So Good

Following a whirlwind year in 2025, the provocative pop-punk princess So Good is back with her new single Orange Juice & Milk – the most sarcastic love song ever written & a song for anyone who’s been told to ‘calm down’, or that they’re ‘too much or too loud’… yep, she’s got you covered!

 

What is your earliest musical memory?

I suppose my earliest musical memory is of hearing hymns in church with a scary sounding organ. It made music seem like this very official, proper and unobtainable art form, but even then I could tell that under all the pomp and pageantry of it all, it was just really boring.

 

When did you begin songwriting?

When I was 9 my hamster died suddenly when I took a photo of her on an old digital camera, and the flash caused her to go into shock and die in my hand. I wrote her a funeral song on a plastic string guitar I’d been given. The lyrics were something like
‘Henny come here to me, Henny you went so suddenly, Henny, I’ll miss you but you weren’t that cuddly’.
Luckily, I now work with people who are far more capable, but as starts in life go it wasn’t bad.

You have your new single ‘Orange Juice & Milk’ is out now. What was the story/inspiration behind the track?

There is something really visceral about the combination of orange juice and milk and having now tried several combinations of the two, I can confirm that they taste awful and really don’t go together. My research has shown me that the orange juice curdles the milk and turns it into lumpy cheese, and now I can’t even smell either of the liquids without wanting to be sick. So when the song says
“We go together like orange juice and milk’
this is what that means.

 

Where did you record the track and who produced it?

Orange Juice & Milk was recorded in a bedroom in East London in the winter and everything for it was made in that one room. Bubba T and PunkRockPoet produced the track, as they do every So Good track.

 

Do you have any interesting, funny or memorable stories from the recording sessions?

Sometimes sessions can last until 4am and we become really delirious. I pitched the idea of doing a cover album of very famous songs, but the original song is underneath and I’m just singing along to it and changing the bits I think need improving. For instance; ‘I want to break free’ by Queen, I would just sing over the top ‘I want to eat beans’ because I think at this point that’s far more culturally relevant.

 

Did you use any particular instruments, microphones, recording equipment to help you get a particular sound/tone for the record?

We usually use an SM57 for the vocals and record everything on the fly when the idea strikes. We very rarely go back and re record it just ruins the vibe. We have a list of core So Good sounds that we go back to when we are fleshing out a song. We love a noise that’s not musical (such as a squeaky dog toy) tuned to add texture to a track. The process is always different but for the last few years we have uncovered the identity of a So Good song, and while that is ever evolving, it helps to have certain elements we know works for the sound.

 

Which of your tracks hear you at your a) happiest, b) angriest and c) most reflective?

If you want to hear me at my happiest, it’s always singing ‘If I Had A’ because I just love singing about dick and I especially love the look of the audience when they hear the first line of the song. If I’m feeling angry for any reason I find ‘I Will Love You Until…’ is good to sing as it gets heavier and heavier and I find that super cathartic. Reflective would have to be ‘I Rewrote The Fucking Bible’.

 

Who were the musicians who were on the song with you?

Bubba T and PunkRockPoet are the other collaborators for the song, Bubba T plays the instruments and PunkRockPoet helps with words. We make everything in a bedroom in East London and always have, apart from one time when we went to a cottage in Kent infested with mice and wrote most of the upcoming album.

Was it a difficult song to write?

I work with a great writer and a great musician to bring every song to life, and I have always found that collaborating is the easiest way to make anything- not just music. I’m really bad at trusting the process sometimes, and tend to question direction or ideas, so I’m very lucky to be surrounded by people who bring me out of that and concentrate on the vision. The hardest part of the writing process is always finishing a song, and we treat every session like a battle; we don’t leave until it’s won.

Where is your hometown and could you please describe it in five words?

I’m from London. People hate on London a lot but personally I’ve never been to a city I like more. I would describe it as; Vital, Chaotic, Seductive, Frenetic and Kaleidoscopic

 

What two pieces of advice do you have for a novice musician?

‘Nice music’ isn’t fun or interesting. Try to make something different, something that scares you, and something that you think no one will like. Don’t follow the crowd; make your own crowd.

 

Do you have any live dates planned in the UK/Europe in 2026?

In June I did 3 dates with Cortney Dixon on the ‘Two Blondes Don’t Make A Right’ mini tour of the lovely north of England coming to Manchester, Sheffield and Huddersfield. I’m also performed at 2000 trees in July in Gloucestershire and then will be on the road for the whole of October with Pet Needs and Keep Flying up and down the UK and Ireland going to Belfast, Dublin, Sheffield, Chester, Nottingham, Bristol, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Dundee, Glasgow, Blackpool, Hull, Cambridge (on my birthday), Bournemouth, Southsea and Norwich.

 

 What two things do you hope to have achieved once you have left the stage?

I am aware that before I go on stage, people have a misconception about me based on songs they’ve heard and maybe what they’ve seen online. I try to single out someone who’s looking at me with a mixture of fear and disgust. If I can get that one person bopping along by the end of my set then I’ve done a good job.

 

Do you have any favoured stage instruments, effects, pedals, microphones etc?

If I get to a venue and they have wireless mics, I know it’s going to be a good show. My set has a lot of movement and I need to be free, so being tangled up in wires can be a bit irritating. I also have this button that repeats ‘So Good’ in like a deep American Accent which is always fun to press. I try to make the show like a party, personally I care far more about whether I have enough bubble guns than whether the guitar tone is right.

 

You are given the opportunity to write the score for a film adaptation of a novel that you enjoy. Which novel is it and why?

Obviously, Julia Donaldson is the GOAT when it comes to authorship. A personal favourite of mine is ‘What The Ladybird Heard’. I like the darker, more hidden elements of the book, such as the motivation of the robbers trying to steal the cows.

 

Who are some of your musical influences? Do you have any recommendations?

I’m obsessed with Bo Burnham and the way he looks at the world. ‘White Woman’s Instagram’ just made me feel so seen in a way that pop music isn’t able to achieve. ‘Mah Na Mah Na’ by The Muppets is also culturally incredibly relevant and the kind of ear worm I can only dream of having.

 Do you have any visualisers to accompany the track?

My partner and I make all the videos on a budget of nothing and I’m really proud with how they’ve come out. Videos are fun, I get to play around. In ‘Orange Juice & Milk’ there’s one point where I’m dressed something like how my mum would dress and then as I escape the control of my video boyfriend, I start to wear my own style. It’s fun to just be goofy and experimental.

Do you have any further new music releases planned for this year?

I want to release every few months, so by the end of this year there will be at least two more songs out. I have songs that I’ve been playing live for over a year that I’m so excited to finally put them out.

 

What makes So Good happy and what makes you unhappy?

I have a little teenage sister and when I think too much about the world she is growing up in it makes me not just unhappy but physically sick. She can’t walk down a street at night on her own without being scared, or go to a party without the threat of being drugged, or wear clothes that express her personality without being preyed on.

Lots of things make me happy; Latex gloves, puppies, tequila rose and Paris Hilton are just some of them.

Feature Image Photo Credit: Supplied By Futureproof Promotions

So Good’s latest single ‘Orange Juice & Milk’ is out now. 

Listen Here: https://xelon.ffm.to/ojmilk

Official LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/sooogood