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Jehnny Beth has shared a new single called ‘No Good For People’. Listen below, and find details of her upcoming UK in-store shows.
The song will appear on the Savages frontwoman’s second solo album, ‘You Heartbreaker, You’, which is due for release on August 29 via Fiction (pre-order/pre-save here).
“The idea of the song came as I re-watched the first season of True Detective,” Beth explained of the track.
“There’s a scene at the end where the character played by Matthew McConaughey says that he can be hard to live with: ‘I don’t mean to, but I can be… critical. Sometimes I think I’m just not good for people… I wear them down’.”
As for how the scene in the HBO crime drama had inspired ‘No Good For People’, Beth added: “It spoke to me because it questions the inability to coexist with others and the delicate balance where the truth can be heartbreaking.”
The single is accompanied by a bizarre and eerie official music video, directed by Beth alongside her creative partner and longtime collaborator Johnny Hostile.
“For this album, Johnny and I worked on the music and the visuals simultaneously. One moment we were recording in the studio, the next we were taking pictures, or making a t-shirt, one always informing the other,” Beth said.
“For the ‘No Good For People’ video, we explored this idea of the double, how we can be two-faced sometimes, or want to hide our ugly side.”
She went on: “It was made soon after David Lynch had died and somehow, when I watch it now, I can see a bit of his influence in the surrealistic aspects of some of the scenes (with blue curtains instead of red though!!)”
‘No Good For People’ follows on from Beth’s recent singles ‘Broken Rib’ and ‘Obsession’.
Additionally, the singer has announced a brief run of UK in-store live shows for September, in partnership with Rough Trade. Tickets for these dates can be purchased by pre-ordering the record from the individual shops here.
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01 – Rough Trade, Liverpool
02 – Rough Trade, Nottingham
03 – Rough Trade, Bristol
04 – Rough Trade East, London
These will follow Beth joining Queens Of The Stone Age for their two huge shows at Sheffield’s Rock N Roll Circus next month. She recently confirmed a 2025 UK and European headline tour too, including two gigs in London. Find any remaining tickets here.
Speaking to NME recently, the singer discussed what fans could expect from her live shows for the new record.
“I think people want to see some real shit now: things with integrity, things with presence,” Beth explained. “That’s where I want to go.”
She continued: “The album is a heart-to-heart so the stage will be eyes-to-eyes. It’s about a moment. I’ve been a huge fan of Fugazi since I was a teenager so there will be elements of that raw, unique energy.”
Beth released her first record under her own name in 2020 with the acclaimed ‘To Love Is To Live’, which earned a four-star review from NME.
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Lola Young has joined forces with Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) to release a new T shirt for the charity’s Lifelines collection.
The shirt supports CALM’s suicide prevention work, with proceeds helping to fund vital resources such as its helpline and CALMzone mental health app.
CALM introduced the Lifelines range last year, with Fontaines D.C., Blossoms and Inhaler also contributing their own designs to the collection.
Young’s design includes the words, “There’s a flicker of light. There’s always morning after the night”, taken from her track ‘Flicker Of Light’.
“I wrote this song about realising there is hope. I have often felt like there isn’t, but there is always a reason to keep going,” Young said. “That’s even when you don’t want to get out of bed, you do, and that is amazing, and you’re still here, and you’re still alive, and if anything, that’s something to be proud of.”
CALM CEO Simon Gunning also shared his appreciation for the collaboration, saying: “We couldn’t be more grateful to Lola for supporting ‘Lifelines’ and showing just how powerful music can be as a force for good.”
Priced at £30, the T shirts come in both standard and boxy fits and are available to purchase here.
Young has regularly spoken about her experiences with mental health. She returned to performing earlier this year after calling off her 2025 tour because of exhaustion. The decision followed her collapse during a performance in New York City. During her time away, she later discussed receiving support for addiction and attending AA meetings as part of her recovery.
In an interview with NME in May, Young explained that she believes “all healing journeys are never ending”, although she is now “definitely in a much better place”. She also said she feels “excited and ready to perform and to release music”.
Reflecting on the encouragement she received after publicly discussing those challenges, Young said: “My fans inspire me in the same way I hope to inspire them. I feel like I’ve never tried to be especially honest… it just comes very naturally to me.”
“I don’t really have any other choice but to be honest, so if people connect to that, and that’s amazing.”
Several musicians have also applauded the ‘Messy’ singer for honestly addressing the pressure placed on touring performers. Lily Allen said she was “in awe” of the BRIT and Grammy winner, while Victoria Canal credited Young with bringing greater attention to the damaging impact demanding tour schedules can have on artists’ mental wellbeing.
When NME asked whether musicians were beginning to establish firmer boundaries around their health, Young replied: “I never intended it to start a movement, but I hope that it does in some way.”
