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The Ghost~Pop Tape
Mixtape by Devon Hendryx
Released	September 3, 2013
Recorded	2012 - 2013
Studio	St. Charles (Osaka, Japan) Devon Hendryx's home studio
Genre	Experimental, Ambient, Avant-garde, Hip-hop, Soul, Ghost-Pop
Length	52:43
Label	Self-released
Producer	Devon Hendryx
JPEGMafia chronology
❤ (Heart Emoji) (2012) The Ghost~Pop Tape (2013) Communist Slow Jams (2015)
Singles from The Ghost~Pop Tape
"Call Me Maybe" Released: February 18, 2013 "Sexy Boy" Released: February 28, 2013 "Air Guitar / HBK" Released: March 24, 2013

The Ghost~Pop Tape (stylized in all caps) is the fifth mixtape by American rapper Devon Hendryx. It was released officially on September 3, 2013 on Devon's website, and later made available on his Bandcamp page on October 22, 2013..

Background and recording

As a result of general lack of success of his music and various personal factors, JPEGMAFIA went into a depressive episode for the span of several years. However, he continued to make music in this time, even able to collaborate with other artists. Work on this project started sometime in 2012 with one of the earliest songs recorded for this album, "ODB", was recorded live on May 17, 2012.

Release and promotion

The mixtape originally released as a movie on August 12, 2013 as "1989年10月22日 GenY⁵" on Vimeo & later XVideos, containing early versions and snippets of songs from the mixtape & songs from both "JoeChillWorld" & "The Rockwood Escape Plan" respectively

The mixtape was released on September 3, 2013 as "GenY⁵" on Devon's "geny89.com" website and later released officially on October 22, 2013 as "Ghost~Pop OST" (stylized in all caps). This album would get a few more revisions in December 2013 and January 2014, until March 2014 where the album would be revised three times in the span of two days. The latter of these updates is referred to as the "Ben Yuddha" version, named after an alias that Devon went by for a short period of time. This lost version would contains a completely different version of the album, released only as separate singles.

On December 31, 2019, Devon, now going by JPEGMafia at this point, would re-release this project with included bonus tracks. Later, on October 23, 2023, Peggy would release a remastered version of the project with completely new mixing.

Track Listing

All tracks written by Devon Hendryx, except when noted. All tracks produced by Devon Hendryx.

GenY⁵ Tracklist

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ballad of a Poor Man"		3:14
2.	"Heart Emoji"		1:27
3.	"HBK"	Jim Johnston	2:59
4.	"Violent Fighting To Come Again!"		0:27
5.	"Behold! a Pale Horse"		3:52
6.	"M.U.G.E.N"		1:37
7.	"[Missing image file_ maladaptivedaydreaming.gif]"		2:34
8.	"Untitled¹"		0:52
9.	"God Bless My Homegirls"		5:21
10.	"Porn for Percussion"		2:13
11.	"Untitled²"		2:19
12.	"Neon Kitchen⁴"		5:01
13.	"Call Me Maybe" (Cover)	Carly Rae Jepsen, Josh Ramsay, Tavish Crowe	6:04
14.	"Pussy #3"		1:46
15.	"Bubblegum Crisis"		3:33
16.	"O Superman"		2:11
17.	"Untitled³"		2:03
18.	"ODB" (Recorded Live @ Central Station)		4:56
19.	"Sakura"		2:03
20.	"Black Materia" (Instrumental)		4:05
Total length:			58:36

The Ghost~Pop Tape Tracklist

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ballad of a Poor Man"		3:14
2.	"Heart Emoji"		1:27
3.	"HBK"	Jim Johnston	2:59
4.	"Violent Fighting To Come Again!"		0:27
5.	"Behold! a Pale Horse"		3:52
6.	"M.U.G.E.N"		1:37
7.	"Porn for Percussion"		3:14
8.	"Untitled¹"		0:53
9.	"God Bless My Homegirls"		5:21
10.	"[Missing image file_ maladaptivedaydreaming.gif]"		2:13
11.	"Untitled²"		2:06
12.	"Neon Kitchen⁴"		5:01
13.	"Call Me Maybe" (Cover)	Carly Rae Jepsen, Josh Ramsay, Tavish Crowe	6:04
14.	"Pussy #3"		1:46
15.	"Bubblegum Crisis"		3:37
16.	"Liara"		3:35
17.	"O Superman"		2:21
18.	"Untitled³"		2:03
19.	"ODB" (Recorded Live @ Central Station)		5:43
20.	"Sakura"		2:03
Total length:			52:43

Extended Edition Bonus Tracks

No.	Title	Length
19.	"ODB" (Recorded Live @ Central Station)	5:43
20.	"Piano Baby" (Recorded Live @ Central Station)	6:45
21.	"Sakura"	2:04
22.	"Pardon Me Michael" (Demo)	2:17
23.	"Pizzicato Five"	5:01
24.	"BBTG" (2011 Demo)	5:01
25.	"Porn for Percussion" (Betamax Version)	2:34
Total length:		1:20:24

Remastered Tracklist

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ballad of a Poor Man"		3:20
2.	"Heart Emoji"		1:47
3.	"HBK"	Jim Johnston	2:55
4.	"Violent Fighting to Come Again!"		0:27
5.	"Behold! a Pale Horse"		4:00
6.	"M.U.G.E.N"		3:31
7.	"Porn for Percussion"		3:29
8.	"Untitled¹"		1:03
9.	"God Bless My Homegirls"		7:25
10.	"Untitled²"		2:13
11.	"Call Me Maybe" (Cover)	Carly Rae Jepsen, Josh Ramsay, Tavish Crowe	5:24
12.	"Pussy #3"		1:45
13.	"Bubblegum Crisis"		3:38
14.	"Liara"		3:25
15.	"O Superman"		2:12
16.	"Untitled³"		2:30
17.	"Sakura"		2:47
Total length:			51:49

Notes

• "Heart Emoji" is commonly listed as "❤", except for the streaming release.
• "Violent Fighting To Come Again" is stylized as "Violent fighting to come again!", sometimes with quotation marks.
• "Porn for Percussion" has its instrumental changed in the January 2014 copy of the mixtape and all subsequent copies since. The original version is labeled as the "Betamax Version" while the new one is labeled as the "VCR Version".
• "Untitled¹" uses the instrumental to "Neon Kitchen II" by Devon Hendryx.
• "[Missing image file_ maladaptivedaydreaming.gif]" is sometimes listed as "Missing image file".
• "[Missing image file_ maladaptivedaydreaming.gif]" is mixed with "God Bless My Homegirls" in the remaster.
• "Porn for Percussion" & "[Missing image file_ maladaptivedaydreaming.gif]" had their names swapped in the January 2014 copy of the mixtape and all subsequent copies since.
• "Pussy #3" is stylized with dollar signs replacing the S's, the streaming release is listed as "Pu$$y Number 3".
• "Liara" is commonly stylized in all caps, except for in the remastered version.
• All three untitled tracks are sometimes listed with roman numerals replacing the superscript ones.
• "BBTG" would later be reused on All My Heroes Are Cornballs as "BasicBitchTearGas".
• The vinyl pressing of this album contains the original, non-remastered version of "Call Me Maybe".
• On the vinyl pressing's jacket, "Pizzicato Five", "ODB", "Piano Baby", "Pardon Me Michael" & "Porn for Percussion (Betamax Version)" are listed but aren't on the record itself.

Samples

• "Ballad of a Poor Man" contains a sample of "...Baby One More Time", written by Max Martin, as performed by Brittney Spears.
• "HBK" contains an interpolation of "Sexy Boy", written by Jim Johnston, and performed by Shawn Michaels.
• "Behold! a Pale Horse" contains a sample of "Good 2 Me", written by Bryce Wilson & Amel Larrieux, as performed by Groove Theory.
• "Untitled²" contains an interpolation of "Montebello High School Prom", written and performed by Devon Hendryx.
• "Call Me Maybe" contains an interpolation of "Call Me Maybe", written by Carly Rae Jepsen, Josh Ramsay & Tavish Crowe, and performed by Carly Rae Jepsen.
• "Bubblegum Crisis" contains a sample of "The Body That Loves You", written by Janet Jackson, James Harris III and Terry Lewis, as performed by Janet Jackson.
• "Black Materia" contains a sample of "Fanfare" from Final Fantasy VII, composed by Nobuo Uematsu and produced by Uematsu and Minoru Akao.
• "ODB" contains an interpolation of "Shimmy Shimmy Ya", written by Robert Diggs & Russell Jones, and performed by Ol' Dirty Bastard.
• "Piano Baby" contains a sample of "Call Me Maybe", written by Carly Rae Jepsen, Josh Ramsay & Tavish Crowe, and performed by Carly Rae Jepsen.
• "BBTG" contains an interpolation of "No Scrubs", written by Kevin Briggs, Kandi Burruss, Tameka Cottle, and performed by TLC.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the booklet, "Violent Fighting To Come Again!" is not mentioned.

• Devon Hendryx – vocals, production, programming (tracks 3–6, 9–12, 15–16, 18), mixing, mastering, piano (tracks 1, 3), keyboards (tracks 2–12, 14–16, 18) bass (tracks 1, 3–11, 14, 16–18), guitar (track 1), synths (tracks 2–3, 6, 8, 10–16, 19), Theremin (track 9), Shinobue (track 12), Mininova (track 17), Strings (track 19), Trumpet (track 19)
• Devon Hendryx's Mouth – guitar (track 2), drums (tracks 6, 20)
• Her Mouth – drums (track 5)
• Nijine – keyboards (track 13)
• !! – vocals (track 14)
• JJ – background vocals (track 15)
• Liara T'soni – additional vocals (tracks 16–17)
• NOK – additional vocals (track 19), background vocals (track 20)