girli releases her third studio album “it’s just my opinion” and music video for “Lifestyle”
girli - Lifestyle (Official Music Video)
ANNOUNCES EU & UK TOUR
[May 8, 2026 – London, UK] - Fearless opinionated pop provocateur girli releases her third studio album, it’s just my opinion, available now via Believe Music.
With this latest project, girli proves herself as one of the most creative and forward-thinking voices in contemporary pop. it’s just my opinion represents her most daring work to date - an authentic evolution of the queer alternative sound that has become central to her artistic identity. She’s trading gloss for grit, and polish for raw, intimate expression, stomping fully into her role as a popstar and joyfully living her truth.
girli began developing the album in 2025, setting a defined objective to complete the record within nine months while documenting the process for her audience. Returning to a more instinctive approach, she made a conscious decision to create without self-censorship. “When I first started making music, I had a strong political drive that became diluted as I was encouraged to be more ‘commercially viable,’” she explains. “Now, that’s shifted, and listeners are increasingly drawn to artists who genuinely stand for something.”
Led by resplendent opener ‘Blue Sky’,it’s just my opinion is brimming with pop music distorted through a steely, scuzzy lens. Growing up in North London, girli absorbed the chaos and hooks of the indie sleaze scene, and now she channels that restless energy into songs that feel alive, pulsing like a sweaty gig in Camden or Shoreditch. It’s classic girli alt-pop - nostalgic, chaotic, and fearless, but sharpened with a bold new edge of punk-rock grit.
girli has been teasing her new era since late last year, beginning with the release of ‘Better Undressed’, followed by the powerful ‘Slap on the Wrist’ - an unflinching, in-your-face confrontation of sexual harassment and violence against women. girli made her US TV debut with a powerful performance of the song on The Kelly Clarkson Show this week.
Further highlights include Romantic Sadness, which captures the disarming tendency to romanticise pain as a means of survival; the electrifying chaos of ‘Squirm’; and The Answer,an explosive coming-of-age track that reflects on girli’s first teenage crush and the moment it awakened her queerness. The album also shines in its quieter, more vulnerable moments. Don’t Make Me Cryoffers a soft glimpse of what girli might sound like leaning fully into country-pop - dreamy, nostalgic, and wrapped in ambient textures, while Tracesshows she can command a mid-tempo track with more finesse than many of her peers Lifestyle channels an effortless early-2000s cool and tells the story of how queerness isn’t a lifestyle choice and the challenges that come with being in a relationship with someone who isn’t comfortable with their own identify.
It's about to be another huge year for girli, who is currently on the road in the UK celebrating her new album and reconnecting with the community she’s beautifully built. From Edinburgh to Southampton and everywhere in between, she’s performing at record stores across the country, showcasing the record and throwing in a few surprises along the way. With summer festival stages on the horizon and momentum soaring after sold-out shows across the US, girli is heading back to North America this Summer for a tour that promises to be louder, bolder, and more unapologetic than ever, sharing her opinions on a global scale. She returns to Europe and the UK in October and November, bringing the album to life for the opinionated tour, which kicks off on Oct 6th in Germany,
Since emerging with her breakthrough sophomore album, ‘Matriarchy’, girli has carved a space in the alternative scene for bold, boundary-pushing storytelling. Her ability to merge pop essence with underground energy has earned her a tight-knit and dedicated fanbase.
As an openly LGBTQ+ artist and advocate for social change, girli continues to intertwine her personal journey with broader cultural conversations. Her past work has touched on themes of identity, politics, mental health, and more - and this new chapter builds on that same spirit of activism, but through a softer, more human lens.
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1) Blue Sky
2) Slap on the Wrist
3) Pedestal
4) Don’t Make Me Cry
5) Bones
6) Lifestyle
7) Romantic Sadness
8) Squirm
9) Light in the Dark
10) Traces
11) Better Undressed
12) The Answer
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Tue 6 Oct - Betty, Hamburg, Germany
Wed 7 Oct - Säälchen, Berlin, Germany
Fri 9 Oct - Zorlu PSM, Istanbul, Türkiye
Mon 12 Oct - Hydrozagadka, Warsaw, Poland
Tue 13 Oct - Zaścianek, Krakow, Poland
Thu 15 Oct - Flex (café), Vienna, Austria
Fri 16 Oct - DISTRIKT, Prague, Czech Republic
Sun 18 Oct - Luxor, Cologne, Germany
Mon 19 Oct - TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands
Tue 20 Oct - Badaboum, Paris, France
Fri 28 Oct - Strange Brew, Bristol, UK
Thu 29 Oct - Revenge, Brighton, UK
Sun 1 Nov - Village Underground, London, UK
Mon 2 Nov - Band on the Wall, Manchester, UK
Tue 3 Nov - Wardrobe, Leeds, UK
Thu 5 Nov - G2, Glasgow, UK
