Love Spells Drops RCA Debut Single ‘Crutch’

Love Spells, the project of 21-year-old Sir Taegan Harris, released his first official RCA single today with “Crutch.” The track lands months after Kevin Abstract cold-called the Houston-born songwriter, drawn in by early, unpolished recordings, and eventually pulled him onto the 2025 album Blush.

“Crutch” pairs direct, disarming confession with alt-pop production that folds R&B cadences into bright, tangled electronics. The song digs into emotional contradictions without softening them. “It’s about knowing something is bad for you, but continuing on with it anyway,” Harris says. “The push and pull of someone who loves you but can’t admit it — they stick around for that feeling.”

That kind of collision, between self-awareness and compulsion, runs through the track’s structure too. The verses push forward with an almost conversational urgency, while the hook keeps circling back to the same admission. It never resolves cleanly, which is exactly the point.

The RCA deal frames Harris as part of a small, handpicked circle around Abstract, whose own Blush rollout is already drawing attention to artists he’s chosen directly. For now, “Crutch” stands as a functional introduction: a tightly built pop song that doesn’t sand down the friction it describes.