If you need a hit that inspires you to roll down the windows, belt out the chorus, and text an ex, or, at the very least, consider sliding into those DMs. Soul Meets Body has blessed you with the ultimate spring-to-summer anthem. Their latest single, “Girlfriend,” has been released to fans, and it’s fast becoming a favorite for good reason.
“Girlfriend” is Soul Meets Body at their most playful, punchy, and honest, after months of crowd love throughout live sets. Frontwoman Genevieve Moore mines her messy queer love, spinning heartbreak into hook-laden, tongue-in-cheek triumph. It’s bawdy and ballsy and, thank the heavens, with just that wink of cutting sarcasm.
“Girlfriend” straddles the line between early 2000s alt-pop and today’s unabashedly queer, hyperreal storytelling. Weezer and Chappell Roan throw a backyard BBQ, and this is the song they play while everyone dances a little too hard with someone they probably shouldn’t be texting. Moore’s vocals land at a sweet spot with an attitude complemented by big, bold guitars and a take-no-prisoners beat that challenges you not to get up and dance.
It was an immediate favorite in the live show, and it felt like the perfect song to start the warmer months. And they’re not wrong. “Girlfriend” is the version of that first sun-soaked day after winter, the emotional bedlam of a situationship, and the liberation of laughing in the face of your bad choices. It’s a bit petty, a bit poetic, and impossible to forget.