You know that one guy who keeps you just close enough to make you question everything? The one who kisses you like “a vintage backseat Barbie” but vanishes before morning? Yeah. Kylie Rothfield just wrote our group chat anthem.
“Lover Like That” is this soft, indie alt-pop track that lives in the blur of too many red flags and not enough answers. The production’s floaty —like your brain at 3am when you’re lying in bed thinking, is it me? Is it him? Kylie’s vocals glide over this melancholy guitar riff that feels like the tail end of a high—pretty, fragile, and way too easy to fall into.
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She opens with “crying in the bathroom of your party / will that make you want me,” and I’m sorry, but I immediately time-traveled back to that one warehouse party in Echo Park where I full-on sobbed in the coat check line because the guy I was seeing was too busy flirting with someone in a corset and Docs. Like, I knew better. We always know better. But damn, sometimes you still want to be wanted so bad it clouds your judgment.
Kylie’s not pulling punches here. The whole song’s about that impossible tug-of-war where you’re fully aware someone can’t love you the way you deserve, but you keep twisting yourself anyway. “Honestly I know that I want you too bad / I’m never gonna be a lover like that.” It’s not dramatic—it’s honest. It’s tired. And it’s kind of sexy in a ‘fuck this’ sort of way.
And god, the little details: “Looking up the price of a plastic body / anything to make you think I’m pretty.” We’ve all been there—scrolling skincare we can’t afford, trying on personalities like dresses, hoping we’ll land on the one they’ll finally stay for. The way she sings “let you have me, anyway you want it / anything to make me think I’m wanted” feels less like heartbreak and more like a slow exhale after holding it all in too long.
The track was co-written and produced with queer alt-pop artist Mothé, which makes sense—the mood is super fluid and intimate but a little off-kilter, like when you’re dancing alone at the end of the night and realize no one’s coming to save you… and that’s kind of freeing.
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But let’s talk Kylie for a sec. She’s not new to this. She’s been doing this for a while—signed her first publishing deal in 2015, got placements on MTV, NBC, ABC, even E!. She’s been endorsed by Epiphone Guitars, shouted out on SheShreds and Billboard, and Alicia Keys once called her “a blossoming, powerful flower with so much heart, so much talent, so much emotion and vocal power.” Like… not me crying again.
Faith Hill literally said, “Kylie absolutely blew me away. She interprets songs like a true artist and she could sing ANYTHING.” So yeah, if this is your first time hearing her, welcome. She’s got range. She’s got soul. She’s got that burn-it-all-down grace of someone who knows how much she’s worth, even if it takes a breakup to remember.
“Lover Like That” isn’t just a sad bop—it’s a permission slip. To walk away. To not settle. To want more than half-assed hookups and emotionally unavailable men with Spotify-curated trauma. It’s the soundtrack for every girl who’s done being someone’s “almost.”
