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Additional information: Axl, Brain, Dave Dominguez and engineer Howard Karp confirmed this songtitle. Brain also said he worked on the song. According to some rumours this song will be the answer to the Guns n' Roses Trilogy (Don't Cry - November Rain - Estranged). In Their Own Words Axl: I wrote and recorded a new song that I want to have on the record called "This I Love." That’s the heaviest thing that I’ve ever done. Howard Karp (Engineer): I only worked with Axl, no one else, it was a solo piano piece.
why this is interesting
# Why "This I Love" Deserves Your Attention This composition invites curiosity for its unusual position within Guns N' Roses' catalog. Axl describes it as "the heaviest thing" he's created, yet it originated as a solo piano piece—a intriguing contradiction suggesting emotional rather than sonic weight. The song potentially completes a narrative arc spanning decades, answering emotional threads from the band's most iconic ballads. Its creation involved Axl alone with engineer Howard Karp, lending an intimate quality rare in the group's output. The piece merits attention not as a commercial artifact, but as a genuine artistic statement—evidence of an artist wrestling with weight, vulnerability, and closure