Some breakups end in a bang. Others leave you in the quiet—staring at the pieces, wondering where you went in the process of loving someone else. NERIAH’s new EP Reason To Hate You (out now) lives in that quiet. It’s the six-song sequel to her 24-track debut Cause of Death, an album she calls “the breaking point”—the burial of the girl who equated pain with love. If that record was about walking away, this one is about what happens when you stop moving and start feeling.
Anchored by her viral hit “Gone Girl”—with over 600K streams, 46+ global editorial playlist placements, and a cover feature on Spotify’s Young & Free—Reason To Hate You is a mix of intimate ballads and sharply-hooked pop anthems. The writing is raw, vulnerable, and unflinchingly self-aware, but it’s also threaded with the melodic bite that’s made NERIAH one of alt-pop’s fastest-rising independent voices.
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The focus track, “Spring Cleaning,” co-written with Hayley Warner (Never Really Over) and Jason Parris (Tori Kelly, Madison Beer), turns the act of tossing old hoodies and dusty boxes from exes into a metaphor for clearing out emotional dead weight. “Even though it’s summer,” NERIAH says, “consider this your reminder: clear out anything—or anyone—that isn’t making your life better.” The metaphor isn’t just cute—it’s defiant, reclaiming space both physically and emotionally.
Elsewhere, “Good Enough” has already reached hyper-viral status, racking up millions of TikTok views and inspiring fans on Daniel Seavey’s tour to hold up heart-shaped signs reading You’ll always be good enough. It’s the kind of song that feels instantly personal, a universal question wrapped in NERIAH’s warm-but-aching delivery.
The rest of the EP traces the aftershock of heartbreak in all its shades: the quiet melancholy of “Feening For Love,” the ache of “Breaking Hearts,” the guarded tenderness of “Strange Love.” There’s no villain here, no tidy resolution—just the slow, bittersweet process of stitching yourself back together, one truth at a time.
NERIAH’s visual world has also expanded with this release, from her VEVO visualizer for “Good Enough” to elevated branding that matches the EP’s emotional palette. Every image, every clip, every lyric feels cut from the same cinematic reel—proof that her artistry extends far beyond the music itself.
Reason To Hate You is not an album about anger. It’s an album about survival—about sitting in the wreckage long enough to learn what’s worth carrying forward. And in the process, NERIAH cements herself not just as a pop artist to watch, but as a narrator for a generation learning to love themselves after losing themselves.
