Asher White, the New York–via–Providence singer-songwriter, has signed to Joyful Noise Recordings. To ring in the big news, she’s shared the new song “Kratom Headache Girls Night,” which showcases her skills as a musician, arranger, and producer alike. Give it a listen below.
Although her new single is about hanging with friends, White shared a statement explaining how the backstory goes deeper: “Recently there’s a dark cloud of end times that hangs out with us, of course, and there’s a new psychic puzzle of trying to have fun despite this. This song toys a little with the membrane between losing-yourself-in-rapturous-experience-of-friend-love and panic-about-the-immediate-future-on-an-urgent-material-level; sometimes a feeling of doom can even facilitate a moment of heightened presentness. So there’s some real Perks of Being a Wallflower–style images that result from me discovering I have the group of friends and lovers I’d wanted my entire childhood.”
In 2024, White released Home Constellation Study, the 15th album of the 25-year-old’s career. She also worked on a collaborative single with Caroline Rose and Eli Winter for Transa, the huge benefit compilation spearheaded by Red Hot Organization to represent a “spiritual journey celebrating trans people.”
Next month, White will perform at Liberation Weekend Festival, in Washington, D.C. The trans rights music festival takes place at the Black Cat on May 30 and May 31, and all proceeds go to Gender Liberation Movement to help fund future rallies, demonstrations, and direct actions in protest of anti-trans policymaking. Also slated to perform are Ekko Astral—the festival’s organizers—Ted Leo, Speedy Ortiz, L’Rain, Home Is Where, and many more.
