R&B singer IDMAN is making it known on her latest gender-neutral love song “Polytics” that there are many different types of love.
The track pushes back on traditional notions of monogamy, prompting listeners to remember that they are in control of their own love lives.
“This is a really simple, tongue-in-cheek song about relationships,” she tells Complex. “I think people normally look at non-traditional dating styles or non-monogamy or anything other than what they’re used to as being complex, hard to understand, and overcomplicated, but it’s not. I think the most complex and nuanced thing is about what’s actually universal—and that’s love.”
IDMAN’s honesty about the multifaceted nature of relationships shines through, as she acknowledges not everyone fits into a simple archetype for what love can look like.
“Every single day we see people fearlessly talking about how they participate in platonic and romantic relationships,” she says. “So this is me, thinking out loud.”
”Polytics” is the second single from IDMAN’s forthcoming debut EP entitled Risk, which will be out in 2022.
