Speaking of the track, she says: “I wrote “You Can Be Mean” about a brief toxic experience I had with a manipulative and abusive LA model fuckboy. However brief, it had a life-long impact on my understanding of self,” De Souza explains. “Leading up to that experience, I had a history of putting myself in toxic situations and pining for validation from people who treated me poorly. I was stuck in some delusion that I could help abusive people through their trauma and teach them to love me in the way I deserved. I wrote this song when I finally realised that I could choose not to allow harmful behaviour into my life, and that there is a deep, deep importance in protecting the body and spirit. I stopped caring about validation from assholes, stopped thinking it was my responsibility to help them, and started caring for myself in a real way.”

All Of This Will End – which was recorded at Drop of Sun Studios with producer and engineer Alex Farrar – is the follow-up to 2021’s Any Shape You Take, which Farrar also worked on. The release marks a pivotal point in the artist’s career. “All of This Will End feels more true to me than anything ever has,” she says. “I was finally able to trust myself fully.”