Banks Friends Like We Used To -feat Tove Lo-... • Hot & Fresh

When BANKS sings the chorus, “We don’t touch like we used to / We don’t lie like we used to / So why does it hurt when I see you with somebody new?” you feel the gaslight in her voice. But then Tove Lo enters with the counterpoint, and suddenly it’s a conversation between two broken clocks that somehow both tell the exact same wrong time.

9/10 Best listened to: Driving home alone in the rain, or staring at the ceiling at 3 AM. BANKS Friends Like We Used To -feat Tove Lo-...

If you like your pop music served cold with a side of arson, hit play. Just don’t text your ex afterward. (Okay, fine. Text them. This song is basically permission.) When BANKS sings the chorus, “We don’t touch

There are collaborations you expect, and then there are the ones your late-night, overthinking brain dreams of. When BANKS announced a track featuring Tove Lo, it felt like the stars had finally aligned for a specific brand of delicious, cinematic darkness. If you like your pop music served cold

“Friends Like We Used To” is the anthem for the toxic era of Situationships. It’s not a breakup song, because you have to officially break up for that. This is the limbo song—the period where the label has changed, but the feelings haven't gotten the memo.