Alt-pop sensation Girli has unveiled her latest album, Matriarchy, released today (listen here). The new album showcases Girli’s unique blend of electro-pop and introspective lyrics, cementing her status as a leading figure in the alt-pop genre and an advocate for the LGBTQIA+ community.
Girli described the new album: “Matriarchy is an album of honest, authentic, confident but also painfully self-aware songs. It’s a story of the pain of growing up and healing from experiences that diminish your self-worth to nothingness. It’s about building yourself back up again after pain, setting boundaries and becoming a queen of your own queendom. It’s about the pain and joy of the queer experience, the rollercoaster of adulthood and mental illness, setting boundaries and learning to love yourself and ultimately finding your people, your community, your matriarchy.”
The album release is accompanied by a new single, ‘Feel My Feelings’, which Girli describes as a song about being “an oversensitive, overemotional, over-reactive person.” She adds, “It’s an apology to a partner who’s getting frustrated with how emotional and dramatic I am. It’s about not being able to control my emotions and mood swings and complicating my relationships beyond my control.”
The music video for ‘Feel My Feelings’ enhances the emotive themes, depicting a modern Renaissance banquet where Girli and her love interest convey their overwhelming emotions through surrealist imagery. Girli notes, “This video captures the love and hate embodied in toxic relationships. We see Girli submerged in a water tank, drowning in her emotions, while her lover stands on the other side of the glass unable to hear her.”
Matriarchy features tracks such as ‘Crush Me Up’, which explores the intoxicating allure of infatuation, and ‘Nothing Hurts Like a Girl’, a pop anthem celebrating the intensity of queer female love. The title track, ‘Matriarchy’, is described as an anthem of queer power, showcasing Girli’s unfiltered emotional expression.
To celebrate the album release, Girli will embark on a series of in-store performances across the UK:
In-store Performances:
- 17th May: Jacaranda, Liverpool
- 18th May (12pm): Assai Glasgow
- 18th May (6pm): Assai Edinburgh
- 19th May: Vinyl Whistle, Leeds
- 20th May: Bear Tree, Sheffield
- 21st May: Rough Trade, Bristol
- 22nd May: Rough Trade, Nottingham
- 23rd May: Rough Trade East, London
Girli has also announced a UK and European tour, concluding with a performance at London’s Heaven on 20th June:
Tour Dates:
- 29th May: The Globe, Cardiff
- 31st May: Academy 2, Dublin
- 2nd June: St Lukes, Glasgow
- 3rd June: The Wardrobe, Leeds
- 4th June: Patterns, Brighton
- 6th June: La Maroquinerie, Paris
- 7th June: Paradiso Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam
- 9th June: RUST, Copenhagen
- 11th June: Frannz, Berlin
- 12th June: Hydrozagadka, Warsaw
- 14th June: B72, Vienna
- 16th June: EXIL, Zürich
- 19th June: Academy 2, Manchester
- 20th June: Heaven, London
With Matriarchy, Girli continues to use her platform to spark conversations around feminism, sexuality, identity, and mental health, solidifying her place as a fearless voice in the music industry.
Photo credit: Claryn Chong
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