Intermittent Love by Exzenya is a soul crushing, blood boiling, trip to the bottom of the toxic love pit, and as someone who lives to existentially feel music that just reaches into my chest and tugs on my heart strings, this song left me breathless. This genre-defying artist born and raised in the global context produces a sound that feels whimsical and as unpredictable as it sounds and draws you into a world in which beauty and pain meet. With her voice, raw and unfiltered and sounding so heartbreakingly human, the weight of every note is felt, recorded with no autotune allowing all the emotion to breathe.
The psychological drive towards the intermittent reinforcement and punishment, based on which the song was inspired, is like an eye-opener. It reflects the whirling nature of the depressing relationships of hope and heartbreak well, reflected through the dark and moody beat of the production. Exzenya has a siren-like voice, it is lush and hypnotic, and the high, ethereal background harmonies seem to call to mind the mythical sirens calling sailors to their deaths. The tunes are very alluring and haunting, and they have a trance that envelops you, that you cannot get out of, a mixture of longing and despair.
What is unique about the Intermittent Love is that it courageously combines the intellect with the emotion. Exzenya does not merely sing about the perils of love, she not only breaks it down and smears it with applied behavior analysis but integrates with the tragic siren of Greek mythology, to make her narrative as intellectual but also as gritty. The production is mastered and mixed professionally playing up the tiniest bits of her voice as well as the ethereal vocal effects that linger as a specter.
The song is a masterpiece of Exzenya as an artist-each word is her own, each vocal is crafted, every decision made. It is a song that requires one to feel it and not hear. To anyone who has ever been sucked into the undercurrent of love, Intermittent Love is an impassioned, unforgettable reflection- a soul-pop classic that batters your heart and makes you thankful that it happened.
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