Love Me & Let Me Go

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"Love Me & Let Me Go"
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Single by Ashley Tisdale
from the album Symptoms
ReleasedJanuary 25, 2019 (2019-01-25)
Recorded2018
Genre Pop [1]
Length2:46
Label Big Noise
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) John Feldmann
Ashley Tisdale singles chronology
"Voices in My Head"
(2018)
"Love Me & Let Me Go"
(2019)
"Lemons"
(2020)
Music video
"Love Me & Let Me Go" on YouTube

"Love Me & Let Me Go" is a song by Ashley Tisdale from her third studio album, Symptoms . It was released as the album's second and final single on January 25, 2019, through label Big Noise. [2] [3]

Contents

Background and composition

Speaking about the meaning of the song in an interview with Entertainment Weekly , Tisdale stated:

"With ‘Love Me and Let Me Go,’ I remember just feeling really shut off, so I wrote those lyrics down in my notes app on my phone... I didn’t want to dwell on the feelings of anxiety and depression, so there wasn’t anything [in the album] that was too scary [to reveal]. I mean, the scariest part is talking about it right now."

Ashley Tisdale, interview with Entertainment Weekly [4]

Musically, "Love Me & Let Me Go" is a "moody" pop song [1] that contains "electro-kissed production", a "skittering beat", and a breakdown in the song's chorus. [5] [1] Though the lyrics were interpreted as Tisdale demanding space from a past lover, [5] Tisdale later revealed the song to be about her struggles with anxiety. [1] [3]

Critical reception

Mike Nied, writing for Idolator , praised the song's chorus and called the song "sleek and sassy". [5] Madeline Roth of MTV called the song "a much-welcome comeback from the singer-songwriter, who's giving fans a vulnerable side of herself they've never seen before." [3]

Music video

A music video was released to accompany the single on January 30, 2019. [6] Speaking about the video, Tisdale stated "the music video represents the feelings of being trapped and needing to let go". [1] Different stages of anxiety are symbolized in the video. [1] The video begins with the singer sitting alone in a blacked-out room. [3] As the video progresses, it becomes brighter, symbolizing the singer gaining control of her anxiety. [1] [3] The final moments show the singer levitating above the ground, having broken free. [7]

Track listing

Digital download [8]

  1. "Love Me & Let Me Go" – 2:46

Personnel

Adapted from Tidal. [9]

Release history

RegionRelease dateFormatRef.
VariousJanuary 25, 2019 Digital download [8]

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