Darijan Jonson is back with Better Than Sex.
The title hits first. Then the song does something quieter.
Released on May 29, 2025, Better Than Sex is not built like a loud provocation. It is a chill, strange, late-night record: smooth on the surface, restless underneath, with a chorus that lands fast and keeps circling after the song ends.
Some songs try to explain loneliness.
Better Than Sex lets it sit in the room.
The mood
This one moves differently.
Where AMORE opened the door with romance and electricity, Better Than Sex pulls the light down. It feels more internal, more suspended, like a thought you keep returning to even when you are trying to move on.
The track carries a particular kind of calm:
- chill, but not empty
- intimate, but not fragile
- melodic, but slightly detached
- simple enough to stay with you
- strange enough to feel like Darijan
At the center is the hook. The chorus is immediate, almost too easy to remember, but the feeling around it is more complicated. It sounds like someone trying to make sense of desire, solitude and the noise inside their own head.
What it is about
Better Than Sex is about Darijan and what passes through his mind.
Not one clean story. More like fragments:
- being alone with too many thoughts
- wanting contact, then wanting distance
- confusing peace with numbness
- turning private moments into melody
That is what makes the record feel personal. It does not over-explain itself. It lets the listener sit inside the atmosphere and pick up the pieces.
The song speaks from the space between confidence and loneliness. A place where everything looks calm from the outside, but inside there is movement everywhere.
Out now
Better Than Sex is available now on:
- Spotify
- Apple Music
- all major streaming platforms
Listen now and stay with the chorus for a while.
