With electrifying guitar riffs and intense drums from the outset, this track is the musical epitome of an existential crisis – but with an audibly uplifting twist.

Consisting of lead singer-songwriter Lydia Night, guitarist Genessa Gariano, bassist Brooke Dickson and drummer Drew Thomsen, The Regrettes are an acclaimed pop band who NME describe as “truly unstoppable.” Continuously sustaining and enhancing both their reputation and euphoric discography, the remarkable four-piece are renowned for their unapologetically authentic songwriting and electrifying live performances. As if selling out headline shows throughout North America and Europe wasn’t incredible enough, The Regrettes have also performed at legendary festivals such as Reading & Leeds and Coachella.

Inspired by and composed during last year’s lockdown, The Regrettes unveil their resonant new single Monday, which has been released alongside a powerful music video. With vulnerably introspective yet achingly relatable lyrics such as “An existential crisis and it’s only a Monday / Tell me I’m alive”, this therapeutic anthem could not arrive at a more necessary time since, although normality is gradually returning, we are all individually recovering from these isolating times.

Frontwoman Lydia Night states:

I wrote our new song ‘Monday’ on Zoom during the pandemic with my producer Tim Pagnotta and talented writer Michelle Buzz.

At the time I was pretty much at the peak of my anxiety disorder, every morning I was waking up and absolutely dreading the idea of functioning and being ‘productive’ (whatever the hell that even means) for another day. Like most of us, I was still at home, where all my issues still existed. So, whatever I was dealing with didn’t slowly fade away while stuck in traffic on the way to go write somewhere. I didn’t have the space to think of ‘what do I want to write about,’ instead, I just rolled out of bed and all my horrible fucking thoughts were still with me, just waiting to be unboxed.

As LA locked down, I felt a huge part of my identity and ego being stripped away because of no touring, and no connecting with people at our shows. I’ve been touring since about the age of 12, so I had to come up with a new way to function in the world. It was really rough, and still is rough, but I found writing this song to be super therapeutic.

It’s special that this is the first song we’ve put out in a while because it’s an important moment in time for me to mark. Part of the healing process for me is really learning and trying my best to keep on dancing the pain away so I hope people can relate to that and dance with me, even if it’s not at a show and in the safety of their own kitchen.

Directed by Dillon Dowdell, the vibrantly-coloured and flashing visuals for Monday reflect the track’s dynamic nature and anxious subject matter. Starring the four-piece themselves and even humorously featuring a cameo from teen pop star Olivia Rodrigo, the music video fluctuates between scenes of a noughties-inspired high-school dance and uniquely captivatingly animated visuals, which are created through stop-motion animation.

Lydia also speaks on the stirring visuals: 

The video introduces ‘Joy’, a spooky pink character representing the false image of one’s ‘perfect and ideal self’, which began to taunt me and I think many people in middle school. She will be an ongoing character and theme in music to come. We had a blast making it with some of our besties.

Due to their extraordinary ability at crafting thrilling indie-pop tracks with undeniable relevance, it is no surprise that The Regrettes have demanded, and maintained, international attention.