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"Computer Boy" is a song by Poppy. It served as the second single from her debut studio album Poppy.Computer and is the sixth track on the album. It was released on May 19^th, 2017 alongside a music video. The music video currently has over 14 million views on YouTube, making it Poppy's third most-viewed music video on her YouTube channel and fourth most viewed video on her YouTube channel overall.

Background

The song started to be teased and introduced along with the character of the same name, Computer Boy, on the livestream "Call Poppy 805-624-6667" livestreamed on May 2^nd, 2017, in the livestream a number was gave so that viewer could call Poppy, however Poppy did not actually speak to the caller but instead a sound board was used. On a part of the livestream, Computer Boy calls Poppy saying that he wants to "help her" and then repeatedly saying "ComputerBoy.Computer" and he called two times, for Computer Boy a personalized sound board used.^{[citation needed]} This video served as a way to introduce the new character. The introduced website, ComputerBoy.Computer, was a way to promote the single as well as a way to enhace the character's recognizement.^{[citation needed]}

On May 4^th, 2017 the video "Floppy Disk" was uploaded to Poppy's channel, this video treats about a floppy disk as the title sugests, this could have likely been a reference to the lyrics "I want your floppy disk to be my hard drive", in the mentioned video Poppy rolls the floppy disk and introduces it into her mouth likely intending sexual conducts.

On May 10^th, 2017, on Poppy's X (formerly Twitter) account was posted "19 May", it wasn't specified what would occur on that specific day at first, even though it ended up being the release date for the song.^[1]

On May 16^th, 2017 the video "I Was Worried" was uploaded to Poppy's channel, the video shows Charlotte appearing feeling well after decaying in drugs, in the video Poppy states that she feels relieved after seeing that Charlotte looks better after decaying in drugs, Poppy then offers interest and help to Charlotte but Charlotte undeniably rejects her. Poppy as well offers help if needed for her child, but Charlotte distorts what Poppy meant and starts choking Poppy while repeatedly saying "who is Computer Boy?" and the video ends. This would be the last tease for the song before the first teaser was released and the song was announced.

On May 17^th, 2017, an official teaser for the music video was released, alongside this teaser the release date was revealed on the description of the video.^[2] The teaser was made unlisted after the song was released and sometime later the description was changed to her tour dates for promotion.

Theme

Song

"Computer Boy" is about the character Poppy falling in love with someone from the internet, who she dubs "Computer Boy". As their relationship continues, Poppy becomes more and more addicted to him, hence the line, "can't go a day without Computer Boy". She grows extremely attached to him, as he becomes the only thing that makes Poppy happy. She begs him to never leave her side, hoping to never leave this delusion of happiness.

The song can also be interpreted as a metaphor for computer addiction.

In an interview with the Zach Sang Show, Poppy explained the meaning behind the lyric "I want your floppy disk to be my hard drive". She stated that the lyric came from "the heart" and that it actually refers to memory. In response to further comments from the interviewer, she noted that while a floppy disk is temporary, a hard drive is permanent.^[3]

Music video

The music video consists of Poppy, Computer Boy and two white bodysuit dancers accompanying them in front of a white backdrop. Throughout the video, the perspective shifts between Poppy looking at the audience and Computer Boy looking at Poppy, stylized in a VHS-inspired fashion. The music video ends with Poppy kissing the monitor displaying Computer Boy.

Lyrics

Music video

Video	Information
	Title	Poppy - Computer Boy (Official Video)
	Premiere	May 19th, 2017
	Length	3:10
	Filmed	2017
	Director	Titanic Sinclair
	Performers	Poppy[4]
	Other	• Hair stylist: Daria Solovyeva

Videos

Gallery

Behind the scenes

Others

Song credits

Credits taken from Apple Music^[5] and YouTube.^[6]

Performance

• Vocals: Poppy

Writing and production

• Composers: Poppy & Chris Greatti
• Producer: Ryosuke "Dr. R" Sakai & Chris Greatti

Mixing credits

• Mixing: Serge Courtois (speculated)

Record labels

• Mad Decent
• I'm Poppy Records

Trivia

• In an interview with Circa, Poppy stated that her handlers won't allow her to be dating anyone of any gender, and that They took Computer Boy away from her when she fell in love with him.^[7]
• Poppy "built" Computer Boy on the video "Help Poppy Build the Computer".
  • The single artwork was used for the thumbnail of the same video.

External links

• Spotify
• Apple Music
• Apple Music (music video)
• YouTube
• YouTube (Music video)

References

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