Just over a week after her “Here All Night” remixes hit the airwaves, Demi Lovato is back with something that feels entirely different—something lighter, freer, almost mischievous. “Kiss,” the latest single from her upcoming 2025 album of the same name, landed today via DLG Recordings and Island Records, and it doesn’t waste a second trying to be anything but what it is: a sticky, synth-kissed ode to the thrill of a no-strings kiss. There’s a breeziness here, a kind of shrug in the production that says, “Don’t overthink it.” And honestly? After the emotional weight of some of her recent releases, this feels like a release—like rolling the windows down and just letting the night take you.
Right from the jump, she sets the tone:
I kiss for fun, it’s fun to kiss / I use my tongue li-li-li-like this
It’s playful, almost teasing, and there’s something so refreshing about the lack of pretense. She’s not singing about forever; she’s singing about the flicker of a moment, the physical joy of connection without the baggage. And then there’s that cheeky Titanic reference—
Kiss me like one of your French girls / Like one of your bad boys
—that just winks at you. It’s nostalgic and a little rebellious, like she’s reclaiming a kind of cinematic romance but on her own terms. “Just tie me up and twist me / Like eating a cherry,” she sings, and you can almost hear her smiling in the booth. It’s not about being vulnerable—it’s about being in control, even when you’re losing yourself in the sensation.
But maybe the most telling line is the one that feels like the song’s thesis:
It’s not that deep unless you want it to be
In a way, that’s Demi talking directly to us, and maybe to herself, too. After years of laying her heart and her struggles bare in her music, “Kiss” feels like a conscious step into something lighter—a choice to let joy be just joy, without needing to mine it for meaning. The space between two people, the almost electric tension before a kiss… she’s asking, why let it go to waste? Why overcomplicate something that feels good? In the end, “Kiss” isn’t just a song about physical attraction; it’s a little manifesto on letting yourself have fun without apology. And sometimes, that’s the deepest thing you can do.