u/rytnixz

most artists can't hold your attention past 3 minutes without recycling the same hook. abel built an entire atmosphere here and let it breathe for nearly 8 minutes without it ever feeling bloated. the production is cold, paranoid, nocturnal which is literally what the album is about. every section earns its place. the slow build, the way it evolves without ever announcing itself, the outro that just dissolves.

7:35 and it's never enough.

PS : I'm talking about Kiss Land's title track.

okay so I know Abel wiped every single DITF post off his Instagram before the album dropped. deliberate choice, sure. but I genuinely can't stop thinking about how it's just floating out there with no real home. like this wasn't some throwaway like there was literally São Paulo debut, full Apple/iPhone 16 Pro rollout, Max Martin and Oscar Holter on production, cinematic MV. that's lead single treatment all the way. and then the LA wildfires happened and a song literally called "Dancing In The Flames" suddenly got this whole unintentional emotional weight attached to it that I don't think a lot of people fully processed at the time.

the deluxe bones are already there too (Runaway and Society exist via hurryuptomorrow.club). not asking for it to replace anything, just a bonus track acknowledgment that this was part of the era's identity. idk. erasing the opening chapter and pretending the story still makes sense feels off to me.

does it get deluxe redemption or does it just stay an orphan single forever?