Even the purest-sounding pop music isn’t innocent. It all comes from a place of temptation, even debauchery. That’s what makes it hot, and that’s why fans gravitate to it. “electric <3 hearts” by Brandi Burkhardt is part of that world of winks and double entendres. Oh, it sounds sweet, but peel back the layers a little, and you get something not very good-girl-friendly.
At the club. The song was already a verse in when I felt him move in behind me. His chest pressed into my back like he already knew I wasn’t going to stop him. The synths wrapped tightly around us, pulsing low, sharp enough to hold my body in place while he grew bolder. I kept my eyes forward, shifted my stance just enough to feel him more clearly, and let the track push deeper into my hips. That’s the kind of track this is. A joyous pop song with some danger underneath that beckons you to take one more step back into him and see what happens.
“We light it up, glowing wild in the dark.” That’s the kind of line you hum into someone’s ear while your hands stay low. It pulses more than it lifts. No sparkle for show, just the kind that keeps him guessing what you’ll do if he keeps his mouth shut.
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You can hear the stage in her voice. Brandi Burkhardt didn’t stumble into pop—she brought the same control that made her a Broadway lead and let it pulse through every word. Her delivery is clean, confident, completely unbothered by flash or overkill. She hits “every touch ignites an animal urge” with that same calm precision you use when you already know what effect you’re having on him. It’s pop, but it’s built by someone who’s held a room of hundreds with nothing but a mic and a spotlight. That control lingers under every synth stab, keeping the track steady even when the tension hits hard.
You’re the voltage that keeps pulling me in / a shock to my system, getting under my skin. He’s already under my shirt by the time she hits that line—fingertips dragging slowly across my stomach, not rough, not soft, just enough to make my whole body listen. That line lands right as my breath catches. Brandi sings it like she’s already there, too—voice steady, breath controlled, like she’s tuned to the same rhythm your body just locked into. The sound stays right there, heavy, intimate, and you don’t move until it’s finished with you.
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“electric <3 hearts” is the third single from just / like / this—Brandi’s dance-pop EP built for nights that don’t end when the bar closes. There’s sweetness in the shimmer, yeah, but it’s the control underneath that makes you stay. If you’ve ever lost hours dancing to Robyn, flirted too long with a Carly Rae Jepsen song, or let a Tove Lo track pull your clothes off one piece at a time—this lives in that space. The rhythm stays locked, glitter-lit, holding your mind in place while your body does what it wants.
Brandi trained at NYU’s Tisch School before stepping into a full acting career—starring on Passions and Hart of Dixie, and leading Broadway productions of Mamma Mia and A Tale of Two Cities. While filming and performing, she was also in the studio, recording demos, writing with John Legend, and working with Grammy-winning producers like Tony Prendatt. She’s recorded songs by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Leslie Bricusse, and Don Black. Composer Frank Wildhorn wrote specifically for her voice. You hear all of it in how she handles electric <3 hearts—tight control, zero hesitation, and every phrase landing exactly where it’s meant to make you feel something. She sings “Every beat a new distraction” like someone who knows how dangerous attention can be.
As the music faded, he didn’t move. Still behind me. Still warm. I stayed in it, hips low, mouth parted, not ready for it to be over. The silence felt like someone watching, waiting to see if I’d ask for more. I didn’t. I let it hang there—sweaty, quiet, unresolved. electric <3 hearts didn’t say goodbye. It backs away slowly, like a hand that knew exactly how long you’d let it stay.
