Losin Control

Losin Control

Russ

“Losin Control” is Russ' 49th single of 2015 and was released on November 9th, 2015. It also stands as Russ' most popular R&B performance, proving that he is not only a rapper and producer.

Russ wrote this song for his first girlfriend as an apology. He expressed his motive for creating the song in a tweet that was deleted moments after posting it, he explains:

I’m tryna to empathize that I understand why she’s fighting her feelings

In the first verse, he is actually telling the story of how he neglected his first girlfriend. His first girlfriend is the same girl that he raps about in a song released two months before this one, “First One”; it goes more into depth about the girl, their relationship, and what he did to push away the only girl who genuinely cared for him.

Due to the way Russ treated his ex, she now finds it hard to give her love and trust to another man. In the second verse Russ explains that the new guys intentions were nothing like his were. Even though the new guy is proving to her that he isn’t going to take her love for granted she still battles an internal conflict because of her relationship with Russ.


The official music video was released to YouTube on February 1, 2016. The video is directed by Edgar Esteves and features Russ himself, along with YouTube beauty vlogger Taylor Layne.