100% Beau

Track Info

  • Title
    100% Beau
  • Released
  • Duration

Original Release

Cover Art for Britpop

Britpop

Studio Album

About

Included on Britpop Deluxe, released on 19 January 2026, 100% Beau is the album’s most openly paternal moment. Context leaves little ambiguity. The song is written for Williams’ youngest son, Beau, completing a sequence of deeply personal tracks he has written for each of his children. It is co-written with Gaz Coombes of Supergrass, whose melodic restraint and lyrical clarity suit the song’s reflective tone.

The lineage is clear. Go Gentle was addressed to Teddy, Coco’s Christmas Lullaby to Coco, and Motherfucker to Charlie. With 100% Beau, that thread reaches its natural conclusion. Where earlier songs wrestled with protection, guilt or legacy, this one is calmer, lighter and more assured.

Lyrically, Williams steps back rather than instructing. The refrain insists on belief without interference. “You know the deal, let’s not mess with the magic” becomes both reassurance and restraint. The repeated “100%” functions as commitment rather than bravado.

Set against images of freedom, growth and self-determination, the song reflects a father older, steadier and more trusting than before.

Lyrics

(100%, 100%, 100%, 100%)

You should be pleased
Cos you got wings, and they suit ya
How does it feel, to be carefree, in California
Enough of the priest, flick of the V's, hallelujah

It's not okay, but it's alright
You know the deal, let's not mess with the magic
(100%, 100%, 100%, 100%)
Cos you will become, the best thing I've ever done
(100%, 100%, 100%, 100%)

You're such a beast, call the police, let no one defeat ya
A cease and desist, make a fist, nice to meet ya
You're better than me, you are a chief, but I still beat ya

It's not alright, but it's okay
You know the deal, let's not mess with the magic
(100%, 100%, 100%, 100%)
Cos you will become, the best thing I've ever done
(100%, 100%, 100%, 100%)

We're out here for you
Come look at the view, don't you love it
(100%, 100%, 100%, 100%)
Cos you will become, the best thing I've ever done
(100%, 100%, 100%, 100%)
(100%, 100%, 100%, 100%)
(100%, 100%, 100%, 100%)

You know the deal, let's not mess with the magic
(100%, 100%, 100%, 100%)
Cos you will become, the best thing I've ever done
(100%, 100%, 100%, 100%)
(100%, 100%, 100%, 100%)
Cos you will become, the best thing I've ever done

Credits

  • Vocalist

    Robbie Williams

  • Songwriter

    Robbie Williams, Karl Brazil, Owen Parker, Gaz Coombes

  • Producer

    Karl Brazil, Martin Terefe

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