If you’re a fan of old-school Avril and Alanis, then you’re going to absolutely adore this.
Bristol-born singer and songwriter Lauren Aquilina has had a busy few months. Not only has she co-written three – three! – tracks on the new Demi Lovato album, but she’s also found the time to release a vinyl edition of her last EP (2020’s Ghost World) and co-write the irrepressible omni-banger that we all know as ‘LUCID’ by Rina Sawayama.
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It’s called ‘The Knife’ and it’s a grunge-tinted pop song that comes packing one of the catchiest choruses that we’ve heard for a while.
A vengeful ode to the final straw in a relationship – that one incident that Aquilina describes as ‘the final ammo to properly remove them from your life’ – ‘The Knife’ might just have replaced Kelly Clarkson’s ‘Since U Been Gone’ as One on One’s go-to ‘WE NEVER NEEDED YOU ANYWAY’ post-breakup banger.
And yet, somehow, she’s still managed to casually whack out one of the best pop songs of the year thus far.
