Better (Mallrat song) explained

Better
Cover:	Better_by_Mallrat.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Mallrat
Album:	In the Sky
Length:	3:13
Label:	Dew Process
Producer:	Konstantin Kersting
Chronology:	Mallrat
Prev Title:	For Real
Prev Year:	2016
Next Title:	UFO
Next Year:	2018

"Better" is a song by Australian musician Mallrat. It was released in October 2017^[1] as the lead single from Mallrat's second EP In the Sky.

In May 2018, the song won Best Unpublished Work in the Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition.^{[2] [3]}

The song was certified gold in Australia in 2019.

Background

Mallrat said she wrote the songs in July 2016 saying "the lyrics were very easy to write but it took about a year to get the instrumentation sounding exactly like it did in my brain."^[4]

Reception

Thomas Smith from NME called the song a "youthful, joyous uplifting banger."^[5]

Track listing

Digital download

1. "Better" – 3:13

Notes and References

1. Web site: Better - single. iTunes Australia. 26 June 2019.
2. Web site: Past Winners. APRA AMCOS. 13 March 2021.
3. Web site: Native Tongue Signs Brisbane Producer & Writer Konstantin Kersting . The Music AU. 11 May 2018. 23 September 2019.
4. Web site: Mallrat sounding fresh with new single 'Better' . Secret Sounds. October 2017. 26 June 2019.
5. Web site: Australian pop wunderkind Mallrat shares uplifting banger 'Better'. NME. 13 October 2017. 26 June 2019.