See You Again (Tyler, the Creator song)

Tyler, the Creator initially created the instrumental for the song in 2013, with his friend Hodgy Beats posting a snippet of it via Vine. This song was first recorded during a studio session in 2014 with Kali and Tyler.

Tyler, the Creator originally wrote the song for former One Direction member Zayn Malik, who turned it down. According to Tyler, Malik "flaked on studio time twice" and he kept the song for himself.^[5]

Upon release, the song peaked at number 13 on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 and failed to chart on the main Billboard Hot 100. However, in April 2023, the song went viral on TikTok, leading to its first ever appearance on the US Billboard Hot 100 at number 65 before the song reached a peak of number 44. It has also been considered Tyler, the Creator's most successful single to date.

The music video was directed by Tyler, the Creator under the alias of Wolf Haley and uploaded on YouTube on August 8, 2018. ASAP Rocky makes a cameo to the video, as well as Tyler Baudelaire, the alter ego later used for the promotion of Call Me If You Get Lost (2021).

In the opening scene, Tyler gets ready for another workday in the close quarters of an aircraft carrier, putting on a suit and eating breakfast while singing the first verse. Kali Uchis appears far away at sea singing the chorus on a rescue boat with other rowers, who jump off the boat near the end of the verse.^[6] The second verse shifts to Tyler on the top deck of the military ship, donning a yellow beret, while soldiers walk behind him. The scene also shows him jumping and walking atop the soldier's heads, with another person covered in shadows singing the pre-chorus while a man plays trumpet behind him. The scene then shifts to a figure covered in a ghost bed sheet, with the eyes poked out and a bucket hat. At the end of the video, the sheet is pulled off revealing the figure being made up of bees which fly towards the screen.^[7]