Some songs are about love. “Close” is about the moment right before you let yourself have it, and knowing you shouldn’t. San Diego’s Deja Renee has built a career out of turning private feelings into records that hit like they were written specifically about your life, and her new single doesn’t break that streak.

Desire, Restraint, Tension

-PurpleMistress

“Close” sits in the space between craving someone and knowing better, that particular kind of trouble where your head’s writing the warning label while your body’s already leaning in. The track splits itself in two. One half is the rush of being someone’s weakness, the power in it, the danger in it. The other is quieter, more guarded: the internal argument that says you’re worth more than almost, more than maybe, more than close. Highly recommend!