Best Ex, the indie-pop project of Mariel Loveland, announces sophomore album Good Girl, out 6 November via Iodine Recordings, and shares the title track. ‘Good Girl’ is the jumpstart to this coming-of-adulthood album, exploring life as a woman navigating her thirties and the expectations that come with womanhood.
“We’re so often viewed through the lens of being someone’s daughter, wife, or mother, rather than simply existing as ourselves. I wanted to write a song that pushed back against that idea.”
Best Ex – Mariel Loveland
The album explores womanhood, adulthood, anxiety, identity, relationships, and the complicated reality of becoming someone different from who you imagined you would be. Loveland shares more:
“I grew up loving these emotionally honest alternative rock records written by adults figuring life out. Now I listen to a lot of incredible younger pop songwriters writing about being in your twenties, and I love those records too. But I kept wondering—where are the songs about everything that comes next? About getting older, watching friendships change, questioning your purpose, grieving people you’ve lost, building a life, and trying to figure out who you are when adulthood finally catches up with you.”
Find Best Ex on Facebook | Instagram | X | YouTube | Website