E85

Album

Octane

Label

Cactus Jack

Genre

Trap

Composer(s)

Aaron Paryce Cheung;Caleb Toliver;Charles Ziman;Derek Anderson;Jaasu Mallory;Jacques Webster;Jonah Cochran;Malcolm Todd Hobert

Entered Chart

Feb 14, 2026

Peak Date

Mar 7, 2026

Released

January 30, 2026

"E85" is the opening track on Don Toliver's Octane album. It's a high-energy, metaphor-driven love-and-lifestyle anthem built around the idea of high-octane fuel. The title "E85" refers to a fuel known for its blend of 85% ethanol fuel and 15% gasoline. High octane fuel is considered premium gasoline, allowing engines to run harder and more efficiently without knocking. In Toliver's world, fuel rarely stays literal for long. Cars, motion and speed have become recurring symbols across his catalogue, such as the spiraling, emotionally untethered late-night rush of "Lose My Mind," recorded for F1: The Movie. "E85" pushes that motif further, presenting romance itself as a high-performance engine. The track draws inspiration from Toliver's real-life relationship with the singer Kali Uchis. While Toliver keeps the narrative impressionistic rather than autobiographical, the sense of a relationship unfolding during travel and transition mirrors the romantic liminality heard in their joint appearances around the Love Sick era, such as "4 Me." Toliver co-wrote and co-produced "E85" alongside Travis Scott, who has functioned as both mentor and creative co-pilot throughout Toliver's rise. Scott's influence is detectable in the song's psychedelic trap textures. "E85" is anchored by a guitar sample from Malcolm Todd's 2024 single "Chest Pain (I Love)," which is flipped into a fast-moving trap-R&B framework. Toliver previewed "E85" during a late-January 2026 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, performing it as part of a medley with "Long Way To Calabasas." As the opening track of Octane, "E85" acts as a mission statement for the album's core themes of speed, excess and sex. The record leans heavily into melodic trap fused with psychedelic ambiance and cinematic sequencing. "E85" establishes that blueprint right away.

(I love)
(I've been tryin', tryin', tryin')
(I've been cryin', cryin', cry-)

On the highway and I'm thinkin' that I love her
On the highway and I'm thinkin' there ain't no rubber
On the highway with my significant lover (I love)
(I've been tryin', tryin', tryin')
High octane, more fuel for your consumption, nigga
More 'tane for the vein, nigga (I've been cryin', cryin', cry-)
It's lit, yeah

On the highway and I'm thinkin' that I love her
On the highway and I'm thinkin' there ain't no rubber
On the highway with my significant lover (it go)
(It go, it go)
You been runnin' the summer, you got a brand-new Hummer
We laugh all day like Dumber and Dumber
I'm 'bout to shoot my shot, she lovin' my jumper
My favorite outfit is her see-through romper

Don't worry, I got you, I promise I won't hurt her
She talk like a snappin' turtle

She squirt like that shit fertile
Got drink in my cup, on Kirko
She move that ass in circles
Not sippin' on green, it's purple
We said that shit never hurt, though
I just hope you down for me (I've been tryin', tryin')
'Cause this shit what it supposed to be (I love)

On the highway and I'm thinkin' that I love her
On the highway and I'm thinkin' there ain't no rubber
On the highway with my significant lover (it go)
(It go, it go)
You been runnin' the summer, you got a brand-new Hummer
We laugh all day like Dumber and Dumber
I'm 'bout to shoot my shot, she lovin' my jumper
My favorite outfit is her see-through romper (I love)

I've been tryin', tryin', tryin'
I've been cryin', cryin', cry-