"GTFO" (an abbreviation for "Get the fuck out") is a song by American singer-songwriter
Mariah Carey
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. On September 13, 2018,
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released the song as a promotional single from Carey's fifteenth studio album ''
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''.
"GTFO" was written by Carey,
Bibi Bourelly
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,
Porter Robinson
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,
Paul "Nineteen85" Jeffries and Jordan Manswell, with the latter two also producing the song. It samples Porter Robinson's 2014 song "
Goodbye to a World".
Release
Carey announced "GTFO" would be the first promotional single from her then upcoming fifteenth studio album with the release via press release.
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Critical reception
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'' was positive, calling it a "ghostly, tender record with a magnetic rhythm". Randall Colburn from ''Consequence of Sound
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'' praised Carey's vocal performance and the song's instrumentation, noting "the song's dreamy flow clashes compellingly." R. Eric Thomas of ''Elle
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'' was also positive stating the track was " sultry mid-tempo addition", noted that song "enters a grand tradition of songs about being told to get out." ''Billboard
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'' editor Gil Kaufman described the song's production as "spiky". It was included at number 59 on ''Idolator
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''s list of the 100 best singles of 2018, and at number 92 on NPR
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's list of the 100 best songs of 2018.
Music video
The music video
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for the song was directed by Sarah McColgan. It was premiered via Carey's Vevo
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channel on September 14, 2018.
Live performances
Mariah Carey performed "GTFO" for the first time at the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Festival
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. It was also performed at her 2019 Caution World Tour
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.
Track listing
Digital download
#"GTFO" – 3:27
Charts
Release history
References
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2018 songs
Mariah Carey songs
Song recordings produced by Porter Robinson
Songs written by Bibi Bourelly
Songs written by Mariah Carey
Songs written by Nineteen85
Songs written by Porter Robinson