By Danielle Bulhoes

“Love Me” is Lights’ first new release of 2019. With some help from Felix Cartal supplying EDM sounds to the track, “Love Me” is a song that grabs you by the hand and drags you onto the dance floor. Twisting you around until you don’t know which way is up or down, “Love Me” leaves you dizzy.

Starting with the lines “you know I give”, Lights immediately sets the tone for the song: frustration and longing. The straight dance sound of the track acts as a front that the singer puts on for the listener, much like she does for her love interest.

“You’re leaving me hanging

So I’ma play cool when you think I wouldn’t

Liquor by the pool and I know you’re looking

While I dissect conversations

Maybe there’s something there for once?

I’m trying not to let these mind games play me

I’m down to be your casual lady

As long as I got you loving on me”

Lights shoots the lyrics at the audience in rapid-fire succession, taking a slower pace during the chorus to allow herself and the listener a chance to breathe. She’s breathless with obsession, chasing after a love interest that doesn’t seem to have the share her feelings.  

The sound of the track and story the lyrics are perfectly paired. The singer is giddy and playful with the listener while her words express her dissatisfaction with her romantic situation, expressing a carefree attitude while dealing with a one-sided crush that she can’t get off her mind.

The singer never does bridge that distance between her and her love interest, the tension between them going unresolved. The song ends in a similar fashion, suddenly ending while you’re hoping for more.

“Love Me” is a fantastic dance track from Lights and Felix Cartal that’ll keep you dancing until daybreak.