Lover Girl (song)

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"Lover Girl"
Laufey - Lover Girl.jpg
Single by Laufey
from the album A Matter of Time
Released25 June 2025
Genre Bossa nova
Length2:44
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Laufey
  • Spencer Stewart
Producer(s)
  • Laufey
  • Spencer Stewart
Laufey singles chronology
"Tough Luck"
(2025)
"Lover Girl"
(2025)
"The Longest Goodbye"
(2025)
Music video
"Lover Girl" on YouTube

"Lover Girl" is a song by Icelandic singer-songwriter Laufey, released on 25 June 2025 as the third single from her third studio album A Matter of Time (2025). It was written and produced by Laufey herself and Spencer Stewart.

Contents

Background

Laufey wrote the song in Tokyo during her Bewitched Tour and recorded it in Los Angeles. [1] On May 27, 2025, she debuted the song live during her concert at the Teatro Metropólitan in Mexico City, after revealing the inspiration for the song:

So, I wrote this song when I was on tour, and last year, I was in Tokyo, and I was missing a certain someone, and I was like, "Oh my God, I have become the person that I made fun of for years." You know, like a simp. And so I thought, you know, it's funny because I've always been known as the "never going to fall in love" girl. And now I've become the lover girl. [2]

Composition

"Lover Girl" is a bossa nova song, [3] [4] with a playful atmosphere, [1] [3] offbeat tempo [1] and handclaps. [3] [5] Lyrically, Laufey depicts herself as a love-struck girl who struggles with being separated from her boyfriend. [3] [4] Strings alternate between increasing and decreasing volume during the chorus, [4] in which Laufey describes she is in a "reckless fever". She notes that she would usually tease her lovesick friends for being overly dependent on their significant others but never expected to find herself in the same situation, [3] before calling it a "curse to be a lover girl". [4]

Critical reception

The song received generally positive reviews. Will Hermes of Pitchfork commented "The playfully fizzy 'Lover Girl,' punctuated with chipper handclaps, is incongruously hard-spitting, and gets bonus points for the ramen-joint choreography in its video clip." [5] Quentin Harrison of The Line of Best Fit stated "Laufey demonstrates that love often exists somewhere between the poles of escapism and reality", adding that this is "done brilliantly" on "Lover Girl". [6] Reviewing A Matter of Time for Melodic , Ezra Kendrick considered the song a "nice lead into the rest of the album" as it "showcases the sound and artistry" that Laufey has developed. In addition, he wrote that the strings during the chorus "perfectly encapsulate the growing infatuation that the singer is feeling" and regarded the song as a "nice introduction to the eventual love that will fall apart in the album". [4]

Live performances

Laufey performed the song on Good Morning America on August 15, 2025. [7]

Charts

Chart performance for "Lover Girl"
Chart (2025)Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [8] 99
Iceland (Tónlistinn) [9] 11
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [10] 25
US Billboard Hot 100 [11] 91

References

  1. 1 2 3 Connor, Chris (20 August 2025). "Laufey – A Matter Of Time | Reviews". Clash . Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  2. Laufey performed her unreleased song "Lover Girl" live (With lyrics captioned). 28 May 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025 via YouTube.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Schube, Will (30 July 2025). "Laufey Shares Music Video for New Single "Lover Girl"". Flood Magazine. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Kendrick, Ezra (22 August 2025). "Laufey fell in love, it was only 'A Matter of Time' — Album Review". Melodic . Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  5. 1 2 Hermes, Will (21 August 2025). "Laufey: A Matter of Time Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved 5 September 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. Harrison, Quentin (22 August 2025). "A Matter Of Time is Laufey's boldest chapter yet". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  7. Laufey performs 'Lover Girl' on 'GMA'. 15 August 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025 via YouTube.
  8. "Canadian Hot 100: Week of September 6, 2025". Billboard . Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  9. "Tónlistinn – Lög – Viku 35 – 2025" (in Icelandic). Plötutíðindi. Archived from the original on 30 August 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  10. "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  11. "Billboard Hot 100: Week of September 6, 2025". Billboard . Retrieved 5 September 2025.