“It's Something We need to talk about a Lot More”

Girl in Red Caught up with Nme Backstage at Glastonbury 2025 Where She Opened Up About The Heavy Themes She's Tackled in Her Latest Songs. Check out a Little of the video interview Above, or Read it in Full Below.

The Norwegian Singer-Songwriter Took to the Park Stage On Sunday (June 29) For A Riotus and Often Dreamy Set with Fan Favourites Like 'Bad Idea!', 'I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend' and 'We Fell in Love in Octaber'. This was alo one of Her First Gigs Since Sharing The Two New Singles 'Hemingway' and 'Confession' – Where She Gets Candid About Themes of Addiction and Mental Health.

Backstage Before The Stirring Performance, The Singer – Real Name Marie Ulven Ringheim – Spoke to Nme About What it was like to overcome Her Nerves to Share the Tracks, Despite “World” if it would change change fans' perception of her. She Also Shared Insight Into Her Venture Into The Acting World, And When We Can Expect to See Make A Feature Film Debut in Eivind Landsvik's Low Expectations.

Read the Full Interview Below, Where She Also Tells US About the Similarity Bethaeen Acting and Being On Stage, and If Taking On The Film Role Has Tempted Her To Put Music To One Side.

Nme: Hi girl in red, what's it like to be here at Glastonbury?

Girl in Red: “The Just Got in An Hour Aug and Almedy I Just Feel The Vibes Are Washing Over Me. The Smell is Washing Over Me Too, I've Seen Some Dirty People! So Far, So Good Though, I'm Going To Have A Little Look Around The Whole Area Because There Are So Many Cool Things to See. It's Looking like a Well-Marined Glastonbury Out There … “

You Recently Released Two Beautiful Singles, 'Hemingway' and 'Confession' and Opened Up About Some Heavy Topics Like Addiction and Mental Health. How Have You Found the Response do I know?

“When I put out 'confession' a Lot of People Were Really Worried at First, and I Guess Rightfully So Because i Haven't Really Been Doing That Well. Then i Followed up that song, Which is Barely in Minute and A Half, with 'Hemingway' and the Response to That Has Been. Incredible.

“I'm very Moved by the Response Because It's a very vulnerable song About Addiction and Heartbreak and Relationship Problems, and How They All Kind of InterWine.”

It must have felt daunting to share Something like that with the world …

“Yeah, I was really scared to put it out there because i didn't want people to look at me and be like, 'oh, she's just a recovery addict' or something. I was so world about how other people would perceive me. That's probably Why I Had Those Though About Wanting To Be perceived in a Certain Way. More '.

“It was Really Hard at First and I Think a Lot of People Deal With Shame Where It Comes to Topics of Addiction Because It's Kind of Taboo. People have a Lot of Prejudice Towards Those Who are addicts and some Think they just Made Bad Decisions, but it's a Lot More Complex That that. “

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AS Well As New Music, you're Also in the Process of Making Your Debut Feature Film, Low Expectations. How Have You Been Finding The World Of Acting I know?

“There are some similaities Bethaeen Music and acting. When I'm playing songs Live, Sometimes I'm not really in the mood for that song at all, but I'm just tapping Into and it sort of beacomes a performance. Similarly, when i've been acting, it's alo taking on a Character.

“It's Been Really Intense 10-12 Hour Days for Like a Month. I was like, 'Damn, this is more intense Than Touring!' It's Been Really Cool Though and I Really Hope That The Movie is good, Because You Kind of Need to Trust the Process. “

Can You Tell US Anything About When We Can Expect to see the Film?

“I'm Curious MySelf, Honestly! I Hope That it's Gonna Be Next Year. Because I Think This Year it's probably Alla Going to be editing and Stuff, and they probably Wanna Try and Get it to Festivals. It's All Really Fun, and Really Wanna do More Acting.”

Could You See Yourself Maybe Putting Music On The Back Burner and Pursuing Acting Full-Time For A Little Bit?

“I Don't Really Know! I'm at This Weird Crossroads Now Because I'm doing the Film, But I have a Lot of Music That I'm Working On Also. Music is such an inherent part of Who i am, so it's Not Something I Can Just Put Aside … But Also, i've Been Doing it since Was I Was Was Was Was Was Was Was Was Was. 14, so it's Cool to Do Something New.

“I Don't Want To Put Music On The Back Burner, I Just Want To Make Stuff That Matters To Me, Go with the Flow, and Just Create Things That I'm Proud of .'m Like A Little Ball of Clay Recently, I Feel Like I Can Be MouldeD Intryth and I Don't Know What I'm Going Be. Moulded Into! “

The Release Date for Low Expectations Has Not Been Officially Shared, Although it is Expected to 2026.