Paris Paloma rejects the male fantasy and reclaims her image in her new single and video for “Good Girl”. Directed by BAFTA-winning filmmaker Georgie Cowan-Turner and starring actor Richard Armitage, the song and video implore Paris to not be the patriarchy’s “good girl”, offering a reckoning with diet culture, anti-ageing obsession and the need to appeal to the male gaze that’s often imposed on women. Paris explains, “I have been trying for some years now to extricate my relationship with my body from the smug power of patriarchal beauty standards. The belief runs so deep it feels almost biblical: that to be skinny is to be loved, to look young is to be happy, to be shaved is to be sexy; that fighting every natural impulse of your body means you have your life together. Underpinning all of this is the most urgent message of all – that the male gaze is the utmost, desperately important thing to be achieved.” She continues, “It makes me want to kick, scream, writhe, and distort in agony that this culture does not treat women’s bodies as what they are: mammals, animals, human beings. ‘Good Girl’ articulates that kicking and screaming – the refusal of the idea that my body is for consumption or ornamentation. My body is my vehicle through the world.”
“Good Girl” follows the release of “Good Boy”, a razor-sharp track calling out the manosphere and asking for solidarity over submission to the patriarchy. The track features an opening from actress Emma Thompson, with the video directed by Georgie Cowan-Turner and starring actor Tom Blyth. Together, the two tracks open a new chapter for Paris after the release of her critically-lauded 2024 debut album ‘Cacophony’, which today boasts over 1 billion streams. Paris joins Florence + The Machine as a special guest on her UK and EU arena tour starting February 6 in Belfast and wrapping March 9 in Berlin, followed by festival appearances at Hinterland, Rock Werchter and more. This follows a whirlwind year of festival appearances and landmark moments including performing at All Things Go, Glastonbury, Southside, Bergenfest and sold out UK, EU and US runs, plus her recent debut headline Australian tour.
Paris Paloma’s Gold-certified breakout single “labour” became a cultural lightning rod, sparking over 11 billion views across social media and over 530 million streams on Spotify alone. The anthem has fueled viral trends and global movements, soundtracking everything from reproductive rights campaigns on KamalaHQ and anti-sexual violence advocacy in support of Gisele Pelicot to the empowering run like a girl phenomenon. The track’s impact has carried Paris to major stages and screens, including performances on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, BBC’s Later…with Jools Holland, and The Kelly Clarkson Show, as well as invitations to support Noah Kahan and Stevie Nicks at Hyde Park in London. In 2024, Paris added to her accolades by performing “The Rider” for The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, joining a legacy of musical icons like Ed Sheeran, Annie Lennox, and Enya who have lent their voices to the Tolkien universe. With “Good Girl” and more new music on the way, Paris continues to be one of the most vital new voices in music, turning personal catharsis into collective power.