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An ethereally groovy track about a rose-colored lens shattered, Eliza Rose stands on her own two feet in “Better Love.”

Premiering on Apple 1’s Zane Lowe Show, the new single certainly has big shoes to fill. 2022’s summer anthem “B.O.T.A (Baddest Of Them All)” blew all expectations out the water, dethroning Britney Spears and Elton John as the UK Top 10 single and taking TikTok by storm. With Eliza Rose’s name suddenly on a global radar, there wasn’t much margin for error for what follow-up song she’d birth.

Taking her time and strutting with intention, “Better Love” is a dance track that does not forfeit narrative. Though it reads as lighthearted, it tells a story of finding out your one and only has one of many. Produced and written alongside Mura Masa, it’s infused with Rose’s signature hypnotism and Mura Masa’s tried and true nu-disco instrumentation.

The new single is accompanied with a UK/EU/Australia tour announcement that will see Rose spinning vinyl and bringing her DJ bliss to cities like Barcelona, Sydney, and Glasgow. One can only imagine the rave a Rose live show would be, with many still reeling from her performances during last year’s festival season.

What’s evident is that Rose isn’t a genre-specific artist, but rather, a musician on a constant quest of expressing what explodes from them in that given breath. The common denominator is it will always make you move, because nothing about Rose isn’t funk. Being blinded by someone's charm can leave you to harshly self-reprimand, but Rose refuses to assume any victim role: she’s only getting more comfortable in her well-earned stardom.

Watch the "better love" video below: