 "The Guardian" described the song as a "languid love ballad, prickling with dark emotion", while MTV News described the beat as "slow and saucy".Ben Williams of "New York" magazine wrote that it has "stabbing techno riff, crunched-together mouth-popping noises, and wailing opera singer".Alexis Petridis of "The Guardian" said that the single is "a twitching mass of rave synthesizers and [agonizingly] slow beats".