What is love if you don’t overfeel it?

The idea of love always intrigues me, regardless whether it is platonic or romantic. “Kill Me Slow” explores the underlying feelings of an unreciprocated relationship, perhaps blossoming to the point where you become overly bewitched by it. In the end, love can give you your happy ever-after, or it can dismantle you. Unfortunately, in this case, it is the latter.

We all listen to love songs. We all heard of a picture-perfect romance. But I think it’s crucial to dissect the emotions of the ugly side of love: obsession. Many sugarcoat the feelings when you’re in love, but not many are capable of telling the truth of infatuation resulting in anxiety, overthinking, and limerence. To be honest, “Kill Me Slow” is both semi-personal and fictional. It is for those who resonate with this feeling regarding different experiences, but also the way I imagine a fantastical story of one being in love with another. Ultimately, both would suffer.

To me, the peak of obsession grows to be uncontrollable, or even dangerous. It gradually builds up from scattering pieces of uncertainty. I tried to parallel this feeling with the climax of the track.

Emotions get tangled, the self gets lost, and the mind gets irrational. You’re left with something unfinished; something that has fallen apart. I wish to convey a feeling of impending doom right after you reflect on what you have felt before, or in other words, the collapse of emotions right after the peak of obsession.

A major inspiration of my creation process comes from the undertalked aspects of the story of “Bonnie and Clyde”. Partners in crime, many would say. Although both are very in love, it makes me wonder whether this piece of love is rational? That said, do I cherish what they had despite every felony they committed in the midst of an act of love? Sure, they may enjoy being each other’s ride or die, but we also see what’s coming after this “toxic” love—death. The undertalked aspect of the story of “Bonnie and Clyde” reveals a tragedy of love and where it may take you, and I tried to leave a drag path of love in this track.

Furthermore, the album cover is very meaningful to me as well. It is also very painful for me to see, again and again, because of how much I love animals. However, I considered it as the cover because of many metaphorical reasons. These reasons I will leave it for others to think about whilst they listen to the track. It almost tells an instance of vulnerability and acceptance to uncontrollable forces.

Then, you might ask: is this song a love song? My answer for it would be that it is not at all.

Lyrically, it is ambiguous of what might happen to the narrator in the track, but it is foreboding.

For said narrator, I would call it a swan song. I want to leave the door open for interpretations lyrically and structurally. That said, I hope “Kill Me Slow” offers a deep dive into the very same mind that both blesses and haunts us in love.

“Kill Me Slow” - out on every platform Mar 12, 2026, 12:00 PM.

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