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I Like the Way You Kiss Me

"I Like the Way You Kiss Me" is a song by the English-Cypriot singer-songwriter Artemas. It was released independently on 19 March 2024, and follows his debut mixtape Pretty (2024). "I Like the Way You Kiss Me" peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart. Outside the United Kingdom, "I Like the Way You Kiss Me" topped the charts in Austria, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, peaked within the top ten of the charts in various countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, New Zealand and Norway and the top 20 of the charts in Belgium (Flanders) and the United States.

"I Like the Way You Kiss Me"

19 March 2024 (2024-03-19)

2024

2:22

Self-released

  • Artemas
  • White
  • Daintree

Background[edit]

Following the release of his debut mixtape Pretty in February 2024 and having hosted two shows at The Lower Third in London, Artemas returned to the recording studio and created "I Like the Way You Kiss Me".[1] Artemas announced the single on 15 March on his social media.[2]

Composition[edit]

Musically, "I Like the Way You Kiss Me" is a darkwave[3] and alternative pop song,[4] fueled by "moody 80s and pulsating synths" featuring a "dark, retro-futuristic sound collage".[1] Artemas lends his "crooning, gloomy" vocals on the chorus as a counterpart to the "kinetic energy" of the whole track. Lyrically, he presents a story of a strained relationship, being unsure of where he and his partner stand.[5] Eventually, he confesses that he favours sex over feelings "by pushing harder for the physicality".[6]