With their fourth studio album 'CHV4' set to drop this year, CHVRCHES unveil the audio for lead single 'He Said She Said'; and almost every woman will be able to relate.
It's a song that describes perfectly the paradoxical standards that women are pressured into in all areas of their lives, after lead singer Lauren Mayberry found herself contemplating various experiences that she never took time to address in the past.
"I feel like I have spent a lot of my life (personally and professionally) performing the uncomfortable balancing act that is expected of women and it gets more confusing and exhausting the older I get", she told Variety. "Be successful but only in the way we want you to be. Speak up for yourself but not so loudly that you steal men’s thunder. Be attractive but only for the benefit of men, and certainly don’t be vain. Strive to be The Hot Sad Girl but don’t actually be sad in a way that’s inconvenient for anyone. Be smart but not smart enough to ask for more than what you’re being given."
'He Said She Said' marks Chvrches' return three years after the release of their third album 'Love Is Dead', which featured songs like 'Get Out' and 'My Enemy' featuring Matt Berninger.