Sometimes, the songs buried deep in your phone hold the most truth. For HMPRY, that truth found its way back into the light through “Wanting To Love Me,” a heartfelt pop and synth-pop track laced with city-pop shimmer — capturing that delicate in-between of love, where feelings are real but never fully spoken.
Smooth R&B grooves, nostalgic synths, and soft, glowing melodies pulse through the song’s core. “Wanting To Love Me” feels like a late-night drive through neon-lit streets — tender, cinematic, and full of quiet yearning. Its central line, “Why can’t you show me that you and I together could work?” turns vulnerability into melody, making heartbreak sound beautifully replayable.
The track’s story began in 2023, when it existed only as a rough demo — a voice note HMPRY nearly forgot.
“It was just sitting there,” HMPRY recalls. “When I found it again, I realized how honest it still felt. I didn’t want to change that — just give it a home.”
In revisiting the song, HMPRY breathed new life into it — layering warm bass, glistening synth textures, and crisp percussion over its lo-fi foundations. The result is a modern city-pop confession — equal parts diary entry and daydream, rich in emotion and sonic detail.
“Wanting To Love Me” radiates with 80s nostalgia — the bittersweet glow of love that lingers just out of reach. Beneath its polished surface hums a quiet ache, a longing for effort and reciprocity.
“If you told me you’re trying, ’cause your heart’s wanting to love me,” HMPRY sings — a plea that feels both fragile and deeply human.
From a forgotten demo to a rediscovered truth, the song embodies what makes HMPRY’s artistry so magnetic: emotional honesty wrapped in melody, nostalgia grounded in now. It’s music for late-night drives, morning coffees, and those moments when your heart is waiting for someone to meet you halfway.
“Wanting To Love Me” is featured on Off The Record’s Fresh OPM Finds Mixtape #2 — a curated collection spotlighting rising Filipino artists redefining the sound and storytelling of modern OPM.
