ELIZABETH RETURNS WITH NEW SINGLE + VIDEO 'HAPPIER NOW'

Beloved patron of sad girls, Elizabeth, returns with the announcement of her first new music in three years; a suite of three, interconnected singles and accompanying visuals that expand and complicate her richly alluring world. Today she shares part one, ‘Happier Now’, co-written with The Temper Trap’s Toby Dundas and produced by Tones and I collaborator Konstantin Kersting.

~ LISTEN TO 'HAPPIER NOW' HERE ~

‘Happier Now’ is accompanied by stunning visuals courtesy of Nick McKk (Julia Jacklin, Stella Donnelly, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever), a friend-turned-collaborator who brings Elizabeth’s suite of singles to life through a visual narrative that spans the three songs. Watch the video for ‘Happier Now’ here.

‘Happier Now’ is a perfect introduction to the Elizabeth of 2022. The lyrical motifs of her debut album The Wonderful World of Nature are recast in neon here, their old prismatic glow replaced by a dangerous, alluring coolness. Unlike Elizabeth’s protagonists past, though, the main character in ‘Happier Now’ is marked by her defiance, her total refusal to backslide even as she’s pulled into an ex-partner’s web: “I am happier now,” she insists, “you’re not around.”

Elizabeth shares, “Happier Now is about the feelings that come after a heartbreak, you know, you are getting better, you are healthier, you won’t fall apart if you see your ex at a party. But you also start to have the rose coloured nostalgia for a relationship that was no good and wondering what could have been if you’d been able to make it work.”

Of the accompanying video, Elizabeth says, “I am a romantic to a fault; the video is high-romance. Romance amongst the chaos of the cliffs and the sea, calling out to the ocean for an answer, a tiny plastic flame.” Director Nick McKk adds, “Elizabeth and I wanted to start the suite with a sort of ‘muscle memory’ choreographed movement. As the suite progresses, we will see why. It’s an elemental washing clean of hindsight on Boonwurrung Country.”

Elizabeth captures the reckless thrill of romance like no other. On her debut album The Wonderful World of Nature, she stepped away from a messy divorce like a world-weary heroine pulling herself from the wreckage of a car crash: broken glass shining like glitter, bloodstains smearing like blush. Contrasting lush dreampop haze with visceral, disarmingly truthful lyricism, it was a pop record out of time - glamorous and tragic, ultra modern and undeniably timeless, a queer answer to nihilistic, powerfully feminine pop heroes like Lana Del Rey and Lorde. Capturing hearts and minds of media and fans across the globe, the record saw widespread acclaim from The Saturday Paper, The Fader, Wonderland, frankie, Pilerats, The Music and Tone Deaf, amongst others, and was included in Album of the Year lists across The Guardian, The Saturday Paper and the Herald Sun.