Being dragged by an unseen entity represents the overwhelming, sometimes "toxic" power of deep love. Eilish described the feeling of the song as being "love-bomby" and intense, like someone slamming you against a wall to tell you you're pretty.

Unofficial ZIP files appearing as popular music videos are common vectors for malware and phishing [Search Observation].

The solitary setting emphasizes how an all-consuming love can make everything else—like a career or daily responsibilities in a corporate office—feel irrelevant.

Streaming services compress audio. The ZIP contains a PCM (Pulse-Code Modulation) audio track, which is lossless. Audiophiles argue the ZIP version reveals the "sound of the rain hitting Billie’s microphone" in the second verse—a level of intimacy lost on Spotify.