By LoffMusic
When two voices as distinct and powerful as those of Moses Sumney and Hayley Williams meet, the result can only be something special. And “I Like It I Like It”, their new collaboration released on May 8, 2025, confirms it: a song that not only overflows with emotion, but is a sonorous ode to desire, to obsessions we don’t understand, but feel deeply.
Available through independent label Tuntum Records (founded by Sumney), the single is a musical journey that combines psychedelic soul, ethereal harmonies and a lyrical charge as intimate as it is haunting.
🎙️ A Song That Smells Like Teen Crush
“Hayley Williams and Paramore were an essential part of my anxious youth,” Sumney explained in the official release. “So when I was writing this song about an angsty crush, I knew she was the only person who could sing it with me.”
And he wasn’t wrong. The result is a sublime blend of vulnerability, restrained sensuality and sweet melancholy. The production, by Moses himself with Quickly, Quickly and Rob Bisel (SZA’s regular producer), is minimalist but immersive, building an enveloping atmosphere.
📝 Letters that Strike Deep
With phrases like “I turn into a cactus when we touch” or “You cover all the magazines in my conscious stream… and that’s so weak”, both artists build a narrative about desire from the emotional rather than the physical.
It’s a song for those who have felt that kind of love that doesn’t end up coming to anything… but doesn’t go away either.
🎧 A Lyric Video with a lot of Them
The release was accompanied by a lyric video on YouTube, where both artists appear with platinum blonde hair, a detail that many fans relate to Williams’ dye line, Good Dye Young. The clip is elegant, minimalist, like the song itself, and lets the music breathe.
✨ A Collaboration that Was a Matter of Time
Both artists have been in collaborative mode in recent months. Hayley Williams was recently featured on Turnstile’s “Seein’ Stars,” and Moses Sumney on “Hey Girl(s),” alongside Syd and Meshell Ndegeocello. In addition, Sumney is expanding his artistry into film and television, while Williams continues to break new ground from within Paramore and beyond.
With “I Like It I Like It”, Sumney and Williams give us a piece that doesn’t ask for screams or climaxes: just a confession sung in the ear. And sometimes, that’s more powerful.
