"Ex for a Reason" is a song by American singer
Summer Walker
Summer Marjani Walker (born April 11, 1996) is an American R&B singer. In 2017, she signed to Love Renaissance and Interscope Records. The following year, she released the mixtape '' Last Day of Summer,'' which spawned the single " Girls Need ...
with rapper JT of hip hop duo
City Girls
City Girls is an American hip hop duo consisting of Yung Miami (Caresha Romeka Brownlee; born February 1994) and JT (Jatavia Shakara Johnson; born December 1992). The duo originate from Miami, Florida, and garnered attention after making an un ...
, released on October 15, 2021, as the
lead single from Walker's second
studio album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...
, ''
Still Over It
''Still Over It'' is the second studio album by American singer and songwriter Summer Walker. It was released through LVRN and Interscope on November 5, 2021. The album contains guest appearances from Cardi B, JT from City Girls, SZA, Ari ...
'' (2021).
Background and composition
"Ex for a Reason" is an
uptempo pop-rap song that conveys "emotions behind dating someone that’s moved on from a past relationship". Walker first announced the song via a
teaser trailer on October 4, 2021. Walker revealed its artwork, along with the release date as October 15.
Andy Kellman of
AllMusic described the song as "a
Miami-meets-Atlanta bass jam and one of the era's most flavorsome crossover
R&B hits."
Music video
A
lyric video was released to accompany the release of "Ex for a Reason" on October 15, 2021.
The official
music video, directed by Lacy Duke, was released on October 19, 2021.
The video begins with Summer and her friends sitting at a local
gas station
A filling station, also known as a gas station () or petrol station (), is a facility that sells fuel and engine lubricants for motor vehicles. The most common fuels sold in the 2010s were gasoline (or petrol) and diesel fuel.
Gasoline ...
and then riding through
Atlanta, Georgia in an
Oldsmobile 442 convertible with "Forever Atlanta" on the
license plate,
before later arriving to a
house party.
JT is seen rapping her verse while standing in front of a mirror.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
{{Summer Walker
2021 songs
2021 singles
Interscope Records singles
Miami bass songs
Songs written by London on da Track
Songs written by Nija Charles
Songs written by Sean Garrett
Songs written by Buddah Bless
Song recordings produced by Buddah Bless