| Be Real | |
| Cover: | BeReal-Phoebe Ryan.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Phoebe Ryan |
| Album: | James |
| Released: | September 8, 2017 |
| Recorded: | 2016 |
| Length: | 3:42 |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | Valley Girl |
| Prev Title: | Forgetting All About You |
| Prev Year: | 2017 |
| Next Title: | James Has Changed |
| Next Year: | 2017 |
"Be Real" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Phoebe Ryan. It was released on September 8, 2017, as the second single from her second extended play, James (2017).[1] Remixes for the single were released the same month.[2]
"Be Real" is a synth-pop and hip hop song with a length of three minutes and forty two seconds. The song lyrically talks about wanting honesty in a relationship that no longer feels genuine. The song was penned by Ryan, Kyle Shearer, and Nathaniel Campany, while Valley Girl handled the production of the song.
Ariella Kozin of We Are the Guard wrote that the song marks a "sweet spot that makes a hit song—it's vulnerable, but not without a glamorous mask."[3]