Landon Barker’s LA Fight Might Be a PR Stunt for His New Song ‘Friends with Your EX’

It seems like Landon Barker’s fight with Joe Chavez is a promotion for his new song, ‘Friends With Your EX.’

On August 20, 2023, Barker had a fight with Chavez at a party in LA. The photos and videos of the fight went viral, but it was later deleted from social media. 

Both Barker and Chavez remained quiet for some time, but later, Chavez started talking about the altercation. He claimed that Barker’s friends riled him up and that it was about some girl.

He also added that he won the fight and landed punches on Barker. Since then, there have been many speculations going on about the fight and the reason behind it. 

Netizens believed that Charli D’Amelio, Barker’s girlfriend, was the subject of the fight as well. However, many thought the altercation was merely a PR stunt, probably to promote Barker’s new song.

Surprisingly, they were right.

Initially, Barker responded to Chavez on September 8, 2023, and threatened to release the video of the fight. He said so to prove that Chavez did not win the fight, but Barker did.

Since then, Chavez has not addressed anything regarding the altercation at the LA party. However, on September 13, 2023, Barker took to TikTok to address the altercation. 

He claimed that his life had changed a lot since the fight. He added that he had a lot of regrets about it, and one of them was not releasing the video sooner.

Landon Barker promoted his new song, ‘Friends With Your EX,’ claiming it to be the video of the fight.

Since he did not reveal the video sooner, “half of the world” thought he lost the fight. As a result, Barker made a decision to release the video. 

He claimed that the video was posted to the link he had on his TikTok bio. However, when clicked on that link, it led to the promotion of his new song, ‘Friends With Your EX.’

Barker then shared a snippet of the song on his TikTok as he lipsynced to it. “I close my eyes and I see you, it’s only you, I make mistakes but so do you, it’s what we do,” he sang. “I was friends with your ex, you were with him when we met.”

In another video shared by a netizen, more of the song was revealed. There, Barker sang, “I was friends with your ex, You were with him when we met, guess he hasn’t found out yet, but I know he’s gonna kill me when he sees me with you.”

Fans and followers of Barker were not surprised that he used the fight as a PR stunt to promote his new song. However, it looks like they are pretty impressed with the song.

While Barker has not provided any background or explanation for his new song, ‘Friends With Your EX,’ many believe it is about Chase Hudson, D’Amelio’s ex-boyfriend.

Hudson and D’Amelio used to be the “it couple” on TikTok. Their relationship was loved by all, but unfortunately, it did not last for long.

Before D’Amelio and Barker started dating, the latter used to be friends with Hudson.

D’Amelio and Barker were first confirmed to be dating in June 2022, more than two years after she and Hudson announced their breakup. However, there were rumors floating around the internet that D’Amelio cheated on Hudson with Barker and that the two were closest friends.

D’Amelio and Barker addressed the rumors in the season two finale of The D’Amelio Show. D’Amelio said, “I did not cheat on my ex-boyfriend, and they were not best friends… We have been broken up for so long. If people have a problem with that, that is not my fault. And I owe nothing to you.”

Barker added how he was not as close with Hudson as it seemed. “Me and Chase were friends. Obviously, it’s all love to Chase. I have nothing against him. But it wasn’t like we loved each other like brothers then I betrayed him. That’s not what happened,” he said.

While the lyrics of the song suggest that the song is about Hudson, neither Barker nor D’Amelio have confirmed it.