Discovering mutual queer lust with a close friend never sounded better than on the single “Bestie,” an urgently horny ode to crossing into sexual territory with a platonic friend that’s anchored by dance-floor-filling synths and finger snaps. The title track is a shimmery neon-drenched love letter to the 80s, complete with massive choruses and a music video loaded with faux VHS effects. This month, she’s embarking on her first headlining tour to celebrate the release of her second album, Grrrl.
The LA pop star is a near constant presence on social media, tours frequently, and has released a steady stream of singles and EPs since dropping her debut full-length, Thrills, in 2016. Sizzy Rocket-the self-proclaimed “royalty of the punks and the letdowns”-is a perpetual motion machine.
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Sommelier Series (paid sponsored content).And that's what ANARCHY is all about: Breaking through fear, unleashing your passion and claiming your spot on top of the entire world. It's so convincing that it gives you chills. But once I broke through that fear and we got the production right, the intensity in my voice ended up being my favorite part about the song. Her perspective helped me realize that I was afraid to sound like I really cared. She's the one who convinced me to re-do the vocal, belt that shit out and infuse the song with my passion. I was on tour with my friend chloe mk and I played it for her in the tour van. There's another version of it where I'm overly auto-tuned, Travis Scott style, singing softly and cooly, completely unbothered. The first version I made was in the middle of the night on my apartment floor, similar to "That Bitch." It was very soft, but I knew there was an aggression present that we would have to dig out in the production. I made so many versions of this song that at one point I lost perspective. you can literally feel your blood rushing. When the pre-chorus drops into the hook I wanted it to feel like that moment at a music festival when the sky is hot electric pink and the band you're watching is playing your favorite song and you're peaking and there's a warm breeze and you're kissing your favorite person and it's all just UNNNNNF. It's a psychedelic dream about the Kurt to my Courtney, about what it would be like to find an iconic love where every moment together is pure, kaleidoscopic bliss. Most of my songs are written from experience, but this one is more of a fantasy. The original title for this song was actually " Rolling Stone Cover." The whole thing was really sparked from this lyric and the image of a classic rockstar couple on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. It's about reminding myself how fun it is to fall in love, and how it connects me with a specific vitality and edge. It's the part of the process when you realize you're over it, right before you meet someone new and you're ready to do it all over again. This song is the redemption at the end of an aggressive breakup album. It's life and it's beautiful and you can celebrate it. But through writing "Rollerskating" I learned that looking back at those memories doesn't have to be painful. It's an essential part of the experience. It never does and it never can because you're making big mistakes at that age and they hurt. I was 18 and living in New York and drinking lots of vodka for the first time, and of course you're going to think that young love will last forever. The narrative of this song is one about my first big love with a girl. My co-writer Eric Leva and I have known each other forever, so writing one of my most vulnerable love stories with him wasn't scary. I love how those two elements create a rhythm that hypnotizes you, a feeling that really is reminiscent of "going 'round in circles," and actually rollerskating. It happened very quickly, starting with the 808's and the guitar loops first. It was such a stream of consciousness that I don't even really remember "writing" the song. This was the last song that we wrote for the album in the middle of a sunny day in Laurel Canyon.