Break me!

**"break me!"** is a song by Maggie Lindemann featuring Siiickbrain, written by both & No Love for the Middle Child and produced by No Love for the Middle Child. Taken from Lindemann's debut album *SUCKERPUNCH*, the song was released as the album's third single on June 3, 2022.

## Background & Composition

On May 11, 2022, Lindemann posted a screenshot on her Instagram Stories of a music video titled "MAGGIE LINDEMANN FT." with Siiickbrain credited as the director that was recorded on May 5. Three days later, Lindemann posted a snippet of the single on her Instagram and another on her Twitter. Then, on May 18, Lindemann sang the song live for the first time in San Diego.

On May 19, 2022, Siiickbrain did an Instagram Live and mentioned she would be perfoming a new song with Lindemann on her So What! Festival set, and she also mentioned she would be doing an announcement the next day that was excited for. The following day, both Lindemann and Siiickbrain announced *break me!'*s release date along a snippet from the music video. The single cover was unveiled a few days later, on May 27, 2022.

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:

"So "break me!” featuring Siiickbrain is about addiction and the feeling of being intoxicated or on drugs or whatever it is. The feeling it gives you. That rush of fear and adrenaline, but also calmness and peace in the moments where you are intoxicated or whatever. The feeling of peace, but then also the come down, being so terrible and coping with self-infliction or, getting more fucked up or, lust or whatever it is, like the things that you use to cope, and just feeling so broken and your heart is decaying and it's literally trying to break you down. And we wanted this song to feel like fast when you listen to the production and everything combined. We wanted it to kinda feel like an experience, how you're kinda thrown into it and everything's just moving so fast. So, I hope you guys caught that."
In an interview on the song's release, Lindemann mentioned *break me!* was one of her favorite songs she has made and that she was proud of it. She also mentioned an earlier version of the song didn't have Siiickbrain's chopped up screams and that that version is much different from the final product.

## Lyrics

[Chorus: Maggie Lindemann, *Siiickbrain*]

Every time you try to break me *(Down)*

I feel my heart decaying

Every time you try to break me down

[Verse 1: Siiickbrain, *Maggie Lindemann*]

Taste you and I breathe so deep

Heart beats hard, my knees go weak

Mouth glued shut and I can't speak

Why does fear make me complete?

*Little more lust and some addiction*
I fell in love for a quick minute

Trying to cope with self-infliction

Drinking 'til I'm incoherent

[Chorus: Maggie Lindemann, *Both*]

Every time you try to break me

I feel my heart decaying

Every time you try to break me *down*

[Post-Chorus: Siiickbrain]

Do-o-o-own

Do-o-o-own

Do-o-o-own

Break me down

[Verse 2: Siiickbrain, *Maggie Lindemann*, **Both**]

You make my head spin crazy

You make my world go black

Even when my life gets hazy

I don't wanna die

*A little more wind from a little more speed*
Tryna hold on, but it's pulling me

Side effects, they're killing me
**Side effects, they're killing me**

[Chorus: Maggie Lindemann, *Both*]

Every time you try to break me

I feel my heart decaying

Every time you try to break me *down*

[Post-Chorus: Siiickbrain]

Do-o-o-own

Do-o-o-own

Do-o-o-own

Break me down

[Bridge: Maggie Lindemann]

Little more lust and some addiction

I fell in love for a quick minute

Trying to cope with self-infliction

Drinking 'til I'm incoherent

[Outro: Siiickbrain]

Do-o-o-own

Do-o-o-own

## Music videos and BTS

Maggie Lindemann, Siiickbrain - break me!
### Background

The music video was directed by Siiickbrain and in an interview with IHeartRadio, Lindemann mentioned Jennifer's Body was a big influence on the video. She also mentioned that the leather boots were very hard to put on and that she stayed in that outfit for 12 hours and the friction of the leather against her newly pierced bellybutton took a while to heal. The singer also said some of the flashing lights were added on post-production, but most of them were real, which made her go blind for a few minutes.

Maggie Lindemann, Siiickbrain - break me! (bts)Maggie Lindemann, Siiickbrain - break me! (lyric video)
### Music video BTS

* By Jay Vito

* Miscellaneous