This time around, LØLØ isn’t knocking — she’s kicking the door down. Fresh off the release of “the punisher,” this sharp-edged, yet emotive preview of her upcoming sophomore album god forbid a girl spits out her feelings out April 17th via Fearless Records is immediate satisfaction to our ears — she’s peeling off the layers of moments we all can relate to one way or another.
With over 150 million global streams, major festival stages already under her belt, and a growing reputation for saying exactly what most people won’t, LØLØ is building more than momentum — she’s throwing that emotional punch we all tend to harbor, reminding us that it’s okay to feel everything and not hold back.
LØLØ has always been honest in her music… but this time, she’s not filtering a damn thing. What once felt like a balancing act between vulnerability and relatability has completely unraveled, replaced by something far more appropriate for what it’s worth. Rather than second-guessing “how much is too much,” she jumps all the way in — letting the details spill out exactly as they come and sending us into a full-send. “I’m kind of just like, blah… I’m just literally word vomiting what has happened,” she says, describing a process that’s less about precision and more about her own release. It’s definitely a shift from where she started, when every lyric was under a microscope to make sure it fit exactly as desired, not just for her or her fans, but everyone else in the industry as well. Now, that hesitation is gone — restoring her expression with a creative freedom that entertains chaos and intention at the same time.
Getting to that level of openness in her material didn’t just happen overnight — it’s something that took shape over time, both in how LØLØ writes and how she’s lived through the experiences behind it. While much of god forbid a girl spits out her feelings was written over the past year, it draws from a much longer stretch of her life, pulling together pieces that gradually was constructed into something she could finally articulate collectively. Her shift in perspective plays a big part of this record’s edge given that she recognized patterns as they happened and transformed it all into its discography. “You have more experience with some things, but you’re still like — wait, what do I do in this situation?” she says, capturing that recognition of tension between growth and repetition. It’s a mindset that rings true throughout the entire record, where emotional awareness or reactivity doesn’t always amount to a resolution, it does pave the way for a release.
Even the way the album unfolds reflects that — with LØLØ carefully shaping the tracklist to barrel through those cycles rather than tiptoeing around them. While that personal progression feels intentional, the journey itself wasn’t without setbacks. With a vocal cord issue forcing her to step back at a critical moment, she had to delay parts of the recording. This also pulled her away from performing altogether as well — an interruption that only added to the weight of her finally getting these songs out to the world. Instead of losing momentum, the sense of urgency pillaring the album became clearer to her: this wasn’t something to drag her feet on, it was something that needed to be announced to the world, and now.
Everything LØLØ has been living through over the past few years not only anchors the album’s theme, but is genuinely relatable to anyone who has struggled with relationships of all types. At its core, god forbid a girl spits out her feelings pulls from a stretch of life she doesn’t try to clean up or simplify. It is a messy cycle displayed in a painfully honest in a way that mirrors real experience more than any polished narrative ever could. What stirs up the mess even further is the second guessing she went through as she spilled her guts with her self-declared word vomit:
“Especially as girls, it’s like — ‘you’re too emotional,’ or ‘you’re so crazy’ — and you start gaslighting yourself, like, ‘am I overreacting?’ But it’s like… no. This is just crazy, and I am just reacting.”
While many of the songs trace back to one central relationship, the blueprint itself feels bigger than a single story — unfolding more like a timeline of emotional highs and lows that don’t resolve neatly, despite a strong sense of self-awareness. The tension between “knowing better” versus still ending up in the same place becomes part of the narrative. “It’s kind of an accurate representation of the last couple years of my life,” she explains, describing a process that allowed everything to exist as it was, rather than forcing it into something more digestible.
“I feel like I’m just accepting it and embracing the craziness of it all — like, that’s just me, and this is what I’m going to write about.”
Instead of resisting those feelings or wishing them away, LØLØ confronts them head-on. There’s no attempt to soften the intensity — if anything, she embraces what she calls “the craziness of it all,” accepting that this is simply how she moves through the world. Where earlier work sometimes carried a sense of frustration with her own sensitivity, this thematic record feels more like recognition and ownership of it all. Not something to necessarily fix, but something to embrace the ride regardless of the road ahead — including some of that dirty laundry.
The push and pull between self-awareness and cycle repetition doesn’t just live in the writing process, it shapes how the album unfolds from start to finish. There’s a sense of trajectory baked into the tracklist, where moments of frustration and self-sabotage gradually give way and orbit back to something closer to clarity, even if it’s hard-earned. Early on, that cycle feels almost inescapable — a pattern LØLØ is fully aware of but still caught up inside. As the record progresses, there’s a noticeable shift. By the time it reaches its final stretch, the perspective begins to change, zeroing in on realization that feels less reactive and more level-headed. With LØLØ carefully shaping the songs’ sequencing to reflect that evolution, each track’s backstory flows into the next rather than sounding like something standalone. Songs like “the punisher” and “me with no shirt on” lean into the immediacy of those emotions, while the closing moments — particularly “lobotomy and you” — bring everything back down while tying the chaos together without pretending it ever fully disappears. It’s not a clean resolution, but it’s an honest one — and that’s what makes it feel so impactful to her listeners.
If there’s one thing LØLØ makes clear, it’s that she’s not interested in pretending she has it all figured out — and that’s exactly what makes god forbid a girl spits out her feelings hit as hard as it does. There’s no clean, polished version of heartbreak here, no neat resolution tied up in a bow. Between the anger, the confusion, and the moments where you feel completely wrecked and the ones where you start to pull yourself back together, LØLØ puts it on full blast — and we’ve got the volume turned up.
“I want people to know that it’s okay to really feel things.”
LØLØ pushes back against the idea that emotions need to be controlled or toned down. And more than that, she makes space for the mess of it: the days where you’re not okay, where you’re feeling stuck as hell — when moving on doesn’t feel linear or even possible yet. That’s how these songs hit home. They aren’t telling you how to get over something, but remind you that you don’t have to rush it… and that you’re not the only one sitting in whatever mess you’ve wound up in. Sometimes it’s not about immediately fixing anything — it’s about feeling it fully, even when it’s uncomfortable. In a world where people still tend to label full-blown honesty or bluntness as “too much,” LØLØ does a roundhouse kick, turning it into the entire point without hesitation.
Something special about god forbid a girl spits out her feelings is it’s uncanny and underlying nostalgia — not the kind from lyrics or moments. Subtle bits of the record’s composition and production elements sound like they are straight off the soundtrack to Mean Girls, Freaky Friday, Clueless, She’s All That… the list goes on. Her song “007” feels like it could carry a trailer for one of those films, or a modern sequel. Though to no surprise, LØLØ shares she draws inspiration from artists like Michelle Branch, Ashley Simpson, and Hilary Duff — so naturally, it makes sense. Even today, those artists have evolved into a version of themselves we all remain to adore, though not their cookie cutter past selves, but adjacently “grown up.”
Additionally, there’s a more modern influence by boygenius, whose raw, unfiltered songwriting helps push her to expectation. That blend creates something that feels familiar without being too concrete in that Y2k era: a version of pop-rock that’s adapted to today’s world, carved out by LØLØ herself. While it is not a complete reinvention of her artistry, it is a shift — one that trades in expectations for something more personal and less labeled.
If anything, god forbid a girl spits out her feelings proves that LØLØ isn’t interested in wrapping things up neatly — she’s letting it be messy, unresolved, and real in a way that actually resonates with listeners while fulfilling her own closure and expression. There’s no clean ending here, no perfect version of herself at the finish line — just an unapologetic and gut-spilling from start to finish. With a full run of touring ahead, new territories on the map, and more music already in the works, LØLØ is jumping back in after months of being sidelined. This record is not only a release cycle, but also a full return.
god forbid a girl spits out her feelings arrives this Friday, April 17 via Fearless Records.
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CREDITS:
Photography: Nikki Phillips (@nikkiphillips)
Makeup: Alison Cintron (@theambrosial_)
Hair: Steven Mason with Exclusive Artists using Goldwell (@stevenmasonlife)
Styling: Ali Mullin (@alimullin)
Look 1:
Top: Hysteric Glamour
Skirt: Diesel (vintage)
Boots: Nodaleto
Look 2:
Top & bottom: Vaquera
Jacket: Hysteric Glamour
Shoes: Larroude
Look 3:
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