Liim | Detour Pick

New York, US | Liim returns with "Is Loving Really Bad?" and the very first thing that jumps out is the hook, a loose, half sung half rapped melody that lands with the same kind of unpredictable catchiness Teezo Touchdown built a whole identity around. It is not a hook built to be technically perfect. It bends slightly off pitch in places that feel intentional rather than accidental, the kind of vocal choice that only works because the artist commits to it fully.

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That same spirit carries into the production. Rather than settling into a clean, single lane beat, the instrumental leans into textures patched together from different corners of genre, closer to alternative rock and soul than straight hip hop, giving Liim room to slide between singing and rapping without either side feeling forced. It is the kind of genre blurring that once led Tyler, The Creator to compare his sound to a mix of Max B and Stereolab, and "Is Loving Really Bad?" leans further into that description than almost anything in his catalog so far.

Lyrically, the track sits on familiar but well handled ground, the vulnerability of falling for someone while still shedding old habits, carried by verses that stay reflective rather than performative. Coming off "R.I.P. Peace" from May, this is the second piece of what looks like a slow rollout toward a follow up to his 2025 debut, Liim Lasalle Loves You, and it suggests he is leaning further into the eccentric, hook forward side of his sound rather than pulling back from it.