Eves Karydas Announces New Album 'Burnt Tapes', Drops Confident Single 'Girlboss'

Aussie singer Eves Karydas will release her new album, Burnt Tapes, this July. Along with today’s album announcement, she’s shared details of an album launch East Coast tour and the confident new single, Girlboss.

Led by an acoustic guitar, Girlboss is entirely stripped back and flips the expectations of the title on its head: She doesn’t have to be loud and in-your-face to be a Girlboss. Karydas sings, “I’m a whisper, not a scream… maybe I like being soft.”

Earlier this year, Karydas released her first single as an independent artist, the woozy, vibey Sunday Drive, which The Music featured on our International Women’s Day feature.

Burnt Tapes is Karydas's mission statement: “an ode to reclaiming my sound, image, and narrative.” The album will be released on Friday, 5 July, and tour dates will kick off on that date. You can pre-save/pre-order the album and buy tickets to her Burnt Tapes launch tour here.

In a statement, Karydas said about her new single:

I started writing this song in jest more than anything. The idea was born out of the desire to laugh at myself for being an overly sensitive person. It’s an ode to being a quiet girl and my fear of being misunderstood in a world that celebrates loudness. I suppose it’s my antithesis to the ideas that our generation of women were raised on; sometimes, it's hard not to see the girlboss machine as anything other than pressure put on women to shapeshift to fit into a man’s world. I own that it’s never as straightforward as that, and every woman has a different experience (as they should!), but for me, most days, I’m just trying to figure out where and how I fit in.

I wouldn’t say I’m an outgoing person with an alpha personality type, but I do feel a quiet sort of confidence. I hate confrontation, and I cry far too often. I’m comfortable sharing my feelings through songs, but most often don’t communicate well, and sometimes I feel as if I could go my whole life without anyone ever truly knowing who I am. I couldn’t have written this song without other female perspectives and feel incredibly grateful to have shared the experience and connected with Amanda Cygnaeus and Madelene Eliasson who co-wrote this song with me.

Last year, Karydas condemned the music industry in an open letter for feeding off impressionable young artists, pushing popularity propaganda, and using social media stats as goalposts before telling The Music about her decision to go independent.

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BURNT TAPES TOUR

Friday 5 July - Howler - Naarm / Melbourne

Saturday 6 July - Mary's Underground - Eora / Sydney

Thursday 11 July - The Zoo - Meanjin / Brisbane