Poppy Ajudha sings of queer love on "Girl Next Door"
Poppy Ajudha unveils her third single of the year, "Girl Next Door".
Speaking of the new song, Poppy says: “This song was written around the time of wanting to escape from New Cross Gate, where I was from, to hopes of stardom in LA. I had done a few trips and realised I loved writing music there and loved the people I met. Due to the pandemic I couldn’t travel and so I made ‘Girl Next Door’ on Zoom with producers Wes & Tay, who I’d connected with when writing ‘Holiday From Reality’ on my last LA trip."
"Girl Next Door" follows the arrival of recent single "Ready" and unapologetic anthem "My Future" which saw Poppy Ajudha return after a two year hiatus from releasing music.
"This song is about falling in love with a girl who moved in next door and after a very cute first date I got into bed and had the “girl next door” lyric and melody hook in my head. I sung it into my voice memos and the next morning went to the piano to try and develop the song," she continues. "The themes of the song are based in queer love, but also in chasing your dreams by getting out of your hometown, and how the presence of someone new in your life can inspire you to explore new heights, bigger than you thought you could. The relationship that this song was inspired by was the first time I was openly in a relationship with a woman and connected me to my queerness in a new way.”
"Girl Next Door" is out now.
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