A Cold Play
| "A Cold Play" | ||||
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| Single by the Kid Laroi | ||||
| from the album Before I Forget | ||||
| Released | 5 September 2025 | |||
| Length | 2:59 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter | Charlton Howard | |||
| Producer | KBeazy | |||
| The Kid Laroi singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "A Cold Play" on YouTube | ||||
"A Cold Play" (stylized in all-caps) is a song by Australian rapper and singer the Kid Laroi, released on 5 September 2025 through Columbia Records.[1] His fifth single of 2025, it serves as the lead single from his second studio album, Before I Forget (2026), after an initial version of the record was scrapped.[2][3] The lyric reveal his "wishing he could fix someone" with fans speculating the song is about Tate McRae, with whom the artist split in July 2025.[4] Three weeks later, McRae issued her response track titled "Tit for Tat".[5]
Music video
[edit | edit source]The music video was directed by Akex Lill and premiered on 27 September 2025. It is a one-take video, slowly zooming out on a crying Kid Laroi.
Reception
[edit | edit source]Lauren McNamara from Rolling Stone Australia said the "single finds him at his most emotionally vulnerable yet, delivering heartfelt lyrics over another earworm hook".[2]
Charts
[edit | edit source]| Chart (2025) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[6] | 53 |
| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[7] | 81 |
| Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100)[8] | 41 |
| New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[9] | 5 |
| US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[10] | 2 |
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