Bryson Tiller stopped by Genius to discuss his latest hit “Ciao!” The drill track is off his self-titled album Bryson Tiller, his first album since A N N I V E R S A R Y in 2020. On today’s episode of Verified, find out why the Louisville native wants to be just defined as an artist—not just a rapper or singer—the inspiration behind the fiery lyrics, and more!
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00:00 The rapper in me hates when people call me a singer, and the singer in me hates when
00:04 people call me a rapper, and I don't know why.
00:06 People should call me an artist.
00:07 Just call me that.
00:07 The crazy thing is, "Ciao" means goodbye and hello.
00:17 It be like that in relationships.
00:18 You think you saying bye, and then two days later you saying hello again.
00:22 So it just be like that.
00:23 I always wanted to make a drill influence song, because I heard a lot of drill songs
00:27 that are amazing.
00:28 I was like, "Man, what would this sound like as R&B?"
00:30 So when the song came through, I was like, "Yo, this is perfect.
00:33 I'ma sing on it.
00:34 I'ma harmonize.
00:35 I'ma hit some riffs, and we gonna get lyrical on it too."
00:38 Paris is the city of love.
00:48 We are talking about love on this song.
00:50 Even though "Ciao" is not French, they still say it out there.
00:54 They say it's global.
00:55 Everybody says it.
00:56 She got me wild and wild.
00:58 Ride your tire, ciao for now.
01:01 Ciao, ciao.
01:02 Yeah, it was important that we took it back to Italy just because, you know, "Ciao."
01:06 I just thought about things that were Italian.
01:08 I think about one of my favorite cars, Ferrari F355.
01:11 When I started driving, I was like, "Man, this is amazing."
01:15 I started driving my other cars less, because I'm just like, "This one's incredible."
01:18 I just like the way, the sound of it.
01:20 I'm still learning about Ferrari, so all the Ferrari owners out there, don't talk to me.
01:23 I'm a Lambo guy for sure.
01:24 Yeah, she making that shake.
01:26 Breaking her bank to her back.
01:27 Break.
01:28 Wow.
01:29 It was super important to channel that rapper side of me in this song, because I'm like,
01:33 the drums are going crazy.
01:35 Before we even added it to the set list, I just thought about fire and smoke and just
01:39 crowd going crazy.
01:40 I'm just like, "I gotta have my rapper moment on this."
01:43 Some girls like to shake that shit to some drill, you know what I mean?
01:47 I respect it.
01:48 And I'm breaking the bank.
01:50 Crazy how you managed to make me into a sponsor.
01:53 You got me paying for shit.
01:55 Sometimes as a man, you feel like you're just that.
01:58 You just feel like you're just a sponsor.
01:59 And that's it.
02:00 Somebody that's just taking care of things until they figure out the next move or whatever
02:04 they trying to do.
02:05 And it's just like, "Dang, you got me paying for everything, and I'm over here giving you
02:08 my love and whatnot."
02:09 And for you, it's just that.
02:11 Like, ciao.
02:12 You got a two day trial before I take back my time and make you pay.
02:17 Third day trial before I made my mind, it is always.
02:21 Aye, trials and tribulations.
02:24 Ciao, ciao, ciao.
02:26 I feel like this is what it's like in love and relationships, you know?
02:29 You got two days before I'm like, "It's over."
02:32 And then the next you like, "Damn, man."
02:33 You got 30 days before I'm done with you.
02:36 She don't want Hallmark, she want A-Mass and I'm inclined.
02:41 Face card valid, no I never pressed decline.
02:44 Some girls just like, "Ah, it's cute to get a card for birthday.
02:47 I love you baby so much."
02:48 But really, they just want that credit card so they can go swipe and buy whatever they
02:51 want.
02:52 And I'm inclined.
02:53 Inclined, declined.
02:54 This is my favorite part of the song because it's like, "Dang, you ain't been in my house
03:06 in over a month."
03:07 You know, it took you a month to make it to my lobby.
03:09 It can't be Prime, and not just Prime, like Amazon Prime, but more so like, you know,
03:13 Prime is like a thing to, a word you use to describe something that's like, amazing.
03:17 And you know, return policy, it can't be mine.
03:19 I thought it was Prime, so you know, it's coming a month late.
03:23 This can't be my package right here.
03:24 Shout out to the horns at the end, the musicality of it, you know?
03:30 It just ended very strong.
03:31 You know, I didn't have to really do much over those horns.
03:34 That's my brother Charlie, he did his thing.
03:35 He heard the song, he loved the song, but he was like, "It needs something."
03:39 24 hours later, he's playing me some horns.
03:41 He's like, "Nah, you gonna love it."
03:42 And I hear it, I'm like, "I do love it."
03:44 So yeah, shout out to Charlie Heap.