Vyzee
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{{Infobox song
| name = Vyzee
| cover = Vyzee.jpg
| alt = A curved green plastic slide, shadow underneath, depicted over a clean white background.
| border = yes
| type = single
| artist = Sophie
| album = Product
| A-side = "MSMSMSM"
| released = {{Start date|2015|11|24|df=y}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Hyperpop
| length = 3:23
| label = Numbers
| writer = Sophie Xeon
| producer = Sophie Xeon
| prev_title = L.O.V.E.
| prev_year = 2015
| next_title = It's Okay to Cry
| next_year = 2017
}}
"Vyzee" is a song recorded by the British musician Sophie, released on 24 November 2015 as the eighth and final single from her only compilation album Product (2015).
Background and release
Sophie announced her compilation album Product on 30 September 2015, to contain four previously released tracks—"Bipp", "Elle", "Lemonade", and "Hard"—and four new ones.{{Cite web |last=Geffen |first=Sasha |date=2015-09-30 |title=Sophie announces singles collection Product, shares 'MSMSMSM' -- listen |url=https://consequence.net/2015/09/sophie-announces-singles-collection-product-shares-msmsmsm-listen/ |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=Consequence |language=en}} Following the release of "MSMSMSM", "Just Like We Never Said Goodbye" and "L.O.V.E.", "Vyzee" was the final single to be released off the album on 24 November 2015, three days before its official release.{{Cite web |last=Joyce |first=Colin |date=2015-11-24 |title=Sophie shares watery, elastic single 'Vyzee' |url=https://www.spin.com/2015/11/sophie-vyzee-single-stream/ |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=Spin}}{{Cite web |last=Keith |first=James |date=November 24, 2015 |title=Sophie shares new track 'Vyzee' |url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/james-keith/sophie-vyzee |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=Complex |language=en-us}} "Vyzee" was first played at Sophie's Boiler Room set in 2014 and had since received a cult following.{{Cite web |last=Mr. P |date=November 24, 2015 |title=Sophie announces 2016 tour with QT, drops final single off Product |url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/news/sophie-announces-2016-tour-qt-drops-final-single |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=Tiny Mix Tapes |language=en}} The song was released on vinyl as the B-side to "MSMSMSM"; Numbers reissued it in 2019.{{Cite web |last=Reid |first=Mike |date=October 23, 2019 |title=Sophie reissues Product singles on vinyl, can make you feel better |url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/news/sophie-reissues-product-singles-vinyl |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=Tiny Mix Tapes |language=en}}
== Composition and reception ==
Sophie Walker of The Forty-Five defined it as hyperpop. James Keith of Complex called it "maximalist '90s dance-pop". Keith said that the song "hits all the usual Sophie buttons—jaunty melody, tongue-in-cheek vocal sample, hard percussion ... there's also a faint hint of bassline, most noticeably in the helter-skelter melody".
Mr. P of Tiny Mix Tapes called it a "bouncy, effervescent, squishy, bubbly, fizzy, vivacious little banger". Colin Joyce of Spin called it "watery", "elastic" and "plasticine", "fulfilling the melting pop promises" of the three previous Product singles. According to Joyce, "on this one, the glow stick has finally popped — spewing its luminous innards everywhere", and that, like Sophie's song "Bipp", the song "makes its overtures ambivalent". Keith said: "A typically skewed take on pop music, the producer's sonic weirdness doesn't show any signs of getting tired any time soon".
The New York Times ranked it as the 8th best song of the year.{{Cite web |last=Pareles |first=Jon |last2=Ratliff |first2=Ben |last3=Caramanica |first3=Jon |last4=Chinen |first4=Nate |date=2015-12-15 |title=The best songs of 2015 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/15/arts/music/the-best-songs-of-2015.html |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=The New York Times |language=en-US}} Walker named it the fifth best hyperpop song of all time, saying that "Vyzee" "is the exploding plastic inevitable—a cheerleading rally to the hilt, popping frothing like a can of cola shaken to the limit".{{Cite web |last=Walker |first=Sophie |date=2021-02-10 |title=The 45 best hyperpop songs of all time |url=https://thefortyfive.com/opinion/best-hyperpop-songs-ever/ |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=The Forty-Five |language=en-GB}}
Charts
In 2021, the "MSMSMSM / Vyzee" vinyl appeared at the Official Physical Singles Chart and the Official Vinyl Singles Chart.{{Cite web |date=2021-02-11 |title=Sophie |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/53753/sophie/ |access-date=2024-07-04 |publisher=Official Charts Company |language=en}}
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Chart performance for "MSMSMSM / Vyzee" !scope="col"|Chart (2021) !scope="col"|Peak |
| scope="row" |UK Physical Singles Chart (OCC)
|11 |
|---|
| scope="row" |UK Vinyl Singles Chart (OCC)
|6 |