“No Love (Remix)” is a 2014 R&B/hip-hop track by August Alsina featuring Nicki Minaj, about emotional detachment, romantic disclaimers, and female self-worth. A decade later, it’s resurfaced as the viral soundtrack to TikTok’s August procrastination trend.
There’s something almost too perfect about an R&B slow jam with commitment issues getting its second wind in a month nobody wants to deal with.
No Love (Remix) is climbing back into pop culture consciousness, not because of a deluxe reissue or streaming algorithm fluke, but because TikTok turned apathy into content.
The audio first reappeared on the platform as part of the now viral “August” meme.
One video by creator @brahyam.antonio uses the song while someone offscreen asks a variation of, “Weren’t you supposed to start journaling?” The response is just one word: “August.”
It’s deadpan. It’s defeatist. It’s exactly the kind of emotional minimalism that fits a track where the chorus loops, “Don’t come looking for love.”
More than a decade later, the same cracked heart from the cover is pulsing through TikTok clips, but the context has completely shifted.
Even the song’s producer, Drumma Boy, has acknowledged its viral resurgence in 2025.
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As of early August 2025, No Love is the soundtrack of collective burnout, one reused TikTok audio at a time.
Back in 2014, when the remix dropped as a standalone single from August Alsina’s debut album Testimony, it was framed as a duet.
The original version featured Alsina alone, playing the emotionally unavailable archetype with stunning honesty.
The remix brought in Nicki Minaj not just as a feature, but as the counterweight.
She wasn’t begging to be chosen. She was calling him out and laying down terms of her own.
Alsina warns, “Ain’t no loving me,” and Minaj fires back with, “You can’t treat me like you treat them.”
There’s a real power struggle happening here, and the chemistry crackles because neither party blinks.
The track didn’t set the charts on fire. It peaked at #69 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #91 on the R&B/Hip-Hop charts.
But its legacy turned out to be more resilient than expected. By April 2021, the remix was certified 2× Platinum in the US and Gold in Brazil.
The music video, released in September 2014 and directed by Benny Boom, has now surpassed 368 million views on YouTube.
That kind of quiet endurance is rare for a song that never tried to be a hit. It just hit a nerve.
In the video, Minaj and Alsina play lovers locked in a loop of missed calls and half-hearted attempts to connect.
One moment she’s walking away, fed up; the next, he’s rethinking everything in a dimly lit club. It’s never overblown, and that restraint is exactly why it resonates now.
The realism has aged better than the era’s flashier visuals. Even the way Nicki’s verse is filmed – low-key, stripped back, makes her feel more relatable than manufactured.
And that verse remains one of her most cherished among fans. It’s confident, sharp, and deliberately layered.
Lines like “Yes, I am the crème de la crème” feel playful at first but land harder when you realise she’s confronting a pattern.
She’s not just calling him out, she’s reclaiming space that women in male-led R&B tracks are rarely given.
A decade later, listeners still quote that verse like a mantra. Some say it’s Nicki’s best feature. She’s said the same herself.
TikTok didn’t revive No Love with nostalgia in mind. That would be too earnest.
What makes the trend land is how seamlessly the song’s tone matches the meme’s dry humour.
Everyone’s tired, late, emotionally unavailable, and strangely self-aware about it.
Whether it’s therapy appointments, unread books, or that one friend who always texts back, No Love floats underneath it all like a resigned anthem.
Fans revisiting the video in 2025 are calling it “legendary” and “still undefeated,” even ten years on.
One recent commenter wrote, “That Nicki verse still slaps – from singing to rapping, her talent is unmatched. What an era of music.”
Another added, “August deserves so much more recognition. His voice has so much depth and soul.”
The comment section feels less like nostalgia and more like rediscovery, people are hearing No Love with fresh ears, and for some, it hits even harder now.
It may have started as a remix, but it ended up outliving the original in both reach and emotional clarity.
Especially now, sitting on a cultural sweet spot: a slow, emotionally confused R&B track looping under the internet’s favourite excuse.
August isn’t just a month anymore. It’s an attitude. A shorthand for giving up temporarily, and with flair.
It’s strange to think this song has become a backdrop for procrastination memes.
Then again, maybe we just weren’t ready for this kind of honesty ten years ago. The song didn’t age into relevance. We did.
So is No Love trending again because it says something we’re finally willing to hear?
Or has it been waiting for a generation who’d rather joke about avoidance than fix it?
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See the full Lyrics to No Love (Remix) by August Alsina Ft Nicki Minaj
Intro: Nicki Minaj, August Alsina
(Drumma Boy)
August, Young Money
She said she wanna stay together
I don’t think I can, no
I swear this is my favorite song, hahahaha
I’m serious, rrrrr
Verse 1: August Alsina
Red light, you know I can’t make this thing that official
Believe, we had a great night but I ain’t the type to tell you that I miss you, shit
You don’t like that, I make this easy, leaving
After sexing on the floor
Baby, I know you need me like I need you
But I’m not the one you wanna love
Pre-Chorus: August Alsina
So just pop a couple bands with a nigga like me
Loving ain’t the same with a nigga like me
You used to them but ain’t no loving me
I hear what you would say and girl, it’s clear to see
You should just drink a couple drinks with a nigga like me
You probably go insane with a nigga like me
Let’s just party ’til we can’t, ain’t no loving me
And I’m the one to blame, ain’t no loving me
Chorus: August Alsina
So don’t come looking for love
Oh, no love, no love, no love, no love, no love, no love, no love, no love, no love
Don’t come looking for love
Oh, no love, no love, no love, no love, no love, no love, no love, no love, no love
Verse 2: August Alsina
Shawty, if you looking for somebody trying to settle down
Probably won’t be around, nah baby
You should hit me when you tired of playing up in the house
And ain’t nobody around, you need that
When you need that late night
We can both make love to the daylight
You got it, girl, you got it, girl
But you know I can’t stay, right? Uh, nah babe
All I want is you so what you tryna do?
Pre-Chorus: August Alsina
So just pop a couple bands with a nigga like me
Loving ain’t the same with a nigga like
You used to them but ain’t no loving me
I hear what you would say and girl, it’s clear to see
You should just drink a couple drinks with a nigga like me
You probably go insane with a nigga like me
Let’s just party ’til we can’t, ain’t no loving me
And I’m the one to blame, ain’t no loving me
Chorus: August Alsina
So don’t come looking for love
Oh, no love, no love, no love, no love, no love, no love, no love, no love, no love
Don’t come looking for love
Oh, no love, no love, no love, no love, no love, no love, no love, no love, no love
Bridge: August Alsina
No love, no love, no love, no love, no love
No love, no love, no love, no love, no love
No love, no love, no love, no love, no love
No love, no love, no love, no love, no love
Verse 3: Nicki Minaj & August Alsina
August, you know, I’m here to save you
Me and them girls, we ain’t the same boo
You know I hate it when you leave me
‘Cause you love it then you leave it but you know how bad I need it
You so fuckin’ conceited, why you coming over weeded?
You can’t treat me like you treat them
Yes, I am the crème de la crème
Yes, I am from one to ten, ten
You fronting in them streets, keep saying we just friends
You can’t front like this ain’t way realer
I know you hard, I know that you a killer
I know you started off a dope dealer
But let your guard down, your niggas know you feel her, feel her
So what you want, baby?
(All I want is you so what you tryna do?)
Pre-Chorus: August Alsina
So just pop a couple bands with a nigga like me
Loving ain’t the same with a nigga like
You used to them but ain’t no loving me
I hear what you would say and girl, it’s clear to see
You should just drink a couple drinks with a nigga like me
You probably go insane with a nigga like me
Let’s just party ’til we can’t, ain’t no loving me
And I’m the one to blame, ain’t no loving me
Chorus: August Alsina
So don’t come looking for love
Oh, no love, no love, no love, no love, no love, no love, no love, no love, no love
Don’t come looking for love
Oh, no love, no love, no love, no love, no love, no love, no love, no love, no love
