hypersongs

It Means I Love You

The lead single from Oh No, a slow burn at speedy tempo built around a drum beat.
Jessy Lanza, from Oh No (2016)

"It Means I Love You" is track six on Oh No, 4:41, written by Lanza and Greenspan and released as the lead single ahead of the album; KEXP's Song of the Day post of March 24, 2016 is the earliest date we confirmed. KEXP called it a slow burn at speedy tempo, opening with only a drum and drawing on the Teklife footwork she explored on "You Never Show Your Love". POW MAG's Cory Lomberg wrote on February 9, 2016 that it is built around the drum beat, with elements entering and leaving, has no chorus and shows fleeting house influence and jazz training. An MTV interview, seen only in search, describes the vocals as layered, reverbed and pitched high.

The album cover is a still from the song's video, and we could not verify a director or date. Gorilla vs. Bear named it best song of 2016. We found no statement from her on what it is about and no chart entry. Setlist.fm shows it played eleventh at Valley Bar in Phoenix on June 27, 2016 and at Johnny Brenda's in Philadelphia on July 7, 2016, per JamBase, but we have no play count and did not check covers or samples.

On stage

Sources

  1. Oh No (Jessy Lanza album), Wikipedia
  2. Song of the day: Jessy Lanza, It Means I Love You, KEXP (2016-03-24)
  3. Jessy Lanza strives for pop perfection on It Means I Love You, POW MAG (2016-02-09)