It’s always kind of an awkward situation when you realize the romantic relationship you’d foreseen yourself in has fizzled out due to a major imbalance in expectations between both parties—as the LA-based songwriter MALIA puts it in hindsight on her new single “Only One,” sometimes you just love way too hard.
The track introduces her forthcoming EP What’s After “I Love You?” as a collection of R&B songs that feel laid back and sexy in spite of their patently unsexy subject matter, which surrounds a familiar post-breakup self-reflection and the ennui it inspires. “I think most humans want love and to experience a mutual partnership,” she shares of where the lyrics came from. “No one is owed love by their partner, but what a beautiful thing for someone to want to choose you.”
Hear the track below ahead of the EP’s March 4 release date.
