"Kill Em with Kindness" is described as a dance, club-banger[REF] with a "tropical house breeze"[REF] and "added bells and whistles" [REF].
In an interview to Entertainment Weekly, Gomez stated that she was influenced by a wide range of artists while growing up, from Janet Jackson to Britney Spears and NSYNC, but she stated her main influence for the album was Christina Aguilera, specifically her album Stripped (2002) [REF].