Inspired by the creative process of their earlier works, frontman Levine wanted the songwriting to come internally as opposed to recent studio albums, such as Jordi and Red Pill Blues (2017), where outside writers would produce demos for the band to later expand on. By virtue of its sample-based production, it has been labeled a pop, R&B and hip-hop album with prominent influences of soul, funk, and new wave.[2] The album features guest appearances from American rappers Lil Wayne and Sexyy Red and Thai rapper Lisa.[3] A deluxe digital edition of the album was released on August 16, 2025, featuring three additional tracks, including "Closer" featuring American EDM producer Marshmello.
To support the album, the band will embark on the Love Is Like World Tour, scheduled to begin in North American with support from American pop singer-songwriter Claire Rosinkranz in October 2025. "Priceless" (featuring Lisa) was released as the lead single on May 2, 2025, peaking at number 76 on the US Billboard Hot 100, later becoming a top-ten single in eighteen other regions. The second single, "Love Is Like" (featuring Lil Wayne), was released on August 14. Two promotional singles were also released: the disco-inspired "All Night", in June 2025, followed by "California" in July. The band appeared on The Today Show and performed at the iHeartRadio Music Festival to further promote the album.
Background
On April 7, 2025, Maroon 5's lead singer Adam Levine confirmed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon that the band was planning on releasing an album coming "over the summer".[4] He also revealed that the album would precede a tour starting "in the fall-ish".[5] On June 23, Maroon 5 officially announced their eighth studio album Love Is Like for release on August 15.[6] It is the band's first album in four years since Jordi (2021).[7] They also announced a US arena tour in support of the album beginning on October 6 in Phoenix and ending November 25 in Detroit.[8]
Levine stated that, for the album, the band decided that it was time to start writing as a collective again, wanting to re-capture the vibe they had when they first began.[9][10] Lead guitarist James Valentine said that, while the band decided to pull back from using outside producers in the beginning, they didn't fully cut them out, though the first five tracks the group wrote for the album were mainly written between just the members.[11]
Singles
The album was promoted by four singles. The lead single, "Priceless" featuring Lisa, was released on May 2, 2025.[12] The song debuted at number 76 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[13] The title track "Love Is Like", was released as the second single on August 14.[14]
Promotional singles
The first promotional single, "All Night", was released on June 23. The song debuted at number 76 and peaked at 67 on the Croatia Single Chart.[15] The song's music video is a tribute to Robert Palmer's 1986 hit, "Addicted to Love".[16] The second promotional single, "California", was released on July 17.[17]
Love is Like received mostly negative reviews by music critics.[23][20] On the review aggregator website Metacritic, the album received a score of 50 out of 100 based on 4 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[18]
In a negative review Linnie Greene of Pitchfork wrote that "the swagger is unconvincing; the odes to reconciliation tepid; even LISA and Lil Wayne can’t rescue these songs from banality" and that "Love Is Like is the latest repackaging of benign background noise for people who register music as something that happens without registering its particulars".[22]
Compared to their previous records, Love Is Like did significantly worse commercially than all other releases under the Maroon 5 name. The album peaked at number 36 on the US Billboard 200, becoming their first studio album not to debut in the top-ten; it was also their first album to not have any top-40 hits (whereas all prior albums had at least one top-ten hit). It also became their first studio album that failed to enter the UK Albums Chart. Elsewhere, it entered the top-twenty in Japan and Switzerland.
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