Malcolm Todd "Do That Again": Tracklist and Every Song Explained
"Do That Again" by Malcolm Todd is an album about repetition as a love language — falling into the same kind of romance, making the same mistake on purpose, and asking, right in the title, to do it all again. Released on June 5, 2026 via Columbia, the 13-track record was written during a summer Todd spent newly single, recorded over six months at Electric Lady Studios in New York and Chaplin Studios in LA.
It's the follow-up to a breakout run: the Sweet Boy mixtape that produced "Earrings" — currently living a second viral life in the charts — and the self-titled 2025 debut with the platinum-certified "Chest Pain (I Love)". On Lyrics.me, here's the whole album, track by track.
What is "Do That Again" about?
One feeling, examined from 13 angles: wanting what you've already had. Todd's narrators ignore red flags, romanticize hookups they know are risky, and — in the title track that closes the album — ask to rewind rather than move on. The sound matches the honesty: bedroom pop between R&B warmth and indie confession, in the lineage of Steve Lacy and Omar Apollo. Critics have singled out Todd's gift for making misery relatable in small, funny images — a mattress on the floor, a doorbell that only rings for food delivery.
Do That Again tracklist
All 13 tracks, in order — all lyrics are available on Malcolm Todd's artist page:
- Jean Skirt (1:00)
- Obsessica (3:40)
- Free.99 (2:50)
- Breathe (2:56)
- I Saw Your Face (3:10)
- Difficult Love (2:34)
- Malcolm in the Middle (2:39)
- Ain't That the Truth (2:03)
- Gun to My Head (2:50)
- X's & O's (3:02)
- Lonely Song (3:21)
- Good Bye (2:41)
- Do That Again (3:04)
The early fan favorites, by streams so far: "I Saw Your Face" and "Breathe" — the two singles — followed by "Malcolm in the Middle" and "Difficult Love."
Every song, explained
1. Jean Skirt — A one-minute opener that sets clothes-on-the-floor imagery to watery guitars. Todd's third project in a row to open strong: Sweet Boy had "Earrings", and this is its sweatier cousin. Here's what "Jean Skirt" means
2. Obsessica — The title is the thesis: obsession dressed up as a girl's name. A song about ignoring red flags on both sides, closing with a roll call of names that makes the pattern impossible to miss. '90s-indie bass and loud drums underneath.
3. Free.99 — The album's dreamiest ballad, a hazy reflection on fading innocence — what it costs when everything used to be free.
4. Breathe — The first single of the Todd 2026 era: an emotionally risky hookup, entered with eyes open, over subtle bass and Chic-style guitar flecks. His confession that he probably shouldn't — but will, for the song — is the whole album in one line.
5. I Saw Your Face — The centerpiece and his biggest debut to date. Written in November, rebuilt from scratch on the last day of recording, it's the record's most sincere moment: the pain of leaving a relationship you know is failing. We unpacked it in full
6. Difficult Love — A plush, hip-hop-tinged bounce about the only kind of love the narrator seems to know. The title does the diagnosing.
7. Malcolm in the Middle — The album's best piece of trivia turned into its most personal song: Todd's father was a writer on the sitcom, and Malcolm appeared on it as a kid. But this isn't a nostalgia complaint — it's a reckoning with growing up adjacent to fame and now chasing his own.
8. Ain't That the Truth — The shortest full song on the record, a shrugging interlude of hard-won honesty.
9. Gun to My Head — Devotion phrased as ultimatum: the melodramatic vocabulary of being unable to choose anyone else.
10. X's & O's — Love reduced to its shorthand — kisses, hugs, and the game of noughts and crosses you can also lose.
11. Lonely Song — The sad-boy synth-funk highlight: a portrait of the single life in devastatingly mundane details — minimal decor, food-delivery doorbells. Misery, framed funny.
12. Good Bye — The farewell before the twist: the album's penultimate track finally lets go...
13. Do That Again — ...and the title track takes it back. Todd repeats the album's title like a plea — not ready for new beginnings, asking to reignite what's over. Ending the record on that request reframes everything before it: this was never an album about moving on.
Quick answers
What is "Do That Again" by Malcolm Todd about?
Repeating romantic patterns on purpose — risky hookups, ignored red flags, and the wish to redo past relationships instead of starting new ones. The title track states it outright.
How many songs are on "Do That Again"?
13 tracks, about 35 minutes, released June 5, 2026 via Columbia Records.
Is "Earrings" on "Do That Again"?
No — "Earrings" is from Todd's 2024 mixtape Sweet Boy. Its current chart run is a revival riding the album's momentum. Here's what "Earrings" means.
What is "Malcolm in the Middle" the song about?
Growing up around fame: Todd's father wrote for the sitcom of the same name, and Todd appeared on it as a child. The song reckons with that inheritance.
What "Do That Again" really means
The meaning of "Do That Again" is in its sequencing: twelve songs of falling, obsessing, and saying goodbye — and then a title track that asks for a rewind. Todd's second album doesn't pretend to have learned its lesson; it argues, warmly and self-aware, that some patterns are chosen. That honesty is why the diary-entry songs land: he's not confessing weakness, he's describing a decision. And judging by the charts — where even his two-year-old songs are climbing again — a lot of listeners have made the same one.
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