The EP is her first for Capitol Records and the follow-up to her acclaimed, independently released 2022 debut EP, A Mosh Pit In The Clouds. She recorded ache in my tooth in Los Angeles with a handful of dream collaborators that included Skyler Stonestreet (Bieber, Dua Lipa, Tate McRae), Ryan Raines (Dominic Fike) and Amy Allen (Lipa, Harry Styles).
“I had massive impostor syndrome,” flowerovlove recalls of showing up to those sessions, “but when I made it into the room, I remembered that no one was forced to be there. They wanted to be there. I learned that talent can be appreciated, and you are seen no matter how hidden you think you are.”
Flowerovlove has also shared the official video for “ARE U SERIOUS?” – a track that finds her trying to suss out the sincerity of a lover, reading between the lines of sweet talk and PDAs. She wrote the song with Amy Allen. Ryan Raines produced.
Ache in my tooth also includes “breaking news,” a euphoric anthem for lovestruck summer nights, and the catchy, candy-coated “erase u,” which she describes as “a hyperbolic crush anthem, where a crush is so delusional you’d die for that person and give anything to just breathe near them.” The sparkly “muse” is “super disco” and inspired by an ex’s request to be her muse.
“It’s about feeling like you deserve a lot,” she explains of the outlandish requests she makes of her lover on the song before he can be the source of inspiration for her. “That’s what the girls deserve,” she laughs. “Men used to go to war!”