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Indigo De Souza shares new single "You Can Be Mean"

05 April 2023, 15:38 | Written by Tyler Damara Kelly

Indigo De Souza releases "You Can Be Mean", the third single from her forthcoming album All Of This Will End.

Indigo De Souza returns with "You Can Be Mean". The release follows previous singles "Smog" and "Younger & Dumber".

Speaking of the track, she says: “I wrote "You Can Be Mean" about a brief toxic experience I had with a manipulative and abusive LA model fuckboy. However brief, it had a life-long impact on my understanding of self,” De Souza explains. “Leading up to that experience, I had a history of putting myself in toxic situations and pining for validation from people who treated me poorly. I was stuck in some delusion that I could help abusive people through their trauma and teach them to love me in the way I deserved. I wrote this song when I finally realised that I could choose not to allow harmful behaviour into my life, and that there is a deep, deep importance in protecting the body and spirit. I stopped caring about validation from assholes, stopped thinking it was my responsibility to help them, and started caring for myself in a real way."

All Of This Will End – which was recorded at Drop of Sun Studios with producer and engineer Alex Farrar – is the follow-up to 2021's Any Shape You Take, which Farrar also worked on. The release marks a pivotal point in the artist's career. “All of This Will End feels more true to me than anything ever has,” she says. “I was finally able to trust myself fully."

All Of This Will End is out 28th April via Saddle Creek and is available to pre-order now at indigodesouza.com

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