Photo by Francis Smith.
BEX has released her first single of 2025, ‘crybaby’, a single addressing on-going female oppression that’s ingrained in our society.
The track was written alongside Sam Matlock (Wargasm) and Sam Cramer (Future Humans). The release of ‘crybaby’ also follows BEX’s recent inclusion in both the NME 100 (artists to look out for this year), and Kerrang’s Sound of 2025 hotlist.
BEX comments on the single, “‘crybaby’ is a representation of female oppression. Throughout history women have been deemed the weaker sex and the property of men. This track explodes those ideas. With references to a Molotov Cocktail, ‘crybaby’ represents the built-up rage exploding out of today’s women with the unjust still playing out all around them.
In life, we can close our eyes to inequality and live blind and naive to the facts (the ‘crybaby’ eye masks in the music video represent this). It can be easier to ignore the ‘little comments’; it can be easier to not ’cause a scene’; it can be easier to just ‘not care’. This doesn’t make it right; this doesn’t make it ok; this allows it to continue. It is our choice to remove the mask and fight back. You just have to be prepared for what you see.
‘crybaby’ is about not letting go. It’s about holding that grudge with you every day and using it to fuel your mission, using it to make a difference.”
Catch BEX live at a one-off show in Bristol and Download Festival this year. Tickets are available now.