K. Michelle Has Her Own Money, Thank You Very Much

And yet, the song is also about how this dude, possibly somewhere at the midpoint between a sidepiece and a mainpiece but definitely not her priority, is special in his way—“You the only one I keep it hunnid with, you know.” Yet she never cedes power to him, which is a reason this song is so exhilarating, as she takes on the partial investment of a trillion man-helmed love songs before her. She’ll let him get what he wants but in this transaction she’s allowing it, and at a point bestows the ultimate compliment: “Everytime you leave I need more/might just have to bring you on tour.” She’s a torrid storyteller, hovering in a minor key with a light bit of melancholy and even more apparent motivation to get hers.