JACQUES: Back in 2016, Lil Uzi Vert admitted that he was wrong on "You Was Right."
JACQUES: "You Was Right" is produced by Metro Boomin' and is from Uzi's third tape,
'Lil Uzi Vert vs The World.'
In March 2017, the cut became the rapper's first platinum single, cementing his lovelorn
and introspective style.
On the song, Uzi raps about sharing his newfound success with then-girlfriend, Brittany Byrd
and cheating on her.
JACQUES: Uzi and Brittany met through a mutual friend in 2014, she described it as quote,
"an instant connection" between, "Two aliens in America."
LIL UZI VERT: Her name is Brittany, she's just a young girl, goes to Parsons, yeah.
Goes to Parsons.
TRACEY: Oh, she wants to be a fashion designer?
LIL UZI VERT: Yeah, everything.
JACQUES: Uzi's chorus details his struggle with being faithful.
Their love affair was rocky.
Uzi once said quote, "Our relationship is fucked up...But, you know, I love her for her
and she loves me for me.
And Brittany said quote, "I'm many things and for him, I'm the coolest lover of all time."
A former stylist for Lindsay Lohan, Brittany was Uzi's muse and she's appeared on his
mixtape covers, music videos, and many of his lyrics.
JACQUES: His third mixtape's title "Lil Uzi Vert vs. The World" is based on the
film, "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World."
RAMONA: If we're gonna date you may have to defeat my seven evil exes.
SCOTT: You have seven evil ex boyfriends?
RAMONA: Seven evil exes, yes.
SCOTT: And I have to fight...
RAMONA: Defeat.
SCOTT: Defeat your seven evil exes if we're going to...continue to date?
RAMONA: Pretty much.
JACQUES: In the film, Ramona's past boyfriends are trying to win her back.
On "You Was Right," Uzi calls out Brittany's exes.
JACQUES: Uzi brings the metaphor home on the mixtape's final track, "Scott and Ramona."
JACQUES: The music video for "You Was Right was directed by Spike Jordan and was inspired by
time travel and 'Alice in Wonderland."
According to Jordan, the shoot was pretty free-flowing.
SPIKE JORDAN: Listen, Uzi is like the craziest nigga to work with.
I'ma keep it a buck with you.
This shit was organic.
JACQUES: Except for the rabbits.
SPIKE JORDAN: Those rabbits, they was crazy man!
They don't listen, man, they don't do shit you ask them to do.
So you just kinda like gotta shoot them motherfuckers.
I think I wasted like a whole card on them niggas, man.
JACQUES: The two split sometime around mid-2017 but Genius pointed out that she was all over
Uzi's debut album, "Luv Is Rage 2."
If you want to learn more about 'You Was Right," check out the song page on Genius.com.
I'm Jacques Morel with Genius News, bringing you the meaning and the knowledge behind the music.
Peace!
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