Keni Titus returns with her most delicate release to date, “man like you.” With only an acoustic guitar and the Los Angeles singer-songwriter’s fragile yet commanding voice, she turns intimacy into a sharp reflection on gender double standards in relationships.
The track quietly reveals the interplay of power, silence, and desire in love. Gentle fingerpicking meets haunting lyrics that feel both tender and unsettling. Keni’s sweet delivery carries an undercurrent of sharp critique, exposing male behavior in courtship.
She explains, “I wrote ‘man like you’ from my perspective of how a man moves through the world when pursuing a woman—what men assume they’re entitled to do, how they choose to act, and how women’s desires and longings often remain unspoken.”
Musically, the track drifts between pop and indie-folk, echoing the tone of her upcoming album, an evocative mix of contrasts, grace, and rawness, green smoothies and cigarettes.
“man like you” extends a run of critically acclaimed releases, following her confessional single “mistake” and the EP “juliet,” both praised by outlets like Wonderland, UPROXX, and Alternative Press.
This is complemented by her live presence, most recently supporting beabadoobee on The Space In Between Tour in North America, where she captivated audiences night after night, playing to packed houses across the continent.
Make no mistake, Keni Titus’ “man like you” is a confrontation disguised as intimacy, a statement that shows that desire and critique can exist side by side.
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