IloveitIloveitIloveit

Album

Single

Label

Atlantic Records

Genre

Indie pop

Media Type

DD

Duration

3:03

Composer(s)

Bella Kay;Alexis Kesselman

Entered Chart

Feb 28, 2026

Peak Date

Apr 11, 2026

Released

January 11, 2026

"Iloveitiloveitiloveit" is Bella Kay throwing herself back into a toxic situationship she knows is bad for her. She's addicted to the drama and validation, and is "relapsing" into someone who treats her badly but still makes her feel special. Bella Kay broke out with with "The Sick," a song about being hooked on someone damaged and admitting she was "sick" for loving the pain that came with it. "Iloveitiloveitiloveit" picks up that theme and pushes it into even more self-aware territory, catching her a few minutes away from going back to the bad relationship she knows will hurt her again. Fans flagged the song as a spiritual sequel, or at least another chapter in the same pattern of bad-for-you romances, though Bella hasn't publicly confirmed both songs are about one specific ex. Kay's collaborator on "Iloveitiloveitiloveit," Idarose, is a songwriter, producer, composer and artist. Idarose's credits range from Joji's "Glimpse Of Us" and K-pop to film scores. She has a personal writing style that digs into the emotional motives behind messy relationships – a neat match for the toxic-romance spiral in "iloveitiloveitiloveit." The "iloveitiloveitiloveit" chorus trended on TikTok as users soundtracked their own stories of the internal turmoil that stems from craving something inherently self-destructive. Bella Kay confirmed to Classic FM that "Iloveitiloveitiloveit" is about a toxic "bad boy" situation. But rather than framing herself as naïve or blindsided, she's fully conscious when she's making questionable romantic choices. "I know this thing is bad for me," she acknowledges before essentially shrugging and deciding to do it anyway. "Iloveitiloveitiloveit" was released as a standalone single on January 11, 2026, then bundled into the three-track EP A Couple Minutes Out, which dropped a month later on February 11. The EP title echoes the song's lyric, "a couple minutes out from relapsing into you." Here's how that nospaces title came about. Bella Kay first shared the chorus of this song on TikTok almost immediately after writing it in "five minutes" on her guitar in November 2025. She completed the lyrics with Idarose over the following month, eventually landing on the track's breathless, no-spaces title. The unconventional styling drew some teasing, but Kay stuck with it, reasoning that a song built on chaos shouldn't arrive looking too tidy. "The whole point is like, 'I shouldn't do this, but I love it,'" she explained to Billboard with a shrug. "It has to feel stupid and crazy."

I like being used, it means I have a purpose
It's the little things you do, at least you're being earnest
Oh, maybe I'm too fragile
But maybe you're too mean
I've never been real good at deciphering things

Let's let fate decide
Heads, we go to yours, tails, we go to mine
You're a bad idea
But a real good time

Oh, and I'd be lying if I said I didn't love it, 'cause I do
I'm a couple minutes out from relapsing into you
Oh, fuck it
Baby, I love it
I love it, I love it, I
I love it when we fight, and I like it when you're mean
We don't have to get into what that says about me
Oh, shut it
Baby, I love it
I love it, I love it, I

I could tell you the truth, but first you gotta earn it
Don't gotta lasso the moon, just tell me that I'm perfect
Oh, maybe I'm too easy (Oh, maybe I'm too easy)
But maybe you're too hard (But maybe you're too hard)
I've always been real good at taking it too far

Let's let fate decide
Heads, we go to yours, tails, we go to mine
You're a bad idea
But a real good time

Ooh, I'd be lying if I said I didn't love it, 'cause I do
I'm a couple minutes out from relapsing into you
Oh, fuck it
Baby, I love it
I love it, I love it, I
I love it when we fight, and I like it when you're mean
We don't have to get into what that says about me
Oh, shut it
Baby, I love it
I love it, I love it, I

(Hmm) I'm a couple minutes out from relapsing
Do you remember the last time this happened?
(Hmm) Baby, relax, sometimes it happens
Baby, relax, sometimes it happens
(Hmm) I'm a couple minutes out from relapsing
Is the key still under the mat?
(Hmm) Can you imagine the last time this happened?
Yeah, I, I loved it, I, I loved it, I

I'd be lying if I said I didn't love it, 'cause I do
I'm a couple minutes out from relapsing into you
Oh, fuck it
I only love it 'cause it's you