"Eastside" is a song by American record producer Benny Blanco and American singers Halsey and Khalid. The song was released on July 12, 2018, as Blanco's debut single, and the lead single from his debut studio album Friends Keep Secrets.
Composition
Sheet music for "Eastside" shows the key of F minor, with a tempo of 89 beats per minute and a chord progression of Fm–E–A–D–E. The song is musically based around a "hazily" plucked guitar riff. ==Release==
Release
Blanco premiered the song on July 12 on the Beats 1 station on Apple Music, in an interview with Zane Lowe. The song was then released for streaming and as a download, and the music video was released on the same day. ==Live performances==
Live performances
Blanco, Halsey, and Khalid performed the song at the American Music Awards of 2018, with a "bedroom setting". Halsey also performed "Eastside" solo on her 2018 tour. In February 2019, Halsey performed the entire song live on Saturday Night Live. During her performance of the song, she painted an upside-down portrait of a woman's head on the floor of the stage. ==Copyright infringement lawsuit==
Copyright infringement lawsuit
In May 2021 a lawsuit for copyright infringement was filed against Blanco and the other co-writers of "Eastside" by the band American XO alleging that the guitar riff that forms the basis of "Eastside" was copied from their 2015 song "Loveless." The Lawsuit contains an audio comparison, referred to as "Exhibit A" of the two songs being played simultaneously that allegedly shows the similarities between the main riff of "Eastside" and the guitar hook for "Loveless." ==Charts==