New Remix and Video – Should’ve known better (choices)’ Becky and the Birds

Swedish experimental pop musician and producer Thea Gustafsson (aka Becky and the Birds) shared her self-produced debut album, Only music makes me cry now, in November 2024. 

After recently being named Producer of the Year at the 2025 Swedish Grammis, she now returns a new track entitled ‘Should’ve known better (choices)’ — a thematic companion to the Only music makes me cry now track ‘I look at the choices i made’, the new single highlights Gustafsson’s unique, current, and boundless production style via a daring yet synergetic combination of 90s alt-R&B flow, gritty Timbaland beats, and bright accordion passages, provided by her father.

+ Listen to ‘Should’ve known better (choices)’ on all streaming platforms now +

 The track additionally arrives alongside an accompanying cinematic music video directed by the Swedish creative team ph-any (Patricia Aliaga Devall & Hedvig Moberg).

The long-awaited debut Becky and the Birds album Only Music Makes Me Cry Now arrived in the fall of 2024. Intricately layered, sonically diverse, and emotionally hard-hitting, the record combines lush walls of sound, manipulations of Gustafsson’s bird-like vocals, and natural city sounds recorded in Stockholm and London. From the  ethereal and intimate indie-pop track ‘When she holds me’ to the sleek and hypnotic sound bath ‘Anymore’, the surprising combination of electric guitar and stomping 808s on ‘To trust you‘, and the gorgeous post-breakup lament ‘I made my baby cry’ (which was revered by Elton John on his Apple Music 1 radio show, Rocket Hour), listeners are treated to her strongest Becky and the Birds material to date, which will translate to an alluring and unique live set that can’t be missed. 

+ Listen to Only Music Makes Me Cry Now on all streaming services +

In addition to sharing this new track, Gustafsson has also announced a limited run of tour dates across the UK, Europe, and the US, which will see her taking her new record on the road for the first time. See the full routing below, and find more information HERE.

Becky and the Birds Live Dates
June
6th – Saloon, Berlin, DE
7th – Debaser, Stockholm, SE
10th – Doka, Amsterdam, NL
13th – Loki, London, UK

July
23rd – Nightclub 101, New York 
25th – Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco, CA
26th – Echo, Los Angeles, CA 

August 
7th – Way Out West [Hojen Stage], Gothenburg, SE