“if looks could kill”, originally titled “Four Candler Road”, is the first 2023 release from Atlanta native rapper Destroy Lonely. The song consists of popular themes within his music such as his lavish lifestyle, his drug habits and his love life, all brought together over a dark and gloomy trap beat. The song samples Heathens by Halestorm.

Lonely first previewed the song via Instagram Live on October 19, 2022, where he was seen wearing a Halloween mask, which fit the antagonist like aesthetic of the song. The track was recorded two days prior on October 17, 2022.

The song was only teased one other time while Lonely was performing at a night club after a show on February 17, 2023.

Prior to its official release, the snippet of the track gained a large amount of traction on TikTok, where over twenty-thousand videos were uploaded using the song’s audio.