"You take me back and then I lie to you again / I slipped into the DM of your best friend / On God, I didn't mean it / Truth is I only messed up because you seen it," Ursh sings to begin the second verse, and as much as you want to feel sorry for him, his wounds are self-inflicted. He sincerely sounds as if he regrets his entanglements and overall bad decisions even though he keeps messing up over and over again. "I love love, I'm just bad at it / I just can't escape all of these bad habits / I had way too many one nights, yeah / I keep messin' up my love life, yeah," he croons on the chorus. Although he believes in love (or at least the concept of it), he has issues with commitment, monogamy and generally keeping it in his pants.
“Bad Habits” is a mini-drama of infidelity and self-loathing set to lyrics which hit a little too hard: “Every time I see my new girl, it’s the best/Then I get another text from my ex/On God, it’s like clockwork.” Hurt less Usher, but keep making music this hot."Bad Habits" finds Usher admitting all of the ways he's done his Miss Right wrong. Turns out he was bottling up all of that judgment for an entire track.
Wayne Weizhen Zhang: “Bad habits, don’t judge me,” Usher was saying just a couple months ago, without so much as a hint of regret. Beatboxes and bass lines, messed-up love life and eloquent chronicler of it, he keeps his cool as singer and co-writer. Then, the 80’s gated drum break happens, and Usher flies back up, hovering in front of the sun, as gorgeous as ever.Īlfred Soto: Lither than at any point since his heyday, Usher releases another solid 2020 single. Nortey Dowuona: The spirited synth grooves gather up every single cowbell hit, then drop it on the bass drum chart with the bass synths sliding up alongside them, Usher atop, smiling, sliding right down at your feet on his velvety voice. The production doesn’t interfere a lot until the bridge, when suddenly the fun and kind of bouncy beat turns into more classic drums and Usher’s vocal melody changes completely, leading to a passionate final chorus. The fast flow captures both intimacy and sensuality. Juana Giaimo: In an age when so many artists are turning to R&B, Usher shows that he really knows the genre. Yet the spark is gone - Lxrd Rossi and Pierre Medor’s generically upbeat production doesn’t offer a counterpoint to Usher’s anguish so much as serve as wallpaper, and Usher sounds like he’s recorded this song too many times to really feel it anymore. On “Bad Habits” he revisits a classic Usher songform: the “I fucked up romantically” admission that doubles as a dance track. Jacob Sujin Kuppermann: This year, Usher has proven that he can still do it all - from smooth, retro R&B to EDM crossover. I’m not sure if I want to keep hearing about Usher’s struggles with commitment, though. Leonel Manzanares de la Rosa: A serviceable melody and a solid vocal from one of the all-time greats, but the prize goes to that prominent synth bass and the drum variations of the bridge, courtesy of Pierre Medor and Lxrd Rossi, who seem to be wearing their 80s hats tight. And the way Usher sings it, you believe every word - or at least, I do. From his silky vocal to the all-too-brief sample of Zapp’s “Computer Love” (the second single from male R&B stars this year to utilize it, after Ne-Yo and Jeremih’s “U 2 Luv”) to those perfectly tinny-sounding 808 accents, this has it all. “Bad Habits” is another entry in his catalog of “I can’t stop messin’ around but I love you” songs, and it’s superlative. Thomas Inskeep: Oh, Usher sounds so good when he’s being bad. Just when we thought he’d said all he could say… Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment.I LIE HERE BURIED WITH MY RINGS AND MY DRESSES.
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