WHATiSLOVE by Jean~Baptiste x Kelsea Martinez: A Deep Dive into Love’s Contradictions

Jean~Baptiste and Kelsea Martinez’s WHATiSLOVE song artwork

Jean~Baptiste and Kelsea Martinez’s WHATiSLOVE unpacks love’s contradictions over smooth, soulful production.

Baptiste delivers razor-sharp verses that dissect love’s complexities, while Martinez’s vocals add warmth and emotional depth.

The song presents love as both intoxicating and otherworldly—something that defies time and logic.

Baptiste’s verses weave through personal reflections and societal commentary (“Roe vs Wade wouldn’t matter”), drawing parallels between love, power, and the human condition.

The production shifts between light and dark, mirroring love’s highs and inevitable heartbreak.

The first half carries an uplifting, almost dreamlike energy before transitioning into a more melancholic space, exploring love’s impermanence.

It’s a sonic representation of the emotional rollercoaster that deep attachment brings.

Lyrically, Baptiste challenges traditional ideas of masculinity, embracing vulnerability and self-love as the foundation for real connection.

The track doesn’t just ask what love is—it explores how love reshapes identity, relationships, and even personal philosophies.

More than just a Valentine’s Day release, WHATiSLOVE feels like a meditation on the meaning of love in a world where the definition keeps shifting.

At a time when modern relationships are more complicated than ever, the track offers a thoughtful reflection on love’s power, pain, and inevitability.

Jean~Baptiste x Kelsea Martinez WHATiSLOVE? Lyrics

What is love?
Flower beds, rivers, swans and doves
Happily ever after once the last chapter’s done
When you in love then you do it to do it just because
And at your lowest
There isn’t one that could stand above

You could change the definition of love
That’s how deep this is
Roe vs Wade wouldn’t matter
Girl I would keep the kid

Love is asking elderly couples bout what they secret is
Love is supernatural
Unique within the mystique it gives

Love is showing weaknesses
Love is a narcotic
Take a hit
Forget what week it is

Love is hella secretive

Some only know pain
Thru the window pane they peekin
The fact that I know love
Is a blessing, I’m appreciative

Glisten in ya love it glimmers
Ring the bell we have a winner
UPS from heaven triple 7 girl you been delivered

Every day you see perfection when you look in your reflection
Past, present, future in your presence to the next dimension

You the one I’m smitten fo
This one hitting different though
Love is everlasting
When it’s real it’s unconditional

Who thought I’d find another love
All I knew was my mother’s love
Can’t imagine no other
Through you I finally discovered love

Miscues, misused, abused

Confused
In the ways in which L O V E is used

TV the News
Through feeds we leave views
They try to sway our minds
But freely we choose

All across the world
Same stories in different shapes

Some are quick to slip ring on it
others prefer to wait

For some its one sided
I’m sorry
But love’s a give and take

The state of heartbreak
Is forever an unforgiving place

(Beat change)

Some will search all over the world and yet forever wait

Others find forever until their forever fadeto grey

Nothing is forever
But I’ll love you through my dying days

Love conquers all so if we have it then we’ll find a way

Take my hand no turning back
Unlocked your heart the code is cracked
For love I’d give you anything from here on out no holding back
Love is losing meaning deeply grieving after love one past
Refuse to live life separate
Since we fused as one are souls attached

Reflect on all we did
Regret towards what we didn’t do

Even when our story ends
Forever I’ll still live through you

Love is felt
Love thy neighbor, love thy self
Provide for those you love and don’t be scared to ask for help
Love is everything but nothing without someone else
Love is buried treasure that’s better than any of wealth

That is love