Columbia RecordsMaxwell croons about a complicated relationship is his new single, “Shame,” which he dropped Friday.
The three-time Grammy winner sings, “You unlock my phone, you look through all my messages/You were lurkin’ at my life from a di-di-di-distance/You were checkin’ out the comments I was leavin’/Adding letters up, subtracting numbers, jumping to conclusions.”
“Social media has created an alternate world where people watch everything you do, including your failures,” Maxwell says, explaining the inspiration for the song. “They even often feel a sense of joy in your pain. This creates a barrier to real intimacy because we’re preoccupied with appearances; with
