Love You Less
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| Single by Joji | ||||
| from the album Piss in the Wind | ||||
| Released | 2 January 2026 | |||
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| Length | 3:21 | |||
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| Producer | Ricky Reed | |||
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"Love You Less" (stylised in all caps) is a song by Japanese-Australian singer-songwriter Joji, released as the fourth single from his fourth studio album, Piss in the Wind, on 2 January 2026. It was produced by Ricky Reed.
Composition
[edit]"Love You Less" has been described as shoegaze,[1][2] indie rock,[3] and dream pop,[4] featuring "swirling" textures, "melancholic" guitars, and steady drum work.[1][5] Lyrically, the song details Joji's feelings towards an unbalanced, "push-and-pull" romance,[3] with one person being fully committed and the other only growing more distant.[5]
Critical reception
[edit]Ken Partridge of Genius compared the song's sound to My Bloody Valentine.[2] Robin Murray of Clash found that the song sees Joji "at his most open" lyrically, and called the song's shoegaze-inspired textures "gorgeous".[1] Elijah Pareño of Rolling Stone Philippines described the song as having a "loose" and "fragile" quality, and found Joji stepping into a different genre to work in his favor.[4]
Visualizer
[edit]A 360-degree visualizer was released alongside the song on January 2. The computer-generated video is shown from the perspective of a character "flying through a city under siege" into space, encountering "all sorts of sci-fi and trippy visuals".[5] Ken Partridge of Genius compared the visualizer to a Star Wars video game.[2]
Charts
[edit]| Chart (2026) | Peak position |
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| New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[6] | 2 |
| US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[7] | 26 |
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Murray, Robin (2 January 2026). "Joji's 'Love You Less' Conjures Shoegaze Heaven". Clash. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
- 1 2 3 Partridge, Ken (2 January 2026). "Joji Goes Shoegaze On New Song "Love You Less"". Genius. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
- 1 2 Molloy, Laura (3 January 2026). "Joji shares melancholic new single "Love You Less" and sends doppelgänger to do promo". NME. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
- 1 2 Pareño, Elijah (14 January 2026). "Joji, Robyn, HEY JUNE!, and All the Songs You Need to Know". Rolling Stone Philippines. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
- 1 2 3 Taylor, Steven (3 January 2026). "Joji Shares Melancholic New Single "Love You Less"". mxdwn Music. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
- ↑ "Hot 40 Singles". Recorded Music NZ. 9 January 2026. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
- ↑ "Hot Rock & Alternative Songs: Week of February 21, 2026". Billboard. Retrieved 19 February 2026.