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Lily Moore returns tonight with ‘Grown Up Girl Regrets’, a bold and emotionally open new single that captures the strange in-between of modern adulthood with warmth, honesty, and heart. The track also serves as the title song from her forthcoming EP Grown Up Girl Regrets, which will be completed on 1 April with the release of its final track.
Following the momentum of ‘Castles In the Sky’, this new release feels like Lily stepping even closer to herself. ‘Grown Up Girl Regrets’ leans into the joy and contradiction of growing up, where responsibility and restlessness sit side by side. It is a song about wanting more from life without fully knowing what that “more” looks like yet, and about learning to live inside that tension rather than fighting it.
Sonically, the track rises with confidence. It is built as a soaring, heartfelt anthem, carried by Lily’s unmistakable vocal presence and a sense of emotional lift that feels immediate. The production supports that openness, allowing the song to feel expansive while staying rooted in personal experience. Nothing feels forced. Instead, the song grows naturally, mirroring the push and pull it describes.
Lyrically, ‘Grown Up Girl Regrets’ explores the desire for stability alongside the urge to stay reckless, curious, and alive. Lily frames adulthood not as a destination, but as a process that unfolds unevenly. The song recognises that growing up does not arrive cleanly or all at once. It happens in fragments, mistakes, and moments of reflection that often arrive after the fact.
Speaking about the track, Lily explains: “Grown Up Girl Regrets is all about wanting more from life. More joy, more experience, more adventure. It’s about the feeling of having one foot in the door of adulthood and stability, and the other desperate to go out and make mistakes and have fun and do and see as much of the world as possible. It’s a reminder for me and to all my mates, even when things feel serious, to make time to just go and have some fun.” That sentiment sits at the heart of the song, shaping both its tone and its emotional pull.
Momentum, movement, and a growing voice
With Grown Up Girl Regrets set to be fully realised on 1 April, the EP promises a body of work that documents contradiction honestly. It reflects growing pains, moments of doubt, and bursts of joy that define this stage of Lily’s life and songwriting. Rather than smoothing those feelings into something tidy, the project embraces their complexity.
The single follows strong radio support for ‘Castles In the Sky’, which picked up Future Pop spins on BBC Radio 1 from Mollie King alongside backing from Jess Iszatt at BBC Introducing. That support has helped carry Lily into an increasingly busy live schedule for Spring 2026.
Festival appearances include The Great Escape in Brighton on 14 May and Sheffield Get Together on 16 May. Later in the month, Lily will embark on a UK headline tour, with dates across Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow, Bristol, Nottingham, and a London show at Village Underground. These live moments feel like a natural extension of the music, offering space for connection and shared experience.
‘Grown Up Girl Regrets’ feels like a release shaped by self-awareness and confidence. It shows an artist unafraid to sit with uncertainty, to ask questions without rushing to answer them, and to find joy in that openness.
Review
‘Grown Up Girl Regrets’ lands with emotional clarity and conviction. The song captures a feeling many people recognise but struggle to articulate, and it does so without leaning on nostalgia or exaggeration. Instead, it finds its strength in honesty, letting the emotion rise naturally as the track unfolds.
Lily Moore’s vocal performance is central to that impact. She sings with control and warmth, allowing vulnerability and confidence to exist side by side. There is a sense of trust in how she delivers the song, trusting the lyric, trusting the listener, and trusting herself. That assurance gives the track its staying power and makes it feel deeply human.
You can listen to ‘Grown Up Girl Regrets’ on your favourite streaming platform from 25th February. You can follow Lily Moore over on Instagram.