“Lover Girl” is a song by Icelandic singer-songwriter Laufey, released on 25 June 2025 as the third single from her third studio album, A Matter of Time (2025). It was written and produced by Laufey herself and Spencer Stewart.
Laufey wrote the song in Tokyo during her Bewitched Tour and recorded it in Los Angeles. On 27 May 2025, she debuted the song live during her concert at the Teatro Metropólitan in Mexico City, after revealing the inspiration for the song:
So, I wrote this song when I was on tour, and last year, I was in Tokyo, and I was missing a certain someone, and I was like, “Oh my God, I have become the person that I made fun of for years.” You know, like a simp. And so I thought, you know, it’s funny because I’ve always been known as the “never going to fall in love” girl. And now I’ve become the lover girl.
“Lover Girl” is a bossa nova song, with a playful atmosphere, offbeat tempo and handclaps. Lyrically, Laufey depicts herself as a love-struck girl who struggles with being separated from her boyfriend. Strings alternate between increasing and decreasing volume during the chorus, in which Laufey describes she is in a “reckless fever”. She notes that she would usually tease her lovesick friends for being overly dependent on their significant others but never expected to find herself in the same situation, before calling it a “curse to be a lover girl”.
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