With unhinged anthems and a Teezo Touchdown feature out May 9, pop’s most dramatic rising star is entering her fun-girl era.
With her sharp wit, theatrical delivery, and voice that shape-shifts between delicate whispers and throat-ripping wails, the 23-year-old genre-blurring artist has quickly become one of pop’s most emotionally chaotic, and fiercely compelling new voices. Now, after the success of her emotionally raw 2022 debut teaching a robot to love, Moore is flipping the script. Her new EP, he’s still just not that into you!, dropping May 9 on Republic Records, is a sparkling, sarcastic, soul-soaked saga of self-worth and post-heartbreak delusion. And yes, she’s laughing this time.
“I used to write songs like I was still crying in the bathroom,” Moore says with a smirk, Zooming in from her apartment, her signature vibrant hair glowing on the screen, sipping an oat latte. “Now I’m writing like I’ve already tweeted about it, overshared in the group chat, and moved on, sort of.”
If there’s a mission statement to this new Amelia Moore era, it’s “fuck, marry, kill,” the EP’s lead single and viral lightning bolt of a track that dropped in March. Set to lush vintage R&B instrumentals, the song builds to a deranged-yet-relatable chorus: *“I wanna fuck, marry, kill you / All at the same damn time.”* It’s the kind of hook that begs to be screamed at a festival. Which is convenient, since Moore’s festival bookings are stacking up fast.
Another major highlight of her upcoming project? A feature from none other than Teezo Touchdown on the woozy, genre-bending track “spelling bee.” The song is quirky, hypnotic, and full of that bedroom pop realness, and Teezo’s verse fits perfectly in the chaos. “Teezo was on my dream list,” Moore says. “He gets it. The humor, the drama, the sexiness — he makes things feel larger than life, and that’s exactly what this song needed.”
“spelling bee” plays like a twisted love letter and a playground taunt at the same time. packed with clever wordplay, swoony melodies, and just enough weirdness to make it unmistakably Moore. It’s also a sign that she’s no longer just a rising voice in alt-pop; she’s becoming a magnet for some of the most creative collaborators in the scene.
Raised in Georgia and now based in LA, Moore’s musical background blends classical training, church choir discipline, and full-throttle musical theater energy. That dramatic sensibility shows up in her music, not just in the production, but in the perspective shifts and inner-monologue background vocals that have become a signature of hers. She doesn’t just sing her songs; she stages them.
Her lyrics are diary-level specific – unafraid to reference towels on the bed, breakdowns in grocery store parking lots, or, famously, the mortifying details of her first time in the track “easy.” It’s no wonder she caught the attention of Julia Michaels, the pop songwriting powerhouse behind hits for Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber. The two collaborated on tracks for the new EP – a full-circle moment for Moore, who credits Michaels with shaping her own confessional, conversational lyricism. “Julia was the blueprint for me,” she says. “Working with her didn’t just elevate my writing. It gave me the confidence to be even weirder, even more me.”
She made her Camp Flog Gnaw debut in 2024, delivering a set that was as explosive as it was theatrical. “It was my ‘holy shit, this is real’ moment,” she says. “I had girls in the front row sobbing, laughing, shouting the lyrics ,it was everything I ever wanted.” Now, she’s slated for Outside Lands 2025, where she’s expecting a bigger stage, louder crowd, and, in her words – “even more girlies ready to cry, flirt, and yell.”
Despite her “he’s still just not that into you mixtape release shows” late this month at Los Angeles’ The Echo on May 27 and New York’s Baby’s All Right on May 29, Moore still describes herself as in the “pre-ascension phase” — a moment where the fanbase is cult-like, the growth is organic, and every show feels like a celebration of survival. But with this new project, she’s stepping into the spotlight like she was born for it.
She’s not trying to be TikTok’s next sad girl, she’s carving out something entirely her own: a self-aware, high-drama, hook-laced universe where heartbreak is both the wound and the weapon. “I’ve always had a lot of feelings,” she says. “This time, I’m just having more fun showing them.”
And as her stage gets bigger, so does her vision. “I’m not done,” Moore says, flashing a grin. “This era is just me kicking the door open. There’s so much more chaos to come.”
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Amelia Moore is in her main character era! I love this. It’s giving icon behavior. I can’t wait to hear her collab with Teezo Touchdown! I’m excited to hear the chaos that is he’s still just not that into you.