Paris Paloma has teamed up with Emma Thompson for her new misogyny-skewering single 'Good Boy'
Video satirises workplace misogyny; features Tom Blyth and Rebecca Shaw’s headline.
Paris Paloma has released a new single, 'Good Boy', featuring actor Emma Thompson, and shared an official video starring Tom Blyth.
Paris and Emma Thompson first met while working on Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim, reconnecting when Emma attended Paris’s sold-out Shepherd’s Bush Empire show. The track opens with journalist Rebecca Shaw’s viral headline, voiced by Thompson.
The video, directed by Georgie Cowan-Turner, presents a satirical depiction of patriarchal and misogynistic structures in the workplace, with Paris appearing both as herself and as an allegorical embodiment of the patriarchy.
“’Good Boy’ is a message to men that you have more in common with me, more in common with everyday women, than you do with men in power pushing capitalist patriarchy; so don’t be their good boy. Any knee-jerk reaction to women criticising and working against patriarchy, by calling women ‘man haters', bites off your own nose, and upholds a system that isolates and betrays you, cutting you off from community and love. You won’t be rewarded by those in power for upholding a system that harms you and benefits them. You’ll get nothing, not even so much as a ‘good boy,’,” Paris says.
'Good Boy' follows Paris Paloma’s 2024 debut album, 'Cacophony'.
Paris and Emma Thompson first met while working on Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim, reconnecting when Emma attended Paris’s sold-out Shepherd’s Bush Empire show. The track opens with journalist Rebecca Shaw’s viral headline, voiced by Thompson.
The video, directed by Georgie Cowan-Turner, presents a satirical depiction of patriarchal and misogynistic structures in the workplace, with Paris appearing both as herself and as an allegorical embodiment of the patriarchy.
“’Good Boy’ is a message to men that you have more in common with me, more in common with everyday women, than you do with men in power pushing capitalist patriarchy; so don’t be their good boy. Any knee-jerk reaction to women criticising and working against patriarchy, by calling women ‘man haters', bites off your own nose, and upholds a system that isolates and betrays you, cutting you off from community and love. You won’t be rewarded by those in power for upholding a system that harms you and benefits them. You’ll get nothing, not even so much as a ‘good boy,’,” Paris says.
'Good Boy' follows Paris Paloma’s 2024 debut album, 'Cacophony'.
Paris Paloma is confirmed as a special guest for Florence + The Machine’s UK and EU arena tour in early 2026.
The dates read:
SEPTEMBER
27 All Things Go, Columbia, MD, USA
28 All Things Go, Forest Hills, NY, USA
FEBRUARY
6 SSE Arena, Belfast, UK
8 bp pulse Live, Birmingham, UK
9 OVO Hydro, Glasgow, UK
11 Utilita Arena, Newcastle, UK
13 M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool, UK
14 Utilita Arena, Sheffield, UK
16 The O2, London, UK
17 The O2, London, UK
20 Co-op Live, Manchester, UK
22 Accor Arena, Paris, France
23 Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium
25 Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands
26 Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany
MARCH
2 Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria
4 Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany
5 O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
7 Tauron Arena, Krakow, Poland
9 Uber Arena, Berlin, Germany
The dates read:
SEPTEMBER
27 All Things Go, Columbia, MD, USA
28 All Things Go, Forest Hills, NY, USA
FEBRUARY
6 SSE Arena, Belfast, UK
8 bp pulse Live, Birmingham, UK
9 OVO Hydro, Glasgow, UK
11 Utilita Arena, Newcastle, UK
13 M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool, UK
14 Utilita Arena, Sheffield, UK
16 The O2, London, UK
17 The O2, London, UK
20 Co-op Live, Manchester, UK
22 Accor Arena, Paris, France
23 Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium
25 Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands
26 Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany
MARCH
2 Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria
4 Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany
5 O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
7 Tauron Arena, Krakow, Poland
9 Uber Arena, Berlin, Germany
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