Amidst an abundance of unwanted opinions, emotional turbulence, and the odd human energy-sapping sponge, we have My State with a fresh new single that comes straight from the gut. "It's Whatever" comes as a relieving blast of empowerment, the exhale for anyone who’s ever had enough, broken down, and chosen to choose themselves.
The song’s emotional core is based on an unlikely pop-culture reference, the moment in Notting Hill when Julia Roberts’s character delivers a 90-minute explanation of why she, as a famous actress, cannot be with Hugh Grant’s bookshop owner (Getty plays her at some points and him at others). But rather than soft-spoken fragility, My State turns it around with sarcasm.
You can feel the lifeblood coursing throughout the song, and not a single note is wasted, each crafted with care by artists lost in the murky depths of their own narratives. The production is like a private journal opened up unedited, and full of the kind of clarity that can only follow grief.
This isn’t about venting so much as a call to arms, and My State changes personal grief into a universal affirmation, you don’t have to bear other people’s mess. The song is a call to step out of roles that drain them, to reclaim the energy wasted on needless drama, and to let go with attitude.
What a fantastic blast....who needs Julia Roberts!
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