Blondshell is back with her first solo, standalone single of 2024: “What’s Fair,” an alt-rock bop about complicated mom/daughter relationships.
Built around driving guitar parts with a nostalgic pop-punk inspired arrangement, “What’s Fair” features our 2023 Rookie of the Year singing catchy melodies with words addressed to her late mother. “I think that you’d be proud/ I flew alone today/ I think that you’d be shocked/ That I don’t look the same,” she begins.
More layers of guitar enter and momentum builds for the anthemic choruses, but the true climax of “What’s Fair” comes when Blondshell gets more frank on the second verse. “You’d want me to be famous/ So you could live by proxy/ You always had a reason to comment on my body,” she sings, before declaring, “But I know there’s nothing less perfect to a girl than a mom.”
Watch the music video for “What’s Fair” below.
“What’s Fair” follows Blondshell’s cover of Talking Heads’ “Thank You for Sending Me an Angel” for A24’s Stop Making Sense tribute album, and her joint release with Bully, “Docket.” Earlier this year, she performed “What’s Fair” live during her sets at Glastonbury and Lollapalooza.
Up next, Blondshell is booked for several North American dates with Glass Animals, a couple of festival sets (including All Things Go), and a show with Bright Eyes in Oakland this October. Get tickets to her upcoming shows here.