Boy's a Liar
{{Short description|2023 song by PinkPantheress}}
{{About||the second part |Boy's a Liar Pt. 2}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Boy's a Liar
| cover = PinkPantheress - Boy's a Liar.png
| alt = An old woman in a wheelchair on a sidewalk in front of a house wearing a black shirt with the text "Boy's a Liar"
| type = single
| artist = PinkPantheress
| EP = Take Me Home
| B-side = Do You Miss Me?
| released = 30 November 2022
| recorded =
| studio = Mura Masa's home studio
| genre = * Dance-pop
| length = 2:11
| label = Warner
| writer = * Victoria Walker
| producer = * PinkPantheress
- Mura Masa
| prev_title = Do You Miss Me?
| prev_year = 2022
| next_title = Take Me Home
| next_year = 2023
| misc = {{External music video|1={{YouTube|U_hj-wT3biU|"Boy's a Liar"}}|header=Audio video|type=single}}
}}
"Boy's a Liar" is a song by British singer PinkPantheress. Released on 30 November 2022 through Warner Records as a single, it was later included on her extended play, Take Me Home, in February 2023. Written and produced by her and Mura Masa, the song is a dance-pop, bubblegum pop, and synth-pop song with a Jersey club beat, elements of chiptune, lo-fi and hyperpop, and lyrics about feeling inadequate in a relationship. It gained traction on TikTok soon after its release and later peaked at number two in the UK, Ireland, and Australia. A remix of the song, retitled "Boy's a Liar Pt. 2", featuring American rapper Ice Spice, was released through Parlophone Records, Elektra Records, and 3EE on 3 February 2023 as the lead single from PinkPantheress' debut album Heaven Knows.
Both "Boy's a Liar" and its remix received positive reviews from critics. The remix was commercially successful, reaching number three on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming the first top-10 on the chart for both PinkPantheress and Ice Spice and the first chart entry for PinkPantheress. It was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The song also reached number three on the Billboard Global 200, and globally, reached number one in New Zealand and number two in Canada. A music video for the remix, directed by George and Frederick Buford, shows PinkPantheress and Ice Spice together in various locations throughout New York City.
The work was nominated for PRS for Music Most Performed Work Ivor Novello Award on Thursday 23 May 2024.{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Mark |date=2024-04-23 |title=Nominations announced for The Ivors with Amazon Music 2024 |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/news/nominations-announced-for-the-ivors-with-amazon-music-2024/ |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}
Original version
= Background and composition=
Prior to the release of "Boy's a Liar", English singer PinkPantheress found success on TikTok and with the release of her debut mixtape To Hell with It. Record producer Mura Masa, who had previously produced PinkPantheress's 2021 single "Just for Me", produced "Boy's a Liar" at the studio in Mura Masa's garden at home, where the two had been spending time together due to their living close to one another. The song was made in about two hours. After PinkPantheress released the Kaytranada-produced "Do You Miss Me?" in early November 2022, "Boy's a Liar" was released through Warner Records on 30 November 2022 and later included on her extended play Take Me Home, released in December 2022.{{cite magazine |last1=Brandle |first1=Lars |title=PinkPantheress Challenges Miley Cyrus For U.K. No. 1 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/pinkpantheress-challenges-miley-cyrus-uk-singles-chart-1235256629/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=25 February 2023 |date=21 February 2023}}{{cite web |title=25 New Songs Out Today |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/25-new-songs-out-today-43/ |website=BrooklynVegan |access-date=25 February 2023 |date=30 November 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Darville |first1=Jordan |title=PinkPantheress shares new song "Boy's a liar" |url=https://www.thefader.com/2022/11/30/pinkpantheress-boys-a-liar |website=The Fader |access-date=24 February 2023 |date=30 November 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Caraan |first1=Sophie |title=PinkPantheress and Ice Spice Earn First Top 10 Hit on Global 200 With "Boy's a Liar, Pt. 2" |url=https://hypebeast.com/2023/2/pinkpantheress-ice-spice-boys-a-liar-pt-2-no-4-billboard-global-200-chart |website=Hypebeast |access-date=24 February 2023 |date=21 February 2023}} It became popular on TikTok, where it soundtracked over 760,000 videos {{As of|lc=y|February 2023}}.
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"Boy's a Liar" runs for two minutes and 11 seconds.{{cite web |last1=Munzenrieder |first1=Kyle |title=We, as a Society, Need to Get Ice Spice & PinkPantheress to #1 |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/ice-spice-pink-pantheress-boys-a-liar-number-one-campaign |website=W |access-date=24 February 2023 |language=en |date=22 February 2023}} It is a dance-pop,{{cite web |last1=D'Souza |first1=Shaad |title=PinkPantheress: Take Me Home EP |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/pinkpantheress-take-me-home-ep/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=24 February 2023 |date=4 January 2023}} bubblegum pop,{{cite web |last1=Ritchie |first1=Matthew |title=PinkPantheress / Ice Spice: "Boy's a Liar Pt. 2" |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/pink-pantheress-ice-spice-boys-a-liar-pt-2/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=24 February 2023 |date=3 February 2023}} and synth-pop{{cite magazine |last1=Unterberger |first1=Andrew |title='Boy's a Liar' Co-Producer Mura Masa Didn't Even Know About Ice Spice's Verse Until It Hit TikTok |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/mura-masa-ice-spice-pink-pantheress-boys-a-liar-song-1235260431/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=8 March 2023 |date=28 February 2023}} song with elements of chiptune and hyperpop.{{cite web |last1=Breihan |first1=Tom |title=Watch Ice Spice Perform "Boy's A Liar Pt. 2" Live For The First Time At Rolling Loud |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2215928/watch-ice-spice-perform-boys-a-liar-pt-2-live-for-the-first-time-at-rolling-loud/news/ |website=Stereogum |access-date=9 March 2023 |date=6 March 2023}} It was written and produced by PinkPantheress and Mura Masa;{{cite web |last1=Campbell |first1=Erica |title=PinkPantheress: "I don't care about the beats, I care about the pen" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/pinkpantheress-cover-interview-2023-take-me-home-ep-3390837 |website=NME |access-date=24 February 2023 |date=3 February 2023}} on it, PinkPantheress sings with "plush and quiet" vocals about her insecurities with feeling unattractive to her partner due to the male gaze.{{cite web |last1=Savage |first1=Mark |title=PinkPantheress on chart success, Ice Spice and hearing loss: 'I did my mourning already' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64957515 |website=BBC News |access-date=25 April 2023 |date=16 March 2023}} PinkPantheress based it
on a real relationship with a man who "ended up being a liar after the song came out" and who she threatened to put a hex on.{{cite web |last1=Chelosky |first1=Danielle |title=PinkPantheress' 'Boys A Liar' Predicted A Future Liar In Her Life |url=https://uproxx.com/music/pinkpantheress-boys-a-liar-future-liar/ |website=Uproxx |access-date=20 March 2023 |date=15 March 2023}} She also likened the song's theme to "that feeling that someone's only interested in you when you look good", while Mura Masa described the song as an expression of both artists' "borderline-misandrist tendencies". Its lo-fi{{cite web |last1=Wickes |first1=Jade |last2=Pometsey |first2=Olive |last3=Reed |first3=Davy |title=The best new tracks, picked by our staff |url=https://theface.com/music/spotify-playlist-ice-spice-pink-pantheress-review-boys-a-liar-yves-tumor-p-rallel-nia-archives |website=The Face |access-date=9 March 2023 |date=6 February 2023}} production features a Jersey club beat, kick drums, and 8-bit synths, and ends with a squeaking sound typically used in Jersey club songs.{{cite web |last1=Kornhaber |first1=Spencer |title=The Pulse of Pop Music Is Changing |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2023/03/pinkpanthress-ice-spice-boys-a-liar-pt-2-song/673286/ |website=The Atlantic |access-date=6 March 2023 |date=4 March 2023}} The drums were inspired by the increasing popularity of Jersey and Baltimore club music in popular music in 2023 with songs like Lil Uzi Vert's 2022 song "Just Wanna Rock".{{cite web |last1=McKinney |first1=Jessica |title=Call It 'Cute Core': Producer Mura Masa Breaks Down 'Boy's A Liar Pt. 2' |url=https://www.complex.com/music/mura-masa-pinkpantheress-ice-spice-boys-a-liar-backstory |website=Complex |access-date=20 March 2023 |date=16 March 2023}}
=Reception and commercial performance=
Shaad D'Souza of Pitchfork called "Boy's a Liar" "one of PinkPantheress' strongest tracks" and the only song on Take Me Home that "really holds its own against PinkPantheress' most indelible hits" as PinkPantheress was "step[ping] fully into the pop star role that she's been trying on over the past year". After spending 10 weeks on the UK Singles Chart, "Boy's a Liar" peaked at number two on the chart dated 24 February 2023.{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Carl |title=Miley Cyrus reigns at Number 1 for a sixth consecutive week with Flowers |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/miley-cyrus-reigns-at-number-1-for-a-sixth-consecutive-week-with-flowers__38602/ |website=Official Charts Company |access-date=25 February 2023 |date=24 February 2023}} It also peaked at number two on the ARIA Charts.{{cite magazine |last1=Brandle |first1=Lars |title=Pink Powers to No. 1 On Australia's Chart With 'Trustfall' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/pink-no-1-australia-aria-chart-trustfall-1235260026/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=25 February 2023 |date=24 February 2023}}
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=Certifications=
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "Boy's a Liar"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=2022|certyear=2023|id=2023-08-07|access-date=4 August 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=single|award=Platinum|number=5|artist=PinkPantheress|title=Boy's a Liar|relyear=2022|certyear=2025|access-date=21 January 2025}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|award=Platinum|number=3|artist=PinkPantheress|title=Boy's a Liar|relyear=2022|certyear=2024|source=radioscope|access-date=25 January 2025}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|type=single|award=Platinum|artist=PinkPantheress|title=Boy's a Liar|relyear=2022|certyear=2025|access-date=25 January 2025}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|award=Platinum|number=2|artist=PinkPantheress|title=Boy's A Liar|relyear=2022|certyear=2025|id=18772-5874-1|access-date=28 March 2025}}
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"Boy's a Liar Pt. 2"
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{{Infobox song
| name = Boy's a Liar Pt. 2
| alt = Cover art for "Boy's a Liar Pt. 2": PinkPantheress and Ice Spice on a balcony, looking to their left
| type = single
| artist = PinkPantheress and Ice Spice
| B-side = Boy's a Liar
| album = Heaven Knows
| released = 3 February 2023
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = * Dance-pop
| length = 2:11
| label = * Parlophone
| writer = * Victoria Walker
| producer = * PinkPantheress
- Mura Masa
| chronology = PinkPantheress
| prev_title = Way Back
| prev_year = 2023
| title = Boy's a Liar Pt. 2
| next_title = Turn Your Phone Off
| next_year = 2023
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Ice Spice
| type = single
| prev_title = In Ha Mood
| prev_year = 2023
| title = Boy's a Liar Pt. 2
| year = 2023
| next_title = Princess Diana
| next_year = 2023
}}
{{External music video|1={{YouTube|oftolPu9qp4|"Boy's a Liar Pt. 2"}}|type=single}}
{{Audio sample
| type = single
| file = PinkPantheress, Ice Spice - Boy's a liar Pt. 2.ogg
}}
}}
=Background=
A remix of "Boy's a Liar", titled "Boy's a Liar Pt. 2", came about after Ice Spice followed PinkPantheress on Instagram and PinkPantheress sent her a direct message saying that she would like to meet up if Ice Spice was ever in the UK, to which Ice Spice replied that she was a fan of hers. After Ice Spice posted the original version of "Boy's a Liar" on her Instagram story, PinkPantheress replied asking to collaborate, hoping to "culturally{{nbsp}}... stamp this song into [2023]". PinkPantheress used the stems of the instrumental by Mura Masa, who was uninvolved in the remix, to produce the remix. "Boy's a Liar Pt. 2" was released on 3 February 2023 through Parlophone, Elektra Records, and 3EE as the lead single of PinkPantheress's debut studio album Heaven Knows.{{cite magazine |last1=Rys |first1=Dan |title=How the Push for a 'Longer Story' Launched PinkPantheress & Ice Spice Into the Hot 100's Top 5 |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/how-pinkpantheress-ice-spice-boys-a-liar-hot-100-hit/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=25 February 2023 |date=24 February 2023}}{{cite magazine |last1=Zellner |first1=Xander |title=Hot 100 First-Timers: PinkPantheress Arrives With Ice Spice Collab 'Boy's a Liar, Pt. 2' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/pinkpantheress-hot-100-first-timers-ice-spice-boys-a-liar-1235254262/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=25 February 2023 |date=14 February 2023}}
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"Boy's a Liar Pt. 2" is largely the same as the original song with the exception of the second verse, which is replaced by an additional verse from Ice Spice. In contrast with PinkPantheress's "timid fragility", Ice Spice raps with a "raspy voice"{{cite web |last1=McKinney |first1=Jessica |title=The Best New Music This Week: Lil Keed, GloRilla, JID, and More |url=https://www.complex.com/music/best-new-music-this-week-lil-keed-glorilla-jid |website=Complex |access-date=25 February 2023 |date=4 February 2023}} and a "collected, indifferent delivery"{{cite web |last1=Harris |first1=LaTesha |title=PinkPantheress (feat. Ice Spice), 'Boy's a liar Pt. 2' |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/now-playing/2023/02/21/1158488870/pinkpantheress-feat-ice-spice-boys-a-liar-pt-2 |via=NPR |access-date=24 February 2023 |date=21 February 2023}} about a deceitful lover who is already in a relationship.{{cite web |last1=Hopper |first1=Alex |title=Listen: PinkPantheress and Ice Spice Share New Remix "Boy's a Liar Pt. 2" |url=https://americansongwriter.com/listen-pinkpantheress-and-ice-spice-share-new-remix-boys-a-liar-pt-2/ |website=American Songwriter |access-date=25 February 2023 |date=3 February 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Lynch |first1=Jack |date=3 February 2023 |title=PinkPantheress Taps Ice Spice for "Boys a Liar Pt. 2" Remix |url=https://hypebeast.com/2023/2/pinkpanthress-ice-spice-boys-a-liar-remix |access-date=24 February 2023 |website=Hypebeast}} She ends her verse by "drop[ping] her invulnerable posture", rapping, "But I don't sleep enough without you/And I can't eat enough without you".
=Music video, promotion, and live performances=
The music video for "Boy's a Liar Pt. 2" was directed by George Buford and Frederick Buford and filmed in the middle of January 2023 throughout New York City, including on the rooftop of a Harlem apartment building, on a fire escape, and on a subway car. "Boy's a Liar Pt. 2" was promoted by Warner by getting social media influencers, including livestreamers, to make reaction videos to the song. Two mannequins dressed as Ice Spice and PinkPantheress were also placed on a rooftop in Central London in front of graffiti reading "LIAR" in early March 2023 in promotion of the song; a group of TikTok users stole the mannequin of Ice Spice from the display later that month.{{cite web |last1=Gatewood |first1=Peyton |title=Someone Stole Ice Spice's Mannequin in London |url=https://www.papermag.com/ice-spice-mannequin-2659579646.html#rebelltitem2 |website=Paper |access-date=20 March 2023 |date=10 March 2023}} Ice Spice performed "Boy's a Liar Pt. 2" live for the first time during her performance at Rolling Loud California in March 2023.{{cite web |last1=Armstrong |first1=Megan |title=Ice Spice Just Performed 'Boy's A Liar Pt. 2' Live For The First Time |url=https://uproxx.com/music/rolling-loud-california-ice-spice-boys-a-liar-pt-2/ |website=Uproxx |access-date=9 March 2023 |date=6 March 2023}} PinkPantheress also performed "Boy's a Liar" during a critically derided set at South by Southwest in 2023.{{cite web |last1=DeVille |first1=Chris |title=PinkPantheress Accused Of 'Quiet Quitting' Her Sole SXSW Performance |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2217299/pinkpantheress-accused-of-quiet-quitting-her-sole-sxsw-performance/news/ |website=Stereogum |access-date=20 March 2023 |date=17 March 2023}} “Boys A Liar Pt. 2” is featured on Just Dance+.
=Commercial performance=
"Boy's a Liar Pt. 2" debuted at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on 17 February 2023. It became Mura Masa and PinkPantheress's first entries on the Hot 100. The following week, the song rose to number four on the chart, marking the first top-10 entry on the chart for both Ice Spice and PinkPantheress.{{cite web |last1=Garcia |first1=Thania |title=Ice Spice and PinkPantheress Crack the Top 10, Miley Cyrus' 'Flowers' Holds at No. 1 For Fifth Week |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/ice-spice-pinkpantheress-miley-cyrus-charts-1235530258/ |website=Variety |access-date=24 February 2023 |date=22 February 2023}} It was the first duet between two artists making their top-10 debut to reach the top-10 in two weeks or less since "Calling My Phone" by Lil Tjay and 6lack debuted at number three in February 2021.{{cite magazine |last1=Trust |first1=Gary |title=Miley Cyrus' 'Flowers' Tops Hot 100 for Fifth Week, PinkPantheress & Ice Spice Surge to Top 10 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/miley-cyrus-flowers-number-1-hot-100-fifth-week-1235256842/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=24 February 2023 |date=21 February 2023}} It peaked at number three the next week. The song since, as of 2024, has been PinkPantheress's only entry on the chart. The song also debuted at number 15 on the Billboard Global 200 chart, where it peaked at number three two weeks after its debut.{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-global-200/?rank=3 | title=Billboard Global 200 | magazine=Billboard }} Elsewhere, it topped the chart in New Zealand and peaked at number two in Canada.{{cite web |last1=Ryan |first1=Gavin |title=PinkPantheress & Ice Spice Edge Closer To The Top Of Australia's Singles Chart |url=https://themusic.com.au/news/chartifacts-6-march-2023/4ARe8vX09_Y/06-03-23 |website=The Music |access-date=11 March 2023 |date=6 March 2023}} "Boy's a Liar Pt. 2" was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).{{cite web |last1=Allah |first1=Sha Be |title=Ice Spice Drops 'Pretty Girl (With Rema)", Appears As First Guest On 'SNL' 2023 Season Tonight |url=https://thesource.com/2023/10/13/ice-spice-drops-pretty-girlwith-rema-appears-as-first-guest-on-snl-2023-season-tonight/ |website=The Source |access-date=22 November 2023 |date=13 October 2023}}
=Critical reception=
For NPR, Hazel Cills wrote that "Boy's a Liar Pt. 2" "encapsulated everything PinkPantheress does best: sweet and salty minimalist pop with a deep emotional core at close listen", while LaTesha Harris praised it as "never overstay[ing] its welcome", calling Ice Spice's verse "hilarious".{{cite web |last1=Cills |first1=Hazel |title=PinkPantheress, IRL |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/11/08/1211350765/pinkpantheress-heaven-knows-profile |publisher=NPR |access-date=November 22, 2023 |date=November 8, 2023}} Alex Hudson of Exclaim! wrote that "Boy's a Liar Pt. 2" had an "incredible" hook and a "stripped-down magic" that "easily outshines the rest of [Heaven Knows] despite being far simpler in every way"; Clash{{'}}s Amrit Virdi called it "a wholesome and fun ending to the record".{{cite web |last1=Hudson |first1=Alex |title=PinkPantheress Spreads Her Wings on 'Heaven knows' |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/pinkpantheress_heaven_knows_album_review |website=Exclaim! |access-date=22 November 2023 |date=10 November 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Virdi |first1=Amrit |title=PinkPantheress - Heaven Knows |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/pinkpantheress-heaven-knows/ |website=Clash |access-date=22 November 2023 |date=10 November 2023}} For Dork, Abigail Firth wrote that adding the song to the end of the album was "unnecessary" and "the only part of Heaven Knows that feels like an afterthought".{{cite web |last1=Firth |first1=Abigail |title=PinkPantheress – Heaven knows |url=https://readdork.com/albums/pinkpantheress-heaven-knows/ |website=Dork |access-date=22 November 2023 |date=8 November 2023}} For Pitchfork, Matthew Ritchie called "Boy's a Liar Pt. 2" "an impeccable team-up from a baddie and her baddie friend" and Colin Joyce described it as "a pillowy, pastel-hued club cut" that "represented PinkPantheress pushing at the boundaries of her ambition".{{cite web |last1=Joyce |first1=Colin |title=PinkPantheress: Heaven knows |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/pink-pantheress-heaven-knows/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=22 November 2023 |date=10 November 2023}} Complex{{'}}s Joe Price wrote that "Ice Spice effortlessly blends into the track on the remix" and Stereogum{{'}}s Tom Breihan wrote that the song "works" and that there was "something really fun about the idea of PinkPantheress and Ice Spice making music together".{{cite web |last1=Price |first1=Joe |title=Ice Spice Links With PinkPantheress in Video for "Boy's a Liar Pt. 2" |url=https://www.complex.com/music/ice-spice-pinkpantheress-boys-a-liar-pt-2 |website=Complex |access-date=24 February 2023 |date=4 February 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Breihan |first1=Tom |title=PinkPantheress Teams Up With Ice Spice On "Boy's A Liar Pt. 2": Listen |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2212650/pinkpantheress-boys-a-liar-pt-2-feat-ice-spice/music/ |website=Stereogum |access-date=24 February 2023 |language=en |date=3 February 2023}} Spencer Kornhaber of The Atlantic wrote that "Boy's a Liar Pt. 2" was "undeniably catchy and yet feels as fleeting as a mild dream" and that what was "most remarkable about the song" was "its featherweight feeling". For Vulture, Reanna Cruz wrote that "Boy's a Liar Pt. 2" "serves as a bridge between the hack-iness of sped-up trend hopping and genuine artistic needle-pushing".{{cite web |last1=Cruz |first1=Reanna |title=The Rise of the Sped-Up Remix |url=https://www.vulture.com/2023/03/sped-up-remix-pinkpantheress-sza.html |website=Vulture |access-date=9 March 2023 |date=8 March 2023}} Paul Simpson of AllMusic praised the song as a "joyous dance-pop delight".{{cite web |last1=Simpson |first1=Paul |title=PinkPantheress - Heaven Knows Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/heaven-knows-mw0004121541 |website=AllMusic |access-date=22 November 2023 |date=10 November 2023}}
Rolling Stone, Vulture, The Week, and American Songwriter considered the absence of "Boy's a Liar Pt. 2" from the nominations for the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, particularly in the Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist (for PinkPantheress) categories, to be a snub.{{cite magazine |last1=Gee |first1=Andre |last2=Hudak |first2=Joseph |last3=Ihaza |first3=Jeff |last4=Lopez |first4=Julyssa |title=Grammys 2024's Biggest Snubs: Peso Pluma, Gunna, PinkPantheress |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/grammy-snubs-peso-pluma-country-hip-hop-1234874351/lucinda-williams-gets-ignored-1234874369/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=16 November 2023 |date=10 November 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Curto |first1=Justin |title=The Snubs and Surprises of the 2024 Grammy Nominations |url=https://www.vulture.com/2023/11/grammy-nominations-2024-snubs-surprises.html |website=Vulture |access-date=16 November 2023 |date=10 November 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Morrow |first1=Brendan |title=The biggest snubs and surprises of the 2024 Grammy nominations |url=https://theweek.com/culture-life/music/2024-grammy-nominations-snubs-surprises#section-snub-no-pinkpantheress-sabrina-carpenter-or-renee-rapp-for-best-new-artist |website=The Week |access-date=16 November 2023 |date=11 November 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Galindo |first1=Thomas |title=4 Artists Snubbed from the 2024 Grammy Nominations |url=https://americansongwriter.com/4-artists-snubbed-from-the-2024-grammy-nominations/ |website=American Songwriter |access-date=16 November 2023 |date=10 November 2023}}
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=Certifications=
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|artist=PinkPantheress & Ice Spice|title=Boy's A Liar Pt. 2|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2023|certyear=2023|access-date=13 December 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=PinkPantheress|title=Boy's a Liar Pt. 2 (ft. Ice Spice)|award=Platinum|number=3|type=single|relyear=2023|certyear=2023|access-date=8 August 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|artist=PinkPantheress & Ice Spice|title=Boy's a Liar Pt. 2|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2023|certyear=2024|id=13474|access-date=1 February 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|artist=PinkPantheress & Ice Spice|title=Boy's a Liar Pt. 2|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2023|certyear=2023|access-date=27 September 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|artist=PinkPantheress & Ice Spice|title=Boy's a Liar Pt. 2|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2023|certyear=2024|id=13090|access-date=2 September 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|artist=PinkPantheress & Ice Spice|title=Boy's a Liar Pt. 2|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2023|certyear=2023|access-date=8 November 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Portugal|artist=PinkPantheress & Ice Spice|title=Boy's a Liar Pt. 2|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2023|certyear=2023|id=file_2023-05-30-16-48-38.pdf|access-date=23 June 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=PinkPantheress, Ice Spice|title=Boy's a Liar Pt. 2|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2023|certyear=2023|access-date=19 May 2023}}
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