Cherry Bomb, the Los Angeles-based solo project of MisterWives’ Mandy Lee continues to give life to her latest single “Digital Girl,” a confessional, pop-drenched tune recently shared via AWAL. Her new music video, directed by frequent collaborator Matty Vogel, captures the overstimulation of the modern world—a place full of harsh contrasts, flashing images, and impossible shapes all crammed together in one picture.
On the splashy new music video, Lee boldly asks, “Who doesn’t want to smash their phone in 2026 and be met with confetti to celebrate? In this hyper-digital day and age, it’s near impossible to not fall down the algorithmic rabbit hole of comparison spirals, curated perfection, and infinite doomscrolling. I wanted to visually represent the tension that exists between conforming to the pressure or rebelling against it and what it feels like when the two coincide.”
WATCH: “Digital Girl” (Official Video)
Through “Digital Girl,” Mandy Lee saw Cherry Bomb as a symbol of fiery resistance to the pressures of modernity. “I hope she is a much needed reprieve from the Digital World that lives in the palm of our hand,” she adds.
FLOOD Magazine, who debuted the video, 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.”
With a reference to Madonna’s “Material Girl,” made for 2026 on the bubbling Y2K earworm, the new track details the real struggles of being both a musician and a person today. Speaking on the contrived displays of perfection on social media and pressures of constant self-promotion, Lee explains, “‘Digital Girl’ is my love/hate confessional to my dreams and the systems they exist within. An unsettling reflection of modernity and how much we sacrifice who we really are in response to who we are told to be.” As her first song she wrote for her solo project, the new track “ignited the spark and unapologetic energy that I needed for this project — a total rejection of the impossible shapes we are constantly pressured to bend to.”
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.”
LISTEN: “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.
WATCH: “Never Be Me (M★ther★cker)”
Cherry Bomb brings her own flair to Y2K nostalgia with the infectious “Digital Girl” out now. Join all the fun via Instagram, YouTube and TikTok.
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