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- Apr 1, 2026Girlfriend is a clear step up from Ives’ already sterling 2022 breakthrough, Janky Star.
- Mar 20, 2026Every song here could be a single, but taken together, they add up to a sum greater than its parts.
- Mar 20, 2026A fun pop record that doesn’t skirt from difficult questions, ‘Girlfriend’ is a stellar return.
- Mar 20, 2026She tries her hand at new instruments and darts boldly between genres. As a consequence, Girlfriend can be a hard record to get a grip on. But it’s the ideal album for anyone else on the comedown from 2025’s Brat summer who now yearns, with Ives, to be “drinking up the day”.
- Mar 20, 2026Her determination and vulnerability fuel Girlfriend, which shares the conspiratorial sweetness and broken-mirror glitter of cult pop classics by Lorde (Melodrama) and Sky Ferreira (Night Time, My Time).
