Bye (Peso Pluma song)

Upon release, the song received mostly positive reviews from Spanish-speaking media. The Regueton.com site published: "“Bye” is yet another example of his talent and versatility (of Peso Pluma), consolidating his position as one of the most outstanding figures within the Corridos Tumbados genre".[5] The Mexican newspaper Milenio called it a "heartbreak" song.[6] the Spanish digital newspaper Okdiario named it as "his most sincere and personal song" describing it as: "much more intimate and with a slower melody than his previous releases".[7] Lucía Coca from the site Los 40 Urban expressed: "Bye talks about a breakup, and he does it with cutting verses and lyrics loaded with pain and a lot of emotion" concluding that "it could become a ballad completely different from the others".[4]

On its opening day, the song received close to 5 million views on YouTube and entered the global top 200 on Spotify at number 92 with 1.5 million streams on that platform, which was the fastest growing song in streaming that day.[8] Due to this, it was in the first places of trends in different social networks.[9] The song debuted at number 53 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart the week of June 4,[10] marking the ninth entry to that list and extending his record as the Mexican soloist with the most entries to it. It also debuted at number 56 on the Global 200.[11]

Musically, the song is a lying down corrido with arrangements of sierreña music and the sound of the bajo sexto and trumpet that characterizes the singer.[12] Lyrically, it talks about a love break between two people who hurt each other.[8][13] The lyrics includes, "Bye / Mejor sigue tu camino / Mientras fumo y tomo vino / Que estar contigo ya no me convino / Bye / Y ya me da igual que la neta / Me distraigo con princesas / Y a mi tus besos ya no me interesan / Bye".