How could you do this to me?

"**how could you do this to me?**" is a song by Maggie Lindemann featuring Kellin Quinn, written by Maggie Lindemann, Cody Tarpley, Joshua Murty & Alex Lahey and produced by Cody Tarpley & Joshua Murty. Taken from Lindemann's debut album *SUCKERPUNCH*, the song was released as the album's second single on April 29, 2022.

## Background & Composition

In her 2021 interview with Zach Sang, Lindemann talked about her wishes to collaborate with Kellin Quinn:

"I really wanna collab with Kellin Quinn, that's like my, that's like the one person I, like, once I collab with, I can, like, be done. I'll just quit, right then and there. He's just, I don't know, that's like the one person that I've always said like I just really, really want to meet and I just really wanna collab with, or even if he doesn't wanna collab, I just wanna right a song with him."
A few months later, on May, Lindemann did a "CHEAT DAY" segment with Brother HQ and when asked about her biggest influences she cited Kellin Quinn and also said he was her dream collaboration as she grew up listening to Sleeping with Sirens, so it would be a dream to have him in one of her songs. After seeing the video, Quinn tweeted "Def something I want to make happen! She’s amazingly talented!", to which Lindemann replied "i cry every time i swear".

On October 18, 2021, Lindemann performed *how could you do this to me?* live for the first time in Toronto, Canada at the Life Support Tour. Later on the same day, she confirmed the song's title. A picture of Lindemann's setlist was posted on November and *how could you do this to me?* was referred to as "Day 5", to which the singer replied that it wasn't the song's name, but since it was made on the fifth day of writing sessions for the album, her and her team called it "Day 5".

On April 15, 2022, Lindemann announced *how could you do this to me?* as the second single from *SUCKERPUNCH* along a video of herself listening to Sleeping with Sirens when she was younger saying "sws has been my favorite band since middle school. i’ll never recover. AH". In the press release for the single, Lindemann once again stated her love for Sleeping with Sirens saying "It’s literally a dream come true to work with Kellin. Sleeping With Sirens has been my favorite band since middle school, so this is kinda surreal to me. He absolutely killed it and I could not be happier with the song.", while Quinn praised Lindemann, saying "Maggie is so so talented! Was so excited to be a part of this track! I think Maggie is next in Line! She’s a star!".

For a short period of time, a jigsaw puzzle was available on the sckrpn.ch website and after solving it, a snippet of the track was available before release and a voicenoite from Lindemann explaining the song's meaning was available. In the voicenote, the singer said:

""how could you do this to me" is about being in a toxic relationship and honestly being the toxic one. I am no saint, I have definitely contributed to being in a toxic relationship, it takes two to be toxic and I was definitely toxic. A lot of the times when me and my ex would break up, I would wanna hang out and stuff. Just like the comfort of hanging out and being with someone that you feel comfortable with. I don't know if anyone else relates to this but I hate hanging out with new people, I would much rather stick to someone that I know even if it's toxic, even if we hate each other and don't get along. I would rather hang out with them than to hang out with someone new, just because I hate the awkward phase of meeting someone. So, we would hang out all the time and, it would never end well, like, we would always fight, always argue, we would always end the day on a bad note. So, it was just always toxic and I couldn't get enough, I would have to go back for more and I think overall we were both toxic. But afterward, I was definitely toxic, constantly trying to hang out and then him being like, "So are we gonna date?" and I was like, "No, I don't wanna date you," leading them on a little bit which is so fucked up, I know. I was young, like 18-19, but, yeah, just feeling comfortable in the toxicness and having them being like, "Why are you doing this to me?" and it's a toxic one, I apologize, I was young, okay?"
## Lyrics

[Intro: Maggie Lindemann]

Okay, we need to fucking talk

[Verse 1: Maggie Lindemann]

Now I lay me down to sleep

Tell me do you think of me in your dreams (In your dreams)

When you're next to me (When you're next to me)

Always gotta cross the line

I'm just gonna take and waste your time (Your time)

You're so easy to read (You're so easy to read)

[Pre-Chorus 1: Maggie Lindemann]

You will be there when I need it

You can call it what you want

But I will never be the one

[Chorus: Maggie Lindemann]

You know I love to take control

So I'll be leaving you out here to bleed

Drag you down with me

You'll never get away from me

Feel me wrap around you until you scream

"How could you do this to me?"

[Verse 2: Kellin Quinn]

Now I've cut off all the breaks

You best believe that I'm your worst mistake (Worst mistake)

But you always make it (But you always make it)

But you always make it

And you keep on crawling back

You're in too deep 'cause your heart's attached (Heart's attached)

You know that this won't last (Yeah)

[Chorus: Kellin Quinn]

You know I like to take control (Take control)

So I'll be leaving you out here to bleed (Out here to bleed)

Drag you down with me (Drag you down with me, yeah)

You'll never get away from me (Away from me)

Feel me wrap around you untill you scream (Untill you scream)

"How could you do this to me?"

[Pre-Chorus 2: Kellin Quinn, *Maggie Lindemann*]

Who will be there when I need it?

*You can call it what you want*
But I will be your only one

[Chorus: Maggie Lindemann, *Kellin Quinn*, **Both**]

You know I love to take control

So I'll be leaving you out here to bleed *(Out here to bleed)*

Drag you down with me

You'll never get away from me *(Away from me)*

Feel me wrap around you until you scream *(Until you scream)*

**"How could you do this to me?"**

[Outro: Maggie Lindemann]

Ah-ah, ah, ah

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah

How?

## Music videos

Maggie Lindemann, Kellin Quinn - how could you do this to me? (visualizer)Maggie Lindemann, Kellin Quinn - how could you do this to me? (lyric video)
## Gallery

Uncropped artwork by Dasan HolmesHeart-shaped box used in the visualizer