Released on March 23, 2018, this sultry R&B single “Pain and Pleasure” by Black Atlass describes a complex relationship, powered by sexual pleasure and pain.

Specifically, Fleming addressed the song’s concept in an interview with Complex:

”’Pain and Pleasure’ is a continuation of the story that starts in ‘My Life’. It’s about a female character who embodies the spirit of Los Angeles. Her spirit is constantly present in different forms, she’s nowhere and everywhere at once. I fall in love with her allure and we begin a tortured romance together. The highs and the lows are equally extreme but I can’t live without her."

An acoustic version of the track was published on May 3, 2018. The video shows Fleming demonstrating his piano skills at Westlake Recording Studios. Speaking on how and why this space has meaning:

”Westlake is the first studio I worked at in L.A. and become one of the home bases for my new project and I wanted to pay homage to that special place to me. There’s so much energy in the history of those rooms, especially Studio D where we recorded this one, which was designed and used by Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson for so much of his music. The piano I’m playing in the video is the same one that Quincy used on the records he and Michael recorded there. I think that really added an unspoken level to the performance and the story of the making of my new project”.