Landon Barker Talks Singing About His Relationship With Charli D'Amelio on 'Friends With Your Ex'

Landon Barker opened up about bringing his personal life into his music.

The 20-year-old musician’s new single “Friends With Your Ex” draws parallels between his relationship with Charli D’Amelio. Them getting together caused some drama with Charli‘s ex and Landon‘s friend Chase Hudson, aka HUDDY.

In a new interview, Landon opened up about creating the song and why he decided to release it.

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“I wasn’t planning on writing a song about my situation,” he told People. “In fact, I was just kind of going with the same subjects that I feel like most people go to whether that’s heartbreak, falling in love or whatever it is. And Nick [Long, one of Machine Gun Kelly's collaborators] was like, ‘Why don’t you contribute your life to a song and add some aspects of your life into a song?’

He continued, saying that he agreed. The song came together naturally from there.

After hearing the song, Charli mused that her boyfriend could “never put that out” because it had the potential to cause some major drama with HUDDY. Was Landon also worried about that?

His answer was two-fold.

“Yes, because I don’t want to attract negativity, and that’s not what the song’s about,” he said. But, “no, because at the end of the day, I’m just expressing myself through music, and I think she understands that.”

Check out the song’s music video, which stars Charli.