COME DOWN Lyrics – The Kid LAROI | from “BEFORE I FORGET”

The Kid LAROI is bracing us for his most unguarded swing yet with BEFORE I FORGET, his third full-length dropping January 9 via Columbia Records, and COME DOWN hits like that late-night spiral where the high crashes into something real and ragged.

This one’s LAROI at his most unguarded: a mid-tempo pop-rap lament with shimmering synths and a heartbeat bassline courtesy of producers Andrew Aged, Dopamine, and FNZ, blending his signature melodic flows with those aching, Auto-Tuned hooks that hit like late-night voicemails. It’s got that hazy, emotional sheen—think hazy club fog giving way to bedroom vulnerability—rooted in alt-R&B edges and subtle trap undercurrents.

Thematically, it’s pure post-breakup haze: chasing escape in bottles and blunts at a party that’s run too long, only to wake up texting apologies through the pride (“Got way too drunk, I texted like three times, yeah / I’m sorry I didn’t say ‘Sorry,’ that was my pride”). It’s about that fragile plea for rescue, promising forever in the sober light (“I wanna love you ’til the end of times”), but shadowed by the fear she’ll fade like the buzz. Dropped as track four amid the rollout, it echoes the album’s core ache—reclaiming messy truths before memory blurs them—fueled by LAROI’s real-life split that scrapped an entire prior project.

BEFORE I FORGET feels like a scrapbook of what he wants to leave behind—heartbreak laced with regret, but shot through with this quiet growth, like he’s finally naming the chaos instead of drowning in it. He kicked off the rollout with the B.I.F. teaser back in October 2025, then unleashed lead single A PERFECT WORLD last November, setting the tone for a 15-track ride that mixes solo vents with smart collabs. The lineup rolls from openers like ME + YOU and JULY into heavier hitters—RATHER BE with Lithe, 5:21 AM tapping Andrew Aged, THE MOMENT alongside Clara La San—before easing into closers like BACK WHEN YOU WERE MINE. The deluxe pads it out with extras like WAY BEFORE and HAPPY BIRTHDAY for those who want the full unfiltered cut.

Right now, LAROI’s in that sweet spot of evolution, three years past The First Time and miles from the F*CK LOVE frenzy that made him a teen sensation. He’s traded some of the wild energy for sharper edges, pulling in global voices while keeping his Aussie grit front and center—think bigger stages, deeper scars, and a confidence that says he’s owning the mess.

Dive into the COME DOWN lyrics below and unpack its raw narrative. Don’t miss other BEFORE I FORGET tracks for more of The Kid LAROI’s aching introspection.