Loser

Album

Deadbeat

Label

Columbia Records

Genre

Psychedelic Pop

Composer(s)

Kevin Parker

Entered Chart

Nov 1, 2025

Peak Date

Nov 1, 2025

Released

3 September 2025

In this funk-laced psych-pop track, Kevin Parker lays bare his tendency to sabotage relationships. Think of it as the shaggier cousin of "The Less I Know the Better" who's not just heartbroken, but also self-aware enough to know he's the one holding the wrecking ball. Parker has been here before. Back in 2015, he released "Cause I'm A Man" on Currents, which was essentially a sheepish shrug set to synths: "I'm a man, I mess up, please don't blame me for my biology." Then there was "New Person, Same Old Mistakes, where the title alone tells you the joke. "Loser" circles back to those themes with more bite, like Parker has finally stopped making excuses and just started calling himself out directly. It's the same terrain but with sharper rocks. "Loser" follows hot on the heels of "End Of Summer" as the second single from Deadbeat, but the two tracks feel like they come from opposite ends of the same late-night party. "End of Summer" dives headfirst into deep dance music - glossy, pulsing, and built for the floor - where the lights blur and the beat takes over. "Loser," by contrast, is a funk-laden psych-pop confession, more concerned with Parker's tendency to wreck relationships than keeping anyone moving at 120 BPM. The video, directed by Sam Kristofski, doubles down on the theme of misplaced confidence and awkward aftermaths. It stars Stranger Things actor and Djo frontman Joe Keery as a melancholic character who is dumped by his girlfriend, wanders aimlessly through Los Angeles, and spends time outside a convenience store reflecting on his situation. Beck briefly appears as a passerby in a yellow shirt, linking his own 1994 hit "Loser" to Tame Impala's self-deprecating anthem.

I had to tell ya, it's now or never
So much for closure, I lost composure
I get the message, I learned my lesson
Tried to correct it, I think I wrecked it
Man, it's a crisis, I'm never like this
That's how my life is, you couldn't write this (ah)

I'm a loser, babe (yeah)
Do you wanna tear my heart out?
I'm a tragedy
Tryin' to figure this whole mess out

I'm out of favor, my worst behavior
I get the message, I learned my lesson
But desperate times call for desperate measures
I fell into ya, I fell into ya
Tried to correct it, well, shit, I wrecked it (ah)

I'm a loser, babe (yeah)
Do you wanna tear my heart out?
I'm a tragedy
Tryin' to figure my whole life out


I leave alone and
Dark streets, I roam in
Night air, I breathe in
The stars, I believe in
I don't know why I didn't fight it
I probably tried and magnified it
I cannot lie, I feel defeated
Take it as a sign, you're badly needed
You're badly needed
Badly wanted

Fuck