Carol Ades’ Newest Girlhood Anthem “Worst Person In The World”

I’m just a girl. The universal phrase for women who just need to spiral without shame. Who just need some reassurance. Who just needs to let everyone know that everything sucks. Singer-songwriter and criminally underrated pop princess, Carol Ades, has turned just that into a song for women everywhere. You may know Carol from her debut album released last year, ‘Late Start’, or from seeing her live, maybe at Lollapalooza 2025 or opening for an artist of your liking, such as Holly Humberstone and Lizzy McAlpine. She is an artist who shies away from nothing and makes light of harsh realities, especially for women. 

Her newest single “Worst Person In The World” dives into the personal spiral almost every woman has faced at least once in their life, if not millions. With the warmest piano opening, she sings “I’m the worst person in the world / That’s what you said to me / At least in my head I’m better off dead / Why don’t I just kill the lights and go back to bed.” She described the song in her release post on Instagram by saying “I made a VERY strong case for why I was definitely absolutely 100% the worst person in the world. I felt like: everything sucks, I suck, and this is the unequivocal truth that I must come to accept.” 

The song builds with a drum kick and fills completely, with hints of background vocals of mocking laughter right as she opens up lyrically about caring too much what others think, painting the picture of her inner monologue perfectly. Her meltdown continues, “But I’m right on the brink / Of taking the kitchen scissors and cutting my hair / And I can’t find a reason why I get so upset.” She mentions so many common feelings and reactions women have when going through something, big or small. After a bouncing bridge that spins around the listener convincing herself she is the worst, the song resolves back to the same comforting piano from the start where she realizes she’s really not. The goal of this song is exactly what it became for her, a friend that helped navigate her through negative self-talk and getting back to feeling like herself. “It's just never that deep, it always passes, and we are all truly just girls at the end of the day.”

Be sure to tune into the incredible music Carol shares on any platform you find your music and keep with her on socials @carolades. She’s an anthem writer for any and all girls.