Innerbloom - Radio Edit

Clocking in at 9:36, this electronic track closes out Rüfüs Du Sol's 2016 sophomore album, Bloom. Against the backdrop of swirling synths and a robotic beat, vocalist Tyrone Lindqvist sings about the ache of unrequited love. He knows he's wasting his time pining for someone who doesn't return his feelings, but he can't help but pledge his devotion in the bridge, where he repeats the phrase, "If you want me, if you need me, I'm yours."

The Australian alt-dance trio, who debuted with Atlas in 2013, wanted a change of scenery for their second album. They rented out an Airbnb in Berlin, where they set up a small studio and started writing songs inspired by the emotive electronic music they were hearing in local clubs. "Innerbloom" is a prime example of the ambient, textural vibe that influenced their songwriting, but it was never meant to be a track on the album. The band had most of the songs written when they decided to just let loose and have fun playing around in the studio - until they landed on the chords for "Innerbloom." "To be honest it was one of the fastest songs to come out," Lindqvist confessed in a 2016 interview with Music Times. "We didn't think, we just kept writing. We were certain it wouldn't end up on the album because it followed no rules and it seemed too far removed from what people might like from us. We didn't really think about it, we just did whatever we wanted and it ended up being a 9 1/2 minute song that we all fell in love with."

After coming up with the chords, the bassline, and the beat, Lindqvist wanted to see where the song would guide them without an end point in mind. "Let's see it through and picture ourselves being in the desert, listening to this as the sun comes up. What do we want to feel? And let's go there," he recalled in a 2019 feature with Australian radio's Triple J.