brxdfrd isn’t mincing any words on his new single, “I don’t wanna love anymore” a smoldering breakup anthem that swaps tears for edge, and heartache for hot.
The track is anything but your standard melancholic love-lost ballad. It’s not that, of course, instead, it’s a glorious one-finger salute to heartbreak, performed to a beat made for being turned up.
“I don’t wanna love anymore” establishes an unadulterated mood. Sadness is not what bears this song down, it’s frustration, clarity, and a hard-won sense of personal power. brxdfrd captures the uniquely post-breakup phase in which the fog lifts and all that remains is a mental accounting of time, money, and feelings spent on someone who’s now just a memory. Penned during a personal falling out of sorts, brxdfrd takes the everyday anger found in our lives, putting it into an infectiously repetitive hook that’s so therapeutic, yet so infectiously catchy. It’s a mantra that folds in and in on itself, one that absolutely anyone with the messy skeletons of love cluttering their emotional skeletons can hook onto. And that repetition isn’t an accident, it’s a calculated artistic decision meant to underscore that, no, really, he’d prefer not to fall in love anymore.
What distinguishes this track from the typical ex-lover fare is the energy. It’s not wallowing in the worst of times, it’s sipping an electrical charge with the top down and the stereo booming. The mixing and rhythmic exploration lend depth and punch, building an atmosphere that reflects the song’s emotional tangle. It feels like frustration and freedom, slathered in a pop varnish with bite.
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