‘Bad Habit’ by Hannah Dorman is a bright, sentimental synth-pop track that takes on love at first sight and all its fixings. It’s an account of a love that feels familiar and easy to fall into, like a habit or a pattern. A subtle groove to describe dynamic emotion.
The song’s bright synths take us through the beats of this love with a light, building intensity. A light brightness that feels like a floaty freefall, or a heady yet warm hug. Our narrator even recognises this falling as something familiar, and that happens often. “…A habit I can’t let go…”.
‘Bad Habit’ pairs love-crush attraction with vice. Or something close, familiar, but not necessarily the best thing. It captures the headiness, anticipation and anxiety that come with love at first sight, especially if those emotions only build and build.
The song feels like a mixed cocktail of pure emotion, following this attraction and subtly leading us down what’s going on in our narrator’s mind. Anticipation and familiar trepidation, along with those bursts of recognition while spiralling and trying not to get ahead of yourself.
‘Bad Habit’ by Hannah Dorman captures the nebulous nature of crushes, attraction and love, and how that headiness doesn’t always feel cosy, warm or even comfortable. Sometimes those familiar emotions can feel like habits or even behaviours that we’ve been trying so hard to kick.
A refreshing take on a sweet, yet cautious love song.
