Cherry Bomb seeks salvation in "Sorry You're Not Sorry"
CHERRY BOMB
SEEKS SALVATION IN "SORRY YOU'RE NOT SORRY"
A LIBERATING NEW SINGLE ABOUT SELF-ACCEPTANCE AND LOVE
OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO FEATURING THE HAUS OF CHERRY
A PROCESSION OF DANCERS, DRAG QUEENS, SHOWGIRL, AND DIVAS
COMING TOGETHER FOR A LITANY OF AFFIRMATIONS
Cherry Bomb, the Los Angeles-based solo project of MisterWives' Mandy Lee, returns today with a brand new single, "Sorry You're Not Sorry". Continuing her exploration into the glamour of disco pop, the artist turns up the dials on violin pomps and synth melodies to the max to soundtrack her new song about self-love, confidence, and shaking off grief and frustration. It alchemizes heartbreak into heartbeats, pumping all the pain away one dance at a time.
"'Sorry You’re Not Sorry' is for the pivotal moment when you stop begging closed doors to open and make peace with the grief that comes with choosing closure over receiving it," says Lee about the new track. "It’s no surprise pain and pleasure are processed in the same part of the brain and perhaps that’s why I often blur the line between the two in music."
LISTEN: "Sorry You're Not Sorry"
"Sorry You're Not Sorry" is a manifesto for Cherry Bomb's forthcoming music, which aims to transform tears into sweat through energetic synth pop melodies sharpened by anthemic, powerful rock lyrics and vocals. Listeners got a taste of Mandy Lee's rebellious side with "Digital Girl," a dizzying Y2K-inspired synth pop single offering fiery resistance to the pressures of modernity. FLOOD Magazine, who debuted the official music video on April 2, says it's "just as vibrant as the song itself. Immersing the viewer in the colorful world the song establishes with its explosive chorus and underlying ’00s club beat, the video also emphasizes the lyrical themes explored on the single." They added, “[First single] Never Be Me” had more in common with the modern pop canon as established by Chappell Roan, while its follow-up single “Digital Girl” dipped its toes in the digital-age operatics of Caroline Polachek’s catalog."
WATCH: "Digital Girl" (Official Video)
Earlier this year, Lee unveiled Cherry Bomb with the splashy, upbeat banger "Never Be Me (M★ther★cker)." PAPER Magazine, who debuted the video, wrote, "The track is pop perfection, chronicling her departure from her old life and excitement for the road ahead. Her fluttering vocals that earworm synths define this genre she’s calling “popera.” Adding, the video, "highlights bright, DIY-ed costumes and the feminine energy-filled community that’s helped her reach these new heights."
WATCH: "Never Be Me (M★ther★cker)"
For over a decade, Mandy Lee has led alt-pop band MisterWives with her distinctly compelling vocals and commanding stage presence–including several tours, festivals around the world and four official studio albums, one live album and one deluxe album. Now, Lee is ready to shape a sonic universe that completely her own–blending party with the profound.
Cherry Bomb is ready to detonate with her unapologetic, self-loving new anthem, "Sorry You're Not Sorry." Join all the fun via Instagram, YouTube and TikTok.
ABOUT CHERRY BOMB
Mandy Lee is stepping into her power with Cherry Bomb — a fierce, glitter-soaked solo project born from rebellion, heartbreak, and radical self-expression. Best known as the powerhouse frontwoman of MisterWives, Lee uses Cherry Bomb as a bridge to get back to who she was before the world told her who to be.
Lee lights on the fuse on her first single, the space disco banger “Never Be Me,” which she calls “a declaration of independence about shedding a loveless love. I came home that night from working on the song and just had it blasting in my headphones, dancing around my house alone. It just felt so cathartic.” Cherry Bomb's second release “Digital Girl” is a confetti-covered, glitching TV fuzz, y2k party champagne-soaked banger for the overstimulated over-thinkers who just want to be seen for their true colors. In a world dragged around by social media likes that go up in tandem with insecurity driven self doubt, Cherry Bomb is raging against the machine in full technicolor with an unbreakable love from within.
Inspired by icons like Madonna and Blondie, the music fuses space disco, punk spirit, and diary-like confessionals into a sound that’s both danceable and defiant. This isn’t a reinvention — it’s a detonation.
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Photo Credit: Matty Vogel
