Let You Down is Australian dance music duo, Peking Duk’s second hit single of 2017, following the release of Fake Magic earlier in the year.

While it is referring to a heartbreak, Let You Down features a catchy melody and energetic, uplifting and harmonic vocals by Icona Pop and Adam Hyde, one of the members of Peking Duk.

Hyde’s vocal part in the song makes Let You Down the first song by Peking Duk in which a member of the duo has sung. Adam Hyde and Reuben Styles have described the song as a “modern heartbreak melody.”

Hyde and Styles discussed the story behind the song, saying:

It is loosely based off the story in the movie “Candy” from Heath Ledger’s perspective. We honestly just felt like the happy melodies would be far more interesting with a sad story through the lyrics. Weirdly, the story in Candy is far more relatable than it seems on first glance. Many people are actually in scenarios or relationships where they know they are bringing the other person down. This is the hard part; trying to tell them to leave so you don’t let them down.