JORDY has released “SICK!,” the latest single from his forthcoming fourth studio album ‘In Retrospect’, arriving July 10 via EMPIRE. Wrapped in glossy, nostalgic production inspired by The 1975, The Band CAMINO, and Jonas Brothers, the track is high-energy, hook-loaded, and tackles the all-too-familiar tension between what’s good for you and what actually makes you feel alive.
The song digs into the psychology of anxious attachment, the experience of confusing anxiety with love and finding stability somehow unsatisfying after years of chaos. “It’s about how hard it can be to trust someone good when you’re used to being treated badly, and how sometimes you crave the chaos of feeling ‘sick’ with love instead of safe and calm,” JORDY says. He also keeps it from going too heavy. “I wanted to have a little fun with that realization and not take myself too seriously,” he adds.
“SICK!” follows the carefree energy of recent single “DUMB,” and together the 2 tracks map out the emotional range ‘In Retrospect’ covers. JORDY describes the album title as his way of looking back and recognizing when he was confusing infatuation with love, and the songs reflect that clarity.
The foundation under this release runs deep. JORDY has accumulated 350 million career streams and over 1 million social followers, earned praise from Rolling Stone, Billboard, and PAPER, and built his reputation through albums ‘BOY’ (2023) and ‘SEX WITH MYSELF’ (2024), the latter praised for its “euphoric bits of big pop swings.” His original song “Good Not Great” went viral in 2023, sparking tens of thousands of fan creations. Nominations from the GLAAD Media Awards, Queerties Awards, and iHeartRadio Music Awards have followed his trajectory closely.
On the live front, JORDY makes his UK festival debut at London’s Mighty Hoopla on May 31, headlines Columbus Pride on June 20, and closes the summer with a hometown headline set at Chicago’s Northalsted Market Days on August 9, one of the country’s largest LGBTQ+ street festivals.
Track Listing:
- Cool Boy
- COULDA NOT
- BAD SEX
- GOD COMPLEX
- stop texting my friends.
- DUMB
- Normal People
- SICK!
- Little Distractions
- I Still Do
- So Whatever
Bonus Track (vinyl + CD): IDKW
JORDY On Tour:
May 31 – London, UK @ Mighty Hoopla Festival
June 20 – Columbus, OH @ Columbus Pride (Headline)
August 9 – Chicago, IL @ Northalsted Market Days (Headline)