“I never intended this song to get this far, let alone make it onto the album. It was a happy accident. I wanted to write a pop song, and kind of lean into the pop-punk curve and write something I would have loved when I was 14 and hearing I Kissed A Girl by Katy Perry for the first time. I was so worried it wasn’t ‘credible’, but then I stopped caring.
“Hot Boys was a funny outcome. I spend so much time bashing male behaviour and to write a song almost objectifying them and having the female play that character that keeps moving on from guy to guy and having that celebrated and not frowned upon is probably a good thing.
“Viji’s vocal sits perfectly on this. It’s a fun track that isn’t taking itself too seriously. It definitely feels like a summer track, post-being dumped, on a flight to ibiza with the girls. That’s the opposite of what I know and love, but here we are.”