breakkaway’s ‘Run away with me’ Is the Nostalgic Pop Escape You Need Right Now

There’s a specific kind of magic in a song that feels like it was written just for you, right when you needed to hear it. Enter “Run away with me” the new single from the NYC-based collective breakkaway. It dropped this May, and if you’ve been chasing that feeling of raw, unvarnished youth—the kind that’s equal parts angst and endless possibility—this track is going to be on heavy rotation for you.

A World-Traveling Origin Story

To really get Run away with me, you have to understand where this band comes from. They formed in 2022 after meeting at a US arts academy. The members didn’t just grow up down the street from each other; they arrived from as far afield as China, France, and Mexico.

For lead singer Jessica Li, finding this group was the turning point. “I think for all of us it was the first time in our lives where we found ourselves in a place that music and art was OK to pursue,” she says.

That sense of finally being “seen” bleeds into every second of the track. After recently signing with Epitaph Records, the band is proving that they aren’t just making music—they’re building a world where their diverse backgrounds can finally collide in the best way possible.

Why ‘Run away with me’ Hits So Hard

Jessica wrote this song when she was 17, and it carries that weight of being on the edge of something new. She’s looking back at it now from her early 20s, describing it as a “coming-of-age story, full of a beautiful and tender kind of angst.”

The song touches on themes we’ve all wrestled with:

• Feeling like you don’t belong: That strange, unsettling sensation of being a nomad in your own life.

• Small rebellions: Those quiet moments where you decide to go your own way.

• Friendship as a lifeline: The song is a huge love letter to the people who hold you together when everything else feels like it’s falling apart.

It’s not trying to be a clinical, over-produced pop hit. It’s messy, it’s melodic, and it sounds exactly like that feeling of driving with the windows down at 2 AM.

Meet the People Behind the Sound

The energy of Run away with me comes from a truly collaborative effort. Here is the team putting it all together:

• Jessica Li: Lead Vocals, Keyboards, Producer

• Case Fadell: Keyboards, Guitar, Drums, Bass, Producer

• Romain Dammann: Keyboards, Co-Producer

• Jorge Gonzalez Diez Gutierrez: Keyboards, Co-Producer

• Ethan Chan: Drums, Co-Producer

You can hear that dynamic in the production—it’s moody and introspective, but it never loses that soaring, anthemic quality that makes you want to turn the volume up.