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Teddy Swims can see the pain coming from miles away.
Swims dropped his latest song "Mr. Know It All" on Friday (April 10), giving fans a look at what's to come in his new era. In a press release, he explained the track as exploring "the idea that love can become a self-fulfilling contradiction" and how "both fear and control can quietly undo something real."
"When you believe you already know how it ends, you protect yourself by holding back and that distance becomes the reason it fails," he said. "But when you try to fight that fate and control every outcome, you can end up suffocating the connection."
This is evident in the song's bridge, with Swims going back and forth between wanting to run and wanting to stay because "I already know what this'll become/ I'm watchin' you dance and fallin' in love/ I'm getting way too close to the sun."
The "Lose Control" musician also shared a music video for the track, a stylistic black and white visual with pops of blue shining throughout as he belts out the song in front of a wall of graffiti.
Swims' latest release comes ahead of his debut at the 2026 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, where he is set to take the stage Friday April 10 and April 17. Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber and Karol G are tapped as headliners for this year's festival, which features a star-powered lineup of incredible artists.