"Lose My Breath" is a song by South Korean boy band
Stray Kids, featuring American singer-songwriter
Charlie Puth. It was released as their first official English-language
single through
JYP Entertainment and
Republic Records on May 10, 2024. A
pop and
R&B track, the song was written by Puth,
3Racha,
Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Natalie Salomon, and
Johnny Goldstein with production from Puth and Goldstein, and talks about the feeling of a meeting love interest for the first time, which is compared to the inability to breathe. Commercially, "Lose My Breath" peaked at number 90 on the
Billboard Hot 100, and number 97 on the
UK Singles Chart.[1]
Background and release
Stray Kids' in-house production team
3Racha and
Charlie Puth held a song camp for working on "Lose My Breath" in September 2023 during 3Racha's attendance at the
Global Citizen Festival in
New York City, United States.[2] They both first publicly interacted the next month when Puth was in
Seoul, South Korea for the three-day Charlie Live Experience. He posted
Instagram Stories to thank Stray Kids for sending a meal. The group then responded to his story, "Good luck with your show Charlie! Wanna join ours...? Hahaha."[3]
On April 17, 2024, Stray Kids announced "Lose My Breath", featuring Puth, which was released on May 10, 2024.[4]JYP Entertainment stated that the song was intended to "ignite anticipation" for a forthcoming Korean release in mid-2024.[5] Digital pre-saves and
CD single pre-orders for US customers became available the next day.[6] The individual and group teaser images express their "suffocating and confused feelings" and "being unable to control oneself" because of "unfamiliar feelings of love" with "sad eyes in a dark space".[7][8] Two snippets of "Lose My Breath" were also teased on April 26 and 30.[9][10] The group introduced the song via the video "Intro: Lose My Breath", uploaded on May 9.[11] The remix versions were released on May 13, consisting of Stray Kids' version, a version with added rap lyrics, and a soft
garage version.[12]
Lyrics and composition
"Lose My Breath" was written by Puth, 3Racha (consisting of Bang Chan, Changbin, Han),
Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Natalie Salomon, and
Johnny Goldstein; Puth and Goldstein handled the production.[13] Musically, it is a
pop track[2] with "an old-school feel but also a strong
R&B vibe",[14] and includes guitar
arpeggios,[15] which give "1990s boyband sensibilities".[16] Lyrically, the song expresses the "strong" feelings of meeting a love interest for the first time,[17] which causes the protagonist to feel like they cannot breathe and their heart stops beating.[18]
Music video
An accompanying music video for "Lose My Breath" premiered on May 10, 2024, in conjunction with the single release,[19] preceded by two teaser videos.[20][21] It was directed by Soze,[22] and depicts Stray Kids doing different routines and chasing an unknown force as meteor-like fireworks explode in the sky,[23][24] reflecting loving and longing for someone with a mermaid theme.[25] Puth did not appear on the video.[24] The choreography scenes include dancing in several inches of water and in the pouring rain.[2]