Rental (song)

"Rental"
Single by Brockhampton
from the album Saturation III
Released	December 15, 2017
Recorded	August–November 2017
Genre	Alternative R&B pop rap
Length	3:33
Label	Question Everything Empire
Songwriter(s)	Ian Simpson Dominique Simpson Matthew Champion
Producer(s)	Romil Hemnani Q3
Brockhampton singles chronology
"Stains" (2017) "Rental" / "Zipper" (2017) "1999 Wildfire" (2018)
Music video
"Rental" on YouTube

"Rental" (stylized in all caps) is a song by American hip hop boy band Brockhampton, released on December 15, 2017, as a single from their third studio album Saturation III (2017).

Composition

"Rental" is a pop-oriented song that features melodic performances from Kevin Abstract, Dom McLennon and Matt Champion,[1] with synthesizers and 808s in the instrumental,[2] which also has a recurring beeping during the chorus.[1]

Critical reception

Veronica Irwin of The Quietus commented the song "deserves recognition for the contrast between melodic fuzzy synths and crisp tapping 808s".[2] In a review of Saturation III, Hypebeast wrote the song "has the best deployment of autotune on the album, especially on Mclennon's verse."[1]

Variety placed "Rental" at number ten on their list of Brockhampton's 15 best songs.[3]

Music video

The music video was directed by Kevin Abstract and filmed in Brooklyn, New York.[4] It opens with Robert Ontenient in a bathtub eating a banana and announcing the end of the Saturation trilogy,[5] and sees Brockhampton members hanging around in various locations.[6]

References

1. "Brockhampton Ends 'the Saturation' Trilogy with Their Most Cohesive Album Yet". Hypebeast. December 28, 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
2. Irwin, Veronica (December 20, 2017). "Saturation III". The Quietus. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
3. Moreau, Jordan; Shafer, Ellise; Shanfeld, Ethan (November 18, 2022). "Goodbye, Brockhampton: The Hip-Hop Boy Band's 15 Best Songs, Ranked". Variety. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
4. Goddard, Kevin (December 16, 2017). "Watch Brockhampton's New Video For "Rental"". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
5. Kaye, Ben (December 15, 2017). "Psych! BROCKHAMPTON announce 2018 album, Team Effort". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
6. Leas, Ryan (December 15, 2017). "Brockhampton – "Rental" Video". Stereogum. Retrieved 26 December 2023.