VERBAL TENNIS - Released February 2026

Ann Gray, on "Verbal Tennis"

Verbal Tennis is a snarky, upbeat take on the phrase “the ball is in my court,” that calls someone out for being “the meanest thing that New England’s seen since wintertime.” With electric guitars and witty lyrics, the song has an Olivia Rodrigo feel similar to songs like “Brutal” and “Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl.” "Verbal Tennis "is the perfect song to scream along to when you’re mad at someone that everyone else seems to love, or even when you’re simply looking for fun lines like “it’s a game of verbal tennis and the ball is in my court.”

SOMETHING TO PROVE - Released November 2025

Ann Gray, on "Something to Prove"

I wrote "Something to Prove" during my first year of college when I was really living on my own for the first time in my life. As I was struggling to get used to my new environment, I kept putting unrealistic expectations on myself, and the stress of that ultimately manifested itself into this angsty, pop-rock song. This is the perfect song for those who seek constant academic validation, are still trying to figure out who they are, and/or simply appreciate a really catchy melody.

ACID TRIP - Released June 2025

Ann Gray, on "Acid Trip"

"Acid Trip" is all about being conflicted --- telling your friends you're done with something (or, in this case, the ATM) and then proceeding to do it anyway (i.e. "which I then spend on dinner for two"). No matter how capricious the situation may be, you still find yourself "begging for more."

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE - Released May 2025

Ann Gray, on "American Experience"

“American Experience” revolves around the idea of modern-day hook-up culture. The song pairs Lana Del Ray dark glamour and nostalgia with brutal, poignant lyrics including “Left your jacket in a mattress / he’ll learn your name from reading the tag inside the coat” and “Doesn’t matter if they love you / just matters if you make them weak.”

BITE BACK - Released March 2025

Ann Gray, on "Bite Back"

I wrote "Bite Back" about those people in life who are ALWAYS try to get a reaction out of you. This song captures the frustration of being the target of that, with lyrics like “trying to crack me open, it just cracks you up / so I scream into the car the second the door shuts,” and “you’re tryna start a fight and just waiting for the bite back.”

ROAD RAGING - Released February 2025

Ann Gray, on "Road Raging"

Blending both Olivia Rodrigo and Maisie Peters elements, "Road Raging" follows the start of a young relationship, one where you’re so infatuated with someone that you can’t even even keep your eyes on the road when they’re in the car with you.

THIS IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE - Released July 2024

Ann Gray, on "This is What It Feels Like":

I wrote “This is What it Feels Like” about the newfound excitement and vulnerability of my first high school relationship, as well as the youthful curiosity that accompanied it. The beginning of the piece starts with my friends asking “what it feels like” to slowly be falling in love with someone, to which I reply, “it’s hard to describe, but I hope these lyrics answer their questions.” The song then proceeds to try and encapsulate the innocent, exciting feeling of a first relationship (or “what it feels like”), describing such with vivid lyrics as “I’ve got a book of red underlines of boys who wasted my time with hate songs woven in the papers / but I couldn’t find your fault so I found that drawing hearts was a better use of red marker” and “you asked me what color were your eyes, green if I had to specify / but look into mine a little longer just so I can clarify.”

Listen to "This is What It Feels Like"

CHARTERED TERRITORY - Released April 2024

Ann Gray, on "Chartered territory":

I wrote Chartered Territory after a particularly confusing, capricious breakup, one that mainly happened over text while I was studying abroad in Paris. The song combines both the distressing nature of a prolonged breakup ironically mixed with the beautiful scenery of France, as I tried not to think about it and let it ruin my trip (although such was obviously in vain if you listen closely to the lyrics). It contains such evocative, emotional lines as “and every Parisian cashier’s probably mesmerized by every single souvenir postcard I hesitantly buy for you, cause who knows if we’ll make it by the time that the mail goes through.”

Listen to "Chartered Territory"

SUMMER HOBBY - Released May 2024

Ann Gray, on "Summer Hobby":

Summer Hobby encapsulates all of the capricious, emotional highs and lows of a summer fling, as well as the intense frustration of dating someone who’s still hung up on their ex. I initially wrote the upbeat, pop melody after being particularly inspired by Lorde’s album Melodrama, as well as my own personal experience of feeling like “just a summer hobby” (or something temporary to play with) until a guy’s ex was free again. The song follows an intense lyrical and melodic manifestation of these emotions alongside vast summer imagery, including “perched beside the pool,” “every fire sign sky witnessed what you put me through,” and “And in the summaries you tell her I wonder which part I play / a shiny satiation till she came back home for summer break.”

Listen to "Summer Hobby"

TEENAGE REBEL- Released September 23

Ann Gray, on her new original single:

"I came up with the first verse of Teenage Rebel while working as a sort-of waitress at a sleep away camp during the summer, finding myself just humming and laughing along to certain lyric ideas as I monotonously wiped tables or filled water jugs (and probably spilled them, to be quite honest).  It was all sort of based around this gag that my friends and I had created. See, for my entire sophomore year, no matter the circumstances, I always tried to go to bed at 9 pm. I was also incredibly obsessed with grades, had just started going to therapy and, for once, I was actually dealing with my mental health. I pretty much had this big ball of teenage angst building up inside me, which I found incredibly funny. But, also, there was another side of me that was just fed up with the phrase I had heard oh too many times: “What could you possibly be worried about at your age?” To which the song pretty much answers - "a lot!" Especially considering all of the mental health issues that were so prominent at the time (which do still obviously exist, but I have learned how to manage better over time), it just infuriated me how some adults thought that kids must have it so easy, simply based on their age. Thus, I picked up my electric guitar and did what I would then classify as shredding - of course, now it just seems more like a very loud acoustic. Luckily, my amazing mixing engineer Johnny, helped me out with the guitar, and ultimately made the song sound even more incredible than I had imagined. And of course, if you need any more convincing to listen to the song, know that the angst builds up so much in the song that I even *rap*at the end. . .and later, I even extended my own bedtime by a whole thirty minutes!"

Listen to “Teenage Rebel”