Paris Paloma Shares New Single 'Good Girl' + Releases Music Video Starring Richard Armitage
Following her celebrated debut Australian tour dates, 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 implores 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. Listen HERE and watch HERE.
"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.
"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' is the aching, drudging, daily battle not to fold under the pressure to commit violence against my body: by starving, injecting, constraining, stripping, or going under the knife to reach some new level of social approval that I can mistake for unlocked confidence, or, God forbid - feminist empowerment. There is no end to it, no ceiling to be reached.
"'Good Girl' is about the violent feeling that rises in me when a man believes my existence is a performance for him. Comments about my shape, my body hair, my teeth, my legs, my face - from catcalls to internet comments, from sexual harassment to insults that strike when I am simply existing. The song is my defiance in the face of men who cannot grasp the fact that I do not give a fuck about their attraction, their approval, or whether they are looking at me. I am looking at them," urges Paris.
"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 the iconic actress Emma Thompson, and the video is directed by Georgie Cowan-Turner and stars 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. Stay tuned for more information on her forthcoming release.
Catch Paris on tour with Florence + The Machine as a special guest on her UK/EU arena tour starting February 6th in Belfast and wrapping on March 9th in Berlin, followed by festival appearances at Hinterland, Rock Werchter and more. This follows a whirlwind year of festival appearances and landmark moments such as performing at All Things Go, Glastonbury, Southside, Bergenfest and sold out UK, EU and US runs, including her most recent debut headline Australian tour. Along the way, Paris has fostered a devoted fanbase that has transformed her live shows into unforgettable events, from trading fairy messages to swapping books to impromptu fae circles. Tickets are available to purchase HERE.
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 superstar Noah Kahan and the legendary Stevie Nicks at Hyde Park in London. Widely celebrated by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, Billboard, CNN, The Boston Globe, PAPER, Bust, and more, she has also been spotlighted as YouTube's Trending Artist on the Rise, an Amazon Breakthrough Artist to Watch, a Spotify Juniper Artist to Watch, and a Spotify EQUAL Ambassador.
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, a worldbuilder weaving myth, grief, rage, and love into songs that are timeless and urgently of this moment.
"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.
"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' is the aching, drudging, daily battle not to fold under the pressure to commit violence against my body: by starving, injecting, constraining, stripping, or going under the knife to reach some new level of social approval that I can mistake for unlocked confidence, or, God forbid - feminist empowerment. There is no end to it, no ceiling to be reached.
"'Good Girl' is about the violent feeling that rises in me when a man believes my existence is a performance for him. Comments about my shape, my body hair, my teeth, my legs, my face - from catcalls to internet comments, from sexual harassment to insults that strike when I am simply existing. The song is my defiance in the face of men who cannot grasp the fact that I do not give a fuck about their attraction, their approval, or whether they are looking at me. I am looking at them," urges Paris.
"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 the iconic actress Emma Thompson, and the video is directed by Georgie Cowan-Turner and stars 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. Stay tuned for more information on her forthcoming release.
Catch Paris on tour with Florence + The Machine as a special guest on her UK/EU arena tour starting February 6th in Belfast and wrapping on March 9th in Berlin, followed by festival appearances at Hinterland, Rock Werchter and more. This follows a whirlwind year of festival appearances and landmark moments such as performing at All Things Go, Glastonbury, Southside, Bergenfest and sold out UK, EU and US runs, including her most recent debut headline Australian tour. Along the way, Paris has fostered a devoted fanbase that has transformed her live shows into unforgettable events, from trading fairy messages to swapping books to impromptu fae circles. Tickets are available to purchase HERE.
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 superstar Noah Kahan and the legendary Stevie Nicks at Hyde Park in London. Widely celebrated by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, Billboard, CNN, The Boston Globe, PAPER, Bust, and more, she has also been spotlighted as YouTube's Trending Artist on the Rise, an Amazon Breakthrough Artist to Watch, a Spotify Juniper Artist to Watch, and a Spotify EQUAL Ambassador.
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, a worldbuilder weaving myth, grief, rage, and love into songs that are timeless and urgently of this moment.
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