Alt-pop sensation girli returns with new single ‘2 Year Itch’ – the lead track from the deluxe edition of her 2024 boundary defying album Matriarchy.
Matriarchy: Queen Edition is available on November 8th. Listen to ‘2 Year Itch’
Cementing herself as one of the most creative, unique, and pioneering forces in current day pop music, girli returns with the first single from ‘Queen Edition’, which serves as a deluxe version of the original sophomore album that includes two new tracks.
Inspired by the Marilyn Monroe film ‘7 Year Itch’, ‘2 Year Itch’ is a tribute to relationship commitment and finding the one person who alters the way that you think about long-term relationships. Brimming with introspection, the track feels futuristic as well as nostalgic, with hints of mellow mid-00’s electronic running through it.
“I wrote this song about my fear of commitment and how in the past it meant all my relationships kept coming to an end around the 2-year mark. Then I met someone who changed that for me and made my fear of long-term love and commitment disappear. I wanted to reference the Marilyn Monroe film ‘7 Year Itch’, which is about a woman who can’t stay married longer than 7 years, because I related to that in a different way, on a smaller scale.”
Matriarchy: Queen Edition is a bright, evocative, and insightful record that sees the celebrated, multi-faceted artist take the reins with full creative control. From the opening lines of ‘Be With Me’, girli’s commendation to self-love, the tone of every track that follows is masterful. Doused in a distinct electro-pop sheen that gleams alongside girli’s open and honest lyrics, Matriarchy truly cements her place as a cult figure, ambassador for the LGBTQIA+ community and frontrunner of the next gen of alt-pop music.
