah, I hate the way I let you inside
Just so you can take it for granted
Two years, now I understand it

Yeah, you'll always be a gameboy
But these days, I don't wanna play, boy
Say, say what you wanna say
You're never gonna change
You'll only ever be a heartbreak
Heartbreak (Break, break, break, break, break, break, break)
You'll only ever be a heartbreak, heartbreak (Break, break, break, break, break, break, break)

Yeah, you got a little too good actin' like a good guy (Good guy, good guy)
And I bought it for a minute but it isn't what you made it look like (Made it look like)
You got a cute face and that kept me entertained
And the way you said my name, won't lie, it felt amazing
But you took my love for granted
And it took me two years to understand it

Yeah, you'll always be a gameboy
But these days, I don't wanna play, boy
Say, say what you wanna say
You're never gonna change
You'll only ever be a heartbreak
Yeah, you'll always be a gameboy
All day, kept me on the chase, boy
Say, say what you wanna say
You're never gonna change
You'll only ever be a heartbreak (Heartbreak)

Shame on me, should've known better (Should've known better)
I let you play me, whatever (Whatever)
Some things just ain't meant to be
Kinda like you and me, yeah, yeah
Thought you would love me forever (Forever)
I should've known you would never (Never)
Some things just ain't meant to be
Kinda like you and me, yeah, yeah

Yeah, you'll always be a gameboy
But these days, I don't wanna play, boy
Say, say what you wanna say
You're never gonna change
You'll only ever be a heartbreak
Yeah, you'll always be a gameboy
All day, kept me on the chase, boy
Say, say what you wanna say
You're never gonna change
You'll only ever be a heartbreak
Heartbreak (Break, break, break, break, break, break, break)
You'll only ever be a heartbreak, heartbreak (Break, break, break, break, break, break, break)

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Track details

From rosie

2:472024
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rosie
rosie
ROSÉ
6th December 2024
Track number
7
Release year
2024
  1. 1number one girl
    3:36
  2. 23am
    2:34
  3. 3two years
    2:48
  4. 4toxic till the end
    2:37

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  1. APT.rosie
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  5. APT. (Mixed)
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    2:21
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  8. drinks or coffeerosie
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  • 5drinks or coffee
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  • 6APT.
    2:50
  • 7gameboy
    2:47
  • 8stay a little longer
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  • 9not the same
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  • 10call it the end
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  • 11too bad for us
    3:56
  • 12dance all night
    3:35
  • —APT.
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  • —toxic till the end
    2:37
  • —3am
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  • —drinks or coffee
    2:13
  • —gameboy
    2:47
  • —stay a little longer
    4:07
  • —not the same
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  • —call it the end
    2:21
  • —too bad for us
    3:56
  • —dance all night
    3:35
  • —two years
    2:48
  • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Aldae, Amy Allen, Dougie F, Mark Williams, Raul Cubina, Rob Bisel, ROSÉ
    Producer
    Ojivolta, Rob Bisel
    Engineer
    Daniel Escobar, Jacob Dennis
    A&R Administrator
    Irene Sourlis
    A&R Manager
    Gelareh “G” Rouzbehani
    Assistant Mixing Engineer
    Bryce Bordone
    Executive Producer
    Teddy Park
    Mastering Engineer
    Chris Gehringer, Will Quinnell
    Mixing Engineer
    Șerban Ghenea
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