Breathe

Album

Single

Label

Columbia Records

Genre

Bedroom pop

Media Type

DD

Duration

2:56

Composer(s)

Malcolm Hobart;Jonah Cochran;Charlie Ziman;Jasper Harris;Matthew Castellanos;Blake Slatkin

Entered Chart

Mar 28, 2026

Peak Date

Mar 28, 2026

Released

March 13, 2026

"Breathe" is an alternative R&B song,considered reminiscent of "golden age N.E.R.D and Justified-era Justin Timberlake" It contains guitar and layered vocals, with "whispery doubles" beneath the lead vocal, creating an echoing quality of the chorus. Lyrically, the song is about a situationship in which the protagonist longs for intimacy. It opens with Malcolm Todd in a hotel suite with two of his best friends, before centering on him being alone with one of them, whom he is romantically interested in. During the bridge, he conveys his intention to rekindle the connection

Breathe, breathe into me
I had two best friends in a hotel suite
Now what? It's me and you
You do the thing that they can't do
It feels right, but right is wrong
I probably shouldn't do it, but I'll do it for the song
Come here, what's this about?
I got all night long, and I wanna find out, just
Breathe into me
Don't you miss it? It's been so long
If you would leave it to me
I could you teach you what you forgot
I'll tell ya, baby
Come kiss my neck when I'm without you, I wanna be dead
Oh, and when your little legs rest on my shoulder
I think I'm in Heaven, I want it again
Breathe, breathe into me
I had two best friends in a hotel suite
Now what? It's me and you
You do the thing that they can't do
It feels right, but right is wrong
I probably shouldn't do it, but I'll do it for the song
Come here, what's this about?
I got all night long, I wanna find out
Breathe into me
Don't you miss it? It's been so long
If you would leave it to me
I could you teach you what you forgot
I'll tell ya, baby
Ha-ha, ha, ha, ha, ha-ha-ahh
Ha-ha, ha, ha, ha, ha-ha-ahh
Ha-ha, ha-ha, ha, ha, ha, ha-ha-ahh
Ha-ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
You can't be over me (ha-ha, ha, ha, ha, ha-ha-ahh)
'Cause I know what you like (ha-ha, ha, ha, ha, ha-ha-ahh)
All I need is the oxygen (ha-ha, ha-ha, ha, ha, ha, ha-ha-ahh)
To bring you back to life (Ha-ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha)
We could be
Breathe, breathe into me (ha-ha, ha, ha, ha, ha-ha-ahh)
I had two best friends in a hotel suite
Now what? It's me and you (ha-ha, ha, ha, ha, ha-ha-ahh)
You do the thing that they can't do (we could be)
It feels right, but right is wrong (ha-ha, ha-ha, ha, ha, ha, ha-ha-ahh)
I probably shouldn't do it, but I'll do it for the song (yeah)
Come here, what's this about? (Ha-ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, yeah)
I got all night long, and I wanna find out, just
Breathe into me
Don't you miss it? It's been so long
If you would leave it to me
I could you teach you what you forgot
I'll tell ya, baby
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha