Mahalia has released a new single, Whatever Simon Says.
Following Letter To Ur Ex, the empowering track shows off the Leicester R&B artist's smooth vocals, which call out oppressive behaviour and unrealistic beauty standards. It was produced by JD. Reid. Commenting on it, Mahalia said:
"Everybody who knows me knows that I definitely don't follow social norms and shitty beauty standards. I’ve always been someone who has never let people try to change me - especially my romantic partners. This song is about wanting it to work with someone but knowing it ultimately can’t because their expectation of what type of woman I should be is just far too high. I feel like "whatever Simon says" is every girls 'fuck you' to the system that has always been set up through a male gaze. It’s us saying that we are going to be everything we want to be because we want it. And not because a man tells us to."
Head below to watch the song's video, directed by Mahalia and filmed in Los Angeles.
Earlier in March, the 23-year-old announced the Letter To Ur Ex Tour, which hits venues in Dublin, Glasgow, Sheffield, Liverpool, Brighton, Cardiff and Oxford, before wrapping up with a hometown show at the O2 Academy Leicester on May 27.
Mahalia Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Tue May 17 2022 - DUBLIN Button Factory
Wed May 18 2022 - GLASGOW SWG3
Fri May 20 2022 - SHEFFIELD Foundry-Sheff Uni
Sat May 21 2022 - LIVERPOOL Invisible Wind Factory
Sun May 22 2022 - BRIGHTON Chalk
Tue May 24 2022 - CARDIFF Tramshed
Thu May 26 2022 - OXFORD O2 Academy Oxford
Fri May 27 2022 - LEICESTER O2 Academy Leicester
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