Jehnny Beth has shared a new single called ‘No Good For People’. Listen below, and find details of her upcoming UK in-store shows.
The song will appear on the Savages frontwoman’s second solo album, ‘You Heartbreaker, You’, which is due for release on August 29 via Fiction (pre-order/pre-save here).
“The idea of the song came as I re-watched the first season of True Detective,” Beth explained of the track.
“There’s a scene at the end where the character played by Matthew McConaughey says that he can be hard to live with: ‘I don’t mean to, but I can be… critical. Sometimes I think I’m just not good for people… I wear them down’.”
As for how the scene in the HBO crime drama had inspired ‘No Good For People’, Beth added: “It spoke to me because it questions the inability to coexist with others and the delicate balance where the truth can be heartbreaking.”
The single is accompanied by a bizarre and eerie official music video, directed by Beth alongside her creative partner and longtime collaborator Johnny Hostile.
“For this album, Johnny and I worked on the music and the visuals simultaneously. One moment we were recording in the studio, the next we were taking pictures, or making a t-shirt, one always informing the other,” Beth said.
“For the ‘No Good For People’ video, we explored this idea of the double, how we can be two-faced sometimes, or want to hide our ugly side.”
She went on: “It was made soon after David Lynch had died and somehow, when I watch it now, I can see a bit of his influence in the surrealistic aspects of some of the scenes (with blue curtains instead of red though!!)”
‘No Good For People’ follows on from Beth’s recent solo singles ‘Broken Rib’ and ‘Obsession’.
Additionally, the singer has announced a brief run of UK in-store live shows and signings for September, in partnership with Rough Trade. Tickets for these dates can be purchased by pre-ordering ‘You Heartbreaker, You’ from the individual shops here.
Jehnny Beth’s 2025 UK in-store dates are:
SEPTEMBER
01 – Rough Trade, Liverpool
02 – Rough Trade, Nottingham
03 – Rough Trade, Bristol
04 – Rough Trade East, London
These will follow Beth joining Queens Of The Stone Age for their two huge shows at Sheffield’s Rock N Roll Circus next month. She recently confirmed a 2025 UK and European headline tour too, including two gigs in London. Find any remaining tickets here.
Speaking to NME in May, the singer discussed what fans could expect from the live shows for her new record.
“I think people want to see some real shit now: things with integrity, things with presence,” Beth explained. “That’s where I want to go.”
She continued: “The album is a heart-to-heart so the stage will be eyes-to-eyes. It’s about a moment. I’ve been a huge fan of Fugazi since I was a teenager so there will be elements of that raw, unique energy.”
Beth released her first record under her own name in 2020 with the acclaimed ‘To Love Is To Live’, which earned a four-star review from NME.
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