To Love & Die

"To Love & Die"
Single by Jhené Aiko featuring Cocaine 80s
from the album Souled Out
ReleasedJune 24, 2014
GenrePBR&B
Length3:23
LabelDef Jam, Artium
Songwriter(s)
Various
Producer(s)No I.D.
Jhené Aiko singles chronology
"The Worst"
(2014)
"To Love & Die"
(2014)
"The Pressure"
(2014)

"To Love & Die" is a song by American recording artist Jhené Aiko from her debut studio album, Souled Out (2014). The song was released as the lead single from the album on June 24, 2014. In 2012, Aiko revealed that she would be working with Cocaine 80s and announcing they would feature on the album. The song was written by Aiko, alongside Mac Robinson, Brian Warfield and James Fauntleroy and interpolates 50 Cent's 2003 song "Many Men (Wish Death)". "To Love & Die" features Cocaine 80s, with fellow members James Fauntleroy providing vocals and No I.D. handling the production.

Backed by tripping drum loops and hypnotic, spacey synthesisers, "To Love & Die" is dark and melodic R&B and PBR&B song that lyrically revolves around love and contains confessional lyrics. Upon release "To Love & Die" was met with generally positive reviews from music critics; whom praised the song's production and Aiko's vocals. Commercially the song fared well charting at number forty six on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and number twenty on the US Top R&B Singles and made appearances on German and UK charts.

To promote the single Aiko released a video of her preparing to go on tour and rehearsals, and sang an acoustic rendition of the song. In August Aiko performed the song at Lollapalooza festival as part of her setlist and performed an acoustic rendition of the song for MTV's unplugged artist to watch.