Cruz Beckham took a swipe at his estranged brother Brooklyn in a music video to promote his debut EP release, Wear & Tear, which was released on Friday.
While one of the songs is a clear tribute to his mother – titled Wannabe after the Spice Girls‘ debut single – in other tracks he hints at the fallout with his oldest sibling.
The music video for Loneliest Boy, which is widely believed to be about Brooklyn, sees Cruz sit and play guitar in front of a green screen while his bandmates pack up around him.
Yet one scene stands out, with a bandmember stepping into frame to snap a photograph – just as Cruz sings: ‘Loneliest boy, mama don’t talk too much, It’s breaking hеr heart.’
The lyrics are said to relate to Victoria’s fractured relationship with Brooklyn, while the camera could be a reference to Brooklyn’s short-lived photography career.
At the age of 18 Brooklyn released his infamous What I See book in 2017, sharing blurry photographs of his life and family. That same year, he began a four-year photography course at Parsons School of Design in New York, but he quickly dropped out.
Brooklyn has also expressed interest in football and modeling, with his latest career venture seeing him take up cooking, and the release of his hot sauce range, Cloud 23.
Cruz Beckham poked fun at Brooklyn’s stalled photography career in the Loneliest Boy video with a bandmember stepping into frame to snap a photograph – just as Cruz sings: ‘Loneliest boy, mama don’t talk too much, It’s breaking hеr heart’
Cruz has both taken a swipe at his estranged brother Brooklyn and paid tribute to mum Victoria in the EP (pictured with Brooklyn’s wife Nicola Peltz, his mother and brother in 2024)
Loneliest Boy includes lyrics about ‘breaking mama’s heart’ – which has convinced fans that they were inspired by Brooklyn and his ongoing estrangement.
In one scathing verse, Cruz sings: ‘Loneliest boy, place all your bets on him, To find something bad in somebody good, he always does, loneliest boy, I hope that you’re listening, don’t push all your friends away, when we’re tryna show you love.’
Elsewhere, the chorus goes: ‘So tell me you’re scared, and that you need someone to hold. Cause you’re in the room but really, does it even show?
‘But, why can’t they see that you’re a million miles away, They’ll never know, when you look so close.’
Even closer to the knuckle, a second verse reads: ‘Loneliest boy, mama don’t talk too much, It’s breaking hеr heart.
‘It shows in the small things that you don’t do, I guess in thе end that it’s you, yourself, and you. Tell me how do you live, when you’ve got nobody to lose?’
The Loneliest Boy music video was one of six released to coincide with the release of the Wear & Tear EP.
The tracks are titled: Better Times, WANNABE, Seeing Red, Loneliest Boy and Wear & Tear.
Cruz, says the new EP, which he recorded with his band The Breakers, captures ‘a life lived’ – the good, the bad and all the ‘learning curves’ in between.
He added that he hopes the EP gets across the message that, despite people having different life experiences, they can still share emotions.
The singer mused: ‘We’ve been high, and low, in love and in pain, jealous, upset – we’ve lived and learned. We’ve all got our wear and tear.’
Cruz also hinted at the feud with Brooklyn in the single Seeing Red – a song about unnecessary fallouts – while the music video pays homage to his father David’s football career
On Cruz’s debut EP Wear & Tear, several songs make reference to his family
Cruz also hinted at the feud with Brooklyn in the single Seeing Red, with lyrics saying: ‘Been seeing red for as long as I remember / Yeah, I said I’m already there / The moment I drop this s***, the whole thing’s over’.
Yet despite the serious nature of the lyrics, Cruz revealed they’re meant to be taken tongue-in-cheek, stating: ‘Seeing red is a comedic take on a totally unserious moment of frustration, in this case in sports.
‘Everyone’s competitive nature likes to take over now and then, but it’s all fun and games. Seeing red is a nod to that exact turning point.’
The music video appears to pay homage to his dad David’s career, with Cruz and his bandmates playing football.
However, things take a turn when the players start scrapping on the pitch, with Cruz depicted as bloodied and bruised.
Cruz is currently enjoying a tour of Europe with his parents and siblings – Brooklyn excluded.
Prior to spending time on his parent’s yacht, Cruz and his girlfriend Jackie Apostel, 30, had been with the Beckhams to watch the World Cup, but despite living in California, Brooklyn avoided meeting up with his family.
Brooklyn has not acknowledged any of his parents’ birthdays or milestones publicly since their rift began, around the time of David’s 50th celebrations, and failed to share a post for Father’s Day this year.
It was reported that Brooklyn was ‘furious’ that his parents had included him in a Father’s Day post and wants them to ‘leave him alone’.
Shortly before Christmas last year, Brooklyn blocked his parents on Instagram, while his lawyers later wrote to the Beckhams’ team requesting all communication be conducted through legal representatives.
In January, Brooklyn released a scathing six-page statement denouncing his parents.
He announced he had cut ties with his family – declaring he was no longer part of ‘Brand Beckham’ and insisting his parents and their other children are ‘performative’.
Five months after declaring that he and his wife Nicola want privacy, Brooklyn collaborated with DoorDash for an advert during the World Cup that poked fun at the fallout
Brooklyn also claimed David and Victoria had controlled him for much of his life, attempted to drive a wedge between him and Nicola and left him embarrassed when his mother danced ‘inappropriately’ with him during the first dance at his wedding.
Yet five months after declaring that he and his wife Nicola want privacy, Brooklyn was savaged by fans, who branded him ‘classless’ after he collaborated with DoorDash for an advert that poked fun at the fallout.
Brooklyn was accused of selling his family out for a big sum following the release of his two-part DoorDash commercial.
In the teaser clip for the advert released on June 15, Brooklyn smirked and said: ‘You’re probably wondering why I’m watching the FIFA World Cup 2026 from home… It’s a long story.’
It had been taken as mocking his parents David and Victoria – with whom he no longer speaks – and profiting off their name, while friends of the Beckhams have said the pair are ‘devastated and inconsolable’ by the jibe.
It’s thought that he was paid ‘at least $1million (£751,000)’ for the campaign, with a source saying: ‘Anything that makes him money is good – it shows that his brand is there and flourishing.’
Friends of the Beckhams were shocked to see Brooklyn’s advert.
One told the Daily Mail’s Katie Hind: ‘To do an advert based on estrangement from family as if it’s a joke when his family is devastated and sister and grandparents inconsolable is shocking.
‘Especially from someone who claims he wants peace and privacy.’
