relationsh*t
brb.
Singapore r&b trio brb. has released their debut album relationsh*t. Featuring two previously unreleased tracks, ‘do me right’ and ‘better’, and with two singles ‘cool with it’ and ‘talking to myself’ already passing a million streams on Spotify, the EP encapsulates the evocative reflections and textures of a prolific young band rapidly establishing themselves in the r&b scene.
relationsh*t showcases the trio’s thriving repertoire of songs about the highs and heartbreaks of romance, unravelling the ambiguous and timeless motif of love into its progression from thrilling ambivalence to inevitable submission and/or extinction. The release highlights include ‘do me right’ and ‘better’, two new tracks that uphold and surpass the band’s platinum standard. The band in particular picks out ‘do me right’, as “a snapshot of the distinctive pain of the discovery process of a partner’s unfaithfulness, one that is its own kind and can never be derived from anything else”. The tracks echo brb.’s distinct brand of funk-pop electronica, distilling different musical varieties into their very own uniquely refined embodiment of R&B that has bewitched young fans everywhere since their debut just over a year ago.
The result is intoxicating. Infectiously groovy and shamelessly relatable, listeners will be inclined to abuse that replay button, inevitably turning to the poignant lyricism for a virtual friend each time they bid romance adieu again.
do me right
[Verse 1]
Got you off, No you don’t tell me that you need me
You’re a molotov, got me at third degree, I’m patient
Yeah you’ve burned it off, and yeah you burned it all
It’s like a burn without a scar, now imma show it off, show it off, yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t know why, I feel like I failed ya
All these emotions you know I can’t do
I guess I just gotta be cool without you
But still I never thought I’d catch you out here like
[Chorus]
Oh baby baby, yeah you know just what to do
Why you gotta do me like, maybe you could do me right.
Oh baby baby, yeah you know just what to do
Why you gotta do me like, maybe you you could do me right8
[Verse 2]
Speaking off, you got a twisted fascination of the common love
You’re always smiling at your phone, I know what’s going on, and it’s been going on
You got me thinking if you’re really gonna show it off, show it off yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t know why, I feel like I failed ya
All these emotions you know I can’t do
I guess I just gotta be cool without you
But still I never thought I’d catch you out here like
[Chorus]
Oh baby baby, yeah you know just what to do
Why you gotta do me like, maybe you could do me right.
Oh baby baby, yeah you know just what to do
Why you gotta do me like, maybe you you could do me right yeah
[Post Chorus]
Say why you gotta do me like
Maybe you could do it right
Why you gotta do me like
Maybe you could do me right yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t know why, I feel like I failed ya
All these emotions you know I can’t do
I guess I just gotta be cool without you
But still I never thought I’d catch you out here like
[Chorus]
Oh baby baby, yeah you know just what to do
Why you gotta do me like, maybe you could do me right.
Oh baby baby, yeah you know just what to do
Why you gotta do me like, maybe you you could do me right yea.
[Post Chorus]
Say why you gotta do me like
Maybe you could do it right
Why you gotta do me like
Maybe you could do me right.
better
[Verse 1]
You got me lost in conversation.
Cause I don’t know when to stop. Oh no.
But could it be the wrong direction
You’re that one right from the start, you keep saying
[Pre-Chorus]
I know we been playing, but i’m done with that
You know, maybe we should take another step?
Now you got me thinking we could do it like that
But I think that maybe we could wind it back
[Chorus]
I don’t wanna lose ya
Cause i’d lost without ya. Yeah
Come a little closer
Cause I can show you better than you know.
[Verse 2]
It’s not complicated I got
Too many problems
Lets not make this another one
I’m really about you now
Girl we got something good
Mess it up yeah we could
Things might go south
If get serious. now oh
[Pre-Chorus]
I know i been playing, but i’m done with that
You know, maybe we should take another step?
Now you got me thinking we could do it like that
But i think that maybe we could wind it back
[Chorus]
I don’t wanna lose ya
Cause i’d lost without ya. Yeah
Come a little closer
Cause I can show you better than you know.
[Post-Chorus]
I can show you better
Better than you know, (x4)
[Pre-Chorus]
I know i been playing, but i’m done with that
You know, maybe we should take another step?
Now you got me thinking we could do it like that
But i think that maybe we could wind it back
[Chorus]
I don’t wanna lose ya
Cause i’d lost without ya. Yeah
Come a little closer
Cause I can show you better than you know.
[Post-Chorus/Outro]
I can show you better
Better than you know, (x8)
