It Depends

Album

Single

Label

RCA Records

Genre

Rhythm & Blues

Media Type

DD

Composer(s)

Chris Brown;Bryson Tiller;Ephrem Lopez Jr;Kristopher "kali" Powers;Nicolas Baran;Kenneth Wayne Wilson;Usher Raymond IV;Jermaine Mauldin;Brian Casey;Manuel Seal;Dewain Whitmore Jr;.Ant Clemons;Elliot TrentRyan Press

Entered Chart

Aug 9, 2025

Peak Date

Nov 1, 2025

Released

July 25, 2025

Recorded

2025

"It Depends" is a 2025 single from Chris Brown featuring Bryson Tiller. Built on soft-spoken seduction and ambiguous intentions, the track is essentially a musical version of the phrase "let's see where the night takes us" delivered with just enough late-night haze and bedroom confidence to make it sound profound. The song is a waltz through mixed signals and emotional fine print. Brown and Tiller trade verses wooing women who might already be claimed, though the song is careful to say that everything, from eye contact to after-hours decisions, is negotiable. As the title tells us (in case we miss the point the first dozen times), it depends on the mood, the moment, and the mutual desire in the air. One of the track's most arresting features is its sly lift from Usher's 1997 slow-jam classic "Nice & Slow," which gets reimagined in the pre-chorus with a moodier, more atmospheric spin. Producers Nico Baran and RIOTUSA (Ice Spice's go-to beatmaker) cloak it in shadows and candlelight, giving the late '90s R&B polish a 2025-style gloss. The song arrived on July 25, 2025, as part of the promotional rollout for Brown's Breezy Bowl XX stadium tour, with Tiller as a featured act, continuing a long and fruitful bromance in R&B. The duo racked up several collaborations over nearly a decade, including Breezy's tracks: 2015 "Proof" 2016 "Keep You In Mind" 2022 "Need You Right Here" 2024 "Run Away" If these songs tell us anything, it's that Brown and Tiller share a musical wavelength that thrives on slow tempos, complicated emotions, and an unspoken rule that everything is negotiable - depending, of course, on the moment. Chris Brown released "It Depends (The Remix)" on October 17, 2025. The new version adds Usher to the track, creating a three-generation collaboration between some of the genre's biggest names. Usher opens the remix with a playful verse where he talks about getting the call from Brown to do the remix, then he delivers his signature smooth vocals with lines about realigning chakras and taking things to another level.

Do you feel my—?

You bad as hell, I'll treat you well, I will
It's good, I can tell, come give me hell, come here (Come give me hell)
Your fairytale, under your spell, I am (Oh)
She get Chanel, oh well, it all—

I guess I done ran out of options
Can't keep fantasizin', oh-oh
I'm callin' you so we can lock in
But you call me toxic

You make it easy for me to believe in your lovin' (Ooh)
You better believe it, 'cause, baby, I'm leavin' with something (Ooh)
Girl, it's better than the dick you had before
Smiling 'cause you know I know you know (Oh)

You bad as hell, I'll treat you well, I will
It's good, I can tell, come give me hell, come here
Your fairytale, under your spell, I am
She get Chanel, oh well, it all depends (Oh yeah, baby)
You scream and yell, can't call for help, I'm here (No)
You leaving welts, I feel your nails, for real
I eat you good, you sleepin' good, for real
I freak you well, I freak you well, I will

I'll freak you right, I will
I'll freak you right, I will
I'll freak you like no one has ever, ever made you feel
I'll freak you right, I will
I'll freak you right, I will
I'll freak you, freak you like no one has ever made you feel, yeah

Shawty wanna come find out what's good with me (What's good? What's good?)
Well, girl, it all depends on what you need at night, hey
What you wanna do? I heard he let you go free at night
But don't you go lovin' me outta no spite, hey, hey
I don't wanna send the wrong signs, but I can read your mind
Left you alone, you're all mine, you're all mine
Tell me if now is the wrong time, don't need a long time, I need a—
I need alone time, I need a—, I need alone time, oh
Girl, I'll be your best, yes, then I'll be your best again
Oh yes, yes, yes (Oh yes), when you ask for sex again
Don't care 'bout the rest of them, you're startin' to forget
See what I'm sayin', you don't need him, yeah (Oh)

You bad as hell, I'll treat you well, I will
It's good, I can tell, come give me hell, come here (Come give me hell)
Your fairytale, under your spell, I am (Under your spell)
She get Chanel, oh well, it all depends (Oh yeah, baby)
You scream and yell, can't call for help, I'm here (I'm here, no)
You leaving welts, I feel your nails, for real
I eat you good, you sleepin' good, for real (I)
I freak you well, I freak you well, I will

Number one in my top ten
Fuck them other bitches, you not them
Hublot, baby, you clocked in
Passenger princess, hop in (Oh)
Girl, you knowin' what time it is
Pussy good, I'ma lock it in
Beat that shit out the box again, oh (Yeah)
Tryna see where your conscience is
Can we keep this anonymous?
Oh, you want me monogamous or what?
Oh, might take the rubber off
Oh, yeah

'Cause you make it easy for me to believe in your lovin' (Ooh)
You better believe it, 'cause, baby, I'm leavin' with something (Ooh)
Girl, it's better than the dick you had before
Smiling 'cause you know I know you know (Oh)

You bad as hell, I'll treat you well, I will
It's good, I can tell, come give me hell, come here (Come give me hell, baby)
Your fairytale, under your spell, I am
She get Chanel (Ooh), oh well, it all depends (Oh yeah, baby)
You scream and yell, can't call for help, I'm here (I'm here, no)
You leaving welts, I feel your nails, for real
I eat you good, you sleepin' good, for real (Night, night, baby)
I freak you well, I freak you well, I will

I'll freak you right, I will (Oh)
I'll freak you right, I will (I will)
I'll freak you like no one has ever, ever made you feel (I will)
I'll freak you right, I will (Uh-huh)
I'll freak you right, I will (Yeah)
I'll freak you, freak you like no one has ever made you feel, yeah
Yeah

You bad as hell, I'll treat you well, I will
It's good, I can tell, come give me hell, come here
Your fairytale, under your spell, I am
She get Chanel, oh well, it all depends