Be Runway

"2ON" served as the lead single and was released on 24 May 2019 alongside its music video.{{Cite web|title=Hackney DIY Pop Phenomenon Bree Runway Returns With '2ON'|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/hackney-diy-pop-phenomenon-bree-runway-returns-with-2on|website=Clash Magazine|date=24 May 2019 |language=en|access-date=2020-05-01}} Runway explained the meaning of the song on a Twitter post released the same day as the song. She stated "Every day we are told that we could be better, prettier, brighter – as if there’s something wrong with us in the first place? When I was younger, I couldn’t hack the amount of shade thrown at my skin tone from the playgrounds, to the boys at the bus stops after school that were equally as black to every TV show, every music video, every movie that insinuated MY black was not beautiful!”.{{Cite web|title=pic.twitter.com/VJrVEPmipf|url=https://twitter.com/breerunway/status/1131907708662308864|last=Runway ☆|first=･ﾟBree|date=2019-05-24|website=@breerunway|access-date=2020-05-03}} The song would be featured on Paper Magazine's Top 50 Songs of 2019 List.{{Cite web|title=PAPER's Top 50 Songs of 2019|url=https://www.papermag.com/paper-top-50-songs-2019-2641607112.html?rebelltitem=43#rebelltitem43?rebelltitem=43|date=2019-12-17|website=PAPER|language=en|access-date=2020-05-02}} "Big Racks" featuring American rapper Brooke Candy was released as the second single from the album on 5 July.{{Cite web|title=Bree Runway's 'Big Racks' Is An Oddball Flex|url=https://theinterns.net/2019/07/18/bree-runways-big-racks-oddball-flex/|date=2019-07-17|website=The Interns|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-01}} The accompanying music video would receive praise for its inclusion of touching upon racial discrimination in the workplace.{{Cite web|title=Look Out for Rising Pop Phenomenon, BREE RUNWAY, in 2020|url=https://www.southsonder.com/post/look-out-for-rising-pop-phenomenon-bree-runway-in-2020|last=Sonder|first=South|date=2020-01-01|website=SOUTH SONDER|language=en|access-date=2020-05-03}} On 2 August Bree Runway announced the EP's release date as well as the cover art and tracklist.{{Cite web|title=☆ Bree Runway 💿💧✨ on Instagram: "NEW MUSIC who dis!?!! my EP 'BE RUNWAY' out on the 16th of August!! YESSSIRRR 💿✨🔥"|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B0qL_1khhb8/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/B0qL_1khhb8 |archive-date=2021-12-26 |url-access=registration|website=Instagram|language=en|access-date=2020-05-01}}{{cbignore}} The EP was released on 16 August 2019. A music video for "All Night" was released on 21 August.{{Cite web|title=Bree Runway - All Night|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O51X3gEpLgg|last=|first=|date=|website=YouTube|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}

In an interview, Bree discussed the artwork for the EP stating, "(the) cover is half white and half black and that in itself is a message. I want you to be free and be yourself. The darker side of it (represents) the lengths people will go to become lighter and also to become more acceptable socially and in our workplaces. For the EP, I looked at the lengths we would go to damage ourselves because of society".{{Cite web|title='I was 9 when I first bleached my skin': Bree Runway on overcoming hate|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/body/article/48590/1/bree-runway-skin-bleaching-colourism-representation-music-dark-skin-women|date=2020-03-31|website=Dazed|language=en|access-date=2020-05-01}}

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{{Track listing

| headline = Be Runway{{Cite web|url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/115150762/credits|title=Try the TIDAL Web Player}}

| length2 = 2:20

| total_length = 13:44

| title_width = 30%

| writing_width = 40%

| extra_width = 40%

| title1 = 2ON

| lyrics1 = Brenda Mensah

| music1 = Max Grahn

| extra1 = {{hlist|Fat Max Gsus}}

| length1 = 2:55

| title2 = X2C

| lyrics2 = Mensah

| music2 = {{hlist|808Charmer|Johannes Burger|Kilian Wilke|Moon Willis}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|808Charmer|Killian & Jo|Willis}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| lyrics3 = Mensah

| music3 = {{hlist|Levi Gordon|808Charmer|Burger|Wilke|Willis}}

| title3 = All Night

| extra3 = {{hlist|808Charmer|Killian & Jo|Willis}}

| length3 = 3:39

| title4 = Big Racks

| note4 = featuring Brooke Candy

| lyrics4 = Mensah

| music4 = {{hlist|Gordon|Willis}}

| extra4 = Willis

| length4 = 3:05

| title5 = Relevant

| lyrics5 = Mensah

| music5 = Willis

| extra5 = Willis

| length5 = 1:45

| all_writing =

}}

Credits adapted from Tidal{{Cite web|url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/115150762/credits|title=Try the TIDAL Web Player}} and organized in alphabetical order by surname.

• Johannes Burger - songwriting {{small|(2, 3)}}
• Brooke Candy - featured artist {{small|(4)}}, additional vocals {{small|(4)}}
• Levi Gordon - songwriting {{small|(3)}}
• Max Grahn - songwriting {{small|(1)}}
• Fat Max Gsus - production,{{small|(1)}} songwriting {{small|(1)}}
• Michael Ilbert - mixing {{small|(1)}}
• Kilian & Jo - production {{small|(2)}}
• Dave Kutch - mastering {{small|(all tracks)}}
• Imani McFarlane - additional vocals {{small|(5)}}
• Todd Oliver-Fisherman - guitar {{small|(3)}}
• Will Reeves - mixing {{small|(3, 4)}}
• Raf Riley - mixing {{small|(2, 5)}}, associated performer {{small|(4)}}
• Bree Runway - lead vocals, {{small|(all tracks)}} songwriting {{small|(all tracks)}}
• Kilian Wilke - songwriting {{small|(2, 3)}}
• Moon Willis - production {{small|(2, 3, 4, 5)}}, songwriting {{small|(2, 3, 4, 5)}}
• 808Charmer - production {{small|(2, 3)}}, songwriting {{small|(2, 3)}}

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