He also released the singles ' You Right' with Doja Cat and ' Better Believe' with Belly and Young Thug during that period. On August 2, 2021, a snippet of 'Take My Breath' with a visual of a sunrise titled ' The Dawn Is Coming' and a GQ cover story was released in anticipation of new music. The title of the single and its release date of August 6 was confirmed later that day through a promotional video for the 2020 Summer Olympics, which featured hurdlers Sydney McLaughlin and Dalilah Muhammad, middle-distance runner Athing Mu and sprinter Gabrielle Thomas.

'Take My Breath' has been described by music critics and listeners as a psychedelic disco and synth-pop track. The extended version of the song runs for a duration of five minutes and fifty-one seconds, while the single and radio version has a length of three minutes and forty seconds. Also, the album version of the song has a duration length of five minutes and thirty-nine seconds, which it segues from the preceding track 'How Do I Make You Love Me?'. It was written in the key of C minor with a tempo of 121 beats per minute. Lyrically, the song details an entanglement in a romantic relationship that ultimately leads to autoerotic asphyxiation. 'Take My Breath' received universal acclaim. The vocals and production of the track received praise from Billboard 's Joe Lynch, who compared the latter aspect's usage of a synthesizer to the synth riff that was used in Donna Summer's 1977 single ' I Feel Love'.

Ben Beaumont-Thomas of The Guardian gave the song a five-star rating, stating that it is 'an instant disco-pop masterpiece'.

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