Ber is in love, and she lets us feel every spark of it in “Good, Real” – a glowing, golden-hour rush of alt-pop joy that bottles the breathless, sun-soaked thrill of falling headfirst for someone and wanting to hold onto each fleeting second.
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Before I go, give me that good, real love…
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The morning light spills through the window, turning everything gold – your half-empty coffee mug, the worn blue T-shirt on the chair, the trace of a smile you didn’t realize you were wearing. Somewhere in the haze between sleep and waking, love hums in the air, that dizzy, giddy kind of love that feels almost unreal. You slowly realize that fuzzy feeling has settled deep in your bones – it’s a part of you now. You’re in love.
Ber captures that very rush in “Good, Real,” a song that glows with warmth, longing, and the intoxicating spark of connection. As intensely immersive as it is instantly intoxicating, “Good, Real” is pure dopamine in musical form – a euphoric, heart-swelling anthem that captures the dizzying rush of falling in love and the quiet ache of distance that comes with it.
“It’s a gold rush, it’s a god-sent dream that woke me up,” she sings, her words hitting like sunlight through the blinds – inviting us to bask in her joy, to feel her fervor, and to join her on the intimate adventure of a lifetime.
It’s a gold rush
It’s a god-sent dream
that woke me up
So simple like
Your touch in the morning, oh
Before I go,
give me that
good, real love
Released October 24 via Nettwerk Music Group, “Good, Real” is the Minnesota-born singer/songwriter’s second single of 2025, and one of her brightest songs yet – a feel-good, feel-everything burst of warm, smile-inducing alt-pop joy designed to make you move, smile, and maybe text the person you love.
“‘Good, Real’ was written as I was falling in love in real time and experiencing the bittersweet odds of long distance,” Ber – full name Berit Dybing – tells Atwood Magazine. “Lyrically it’s a bit of a time capsule for me, capturing those moments of falling that felt like the first ray of sunshine after a long dark winter of loneliness, and wanting to hold on to them with a tight grip because those moments were always fleeting. It’s a pure, shiny love song at its heart.”
Black coffee
Some second-hand smoke
Lean on me when the train stops
Blue T-shirt from the charity shop
My grey eyes
The thread of your sweater
Your pupils kinda dilate
Oh, hold on, give me a minute
A second just to live it
‘Cause oh, I wanna feel it, uh
From its bold, buoyant bassline to the glittering chorus that begs to be sung at full volume, “Good, Real” radiates joy from the inside out. There’s an infectious sincerity in the way Ber delivers each line – “It’s a gold rush, it’s a god-sent dream that woke me up / So simple like your touch in the morning” – her voice riding the beat with the kind of open-hearted abandon that can only come from real happiness. It’s the sound of Ber giving herself permission to love freely, fully, and without irony.
It’s a gold rush
It’s a god-sent dream that woke me up
So simple like
Your touch in the morning, oh
Before I go, give me that good, real love
That emotional candor runs through all her work, but here it shines brightest. “It’s a love song!” she exclaims. “I wrote it at the start of a new relationship that was long distance… I was really doing my best to lean into the falling, and breathe in the good. We just knew we had to write a love song and lean into all the scary parts of that!”
Where some artists might guard their hearts, Ber hands hers over willingly. She calls “Good, Real” a breath of fresh air – and you can feel it in the production’s shimmer and lift, in the way each hook releases tension instead of building it, in the propulsive pulse that refuses to let up. It’s a celebration – pop music as renewal.
Hotel, black cab
Your hands on me
Sunset, bar tab
That look in your eyes
Highway I take to
The sound of your voice
Hold on, give me a minute
Just one second to live it
Oh, I just wanna feel it
Just one drop in the desert of me
That deep breath that I needed
Feels crazy to miss you when I’m leaving
Oh, before I go
Give me that good, real love
As she tells Atwood, “I hope it just makes listeners feel good. It’s a feel-good song. I hope people want to sing it in their shower, send it to their loves and say, ‘this is how you make me feel!’ The world needs more love and joy at the moment.”
Ber’s music has always felt unguarded and deeply human, but “Good, Real” is her most generous, and most playful, offering yet.
It’s a love song about loving the love itself, about holding tight to the fleeting moments that make all the uncertainty worthwhile. With its glowing synths and golden-hour spirit, this track doesn’t just sound good; it feels good, real good. Ber is in good, real love – and she wants the world to know. Dive into our interview below as the singer/songwriter opens up about her latest single and what it felt like to write a song about falling in love in real time.
It’s a gold rush
It’s a god-sent dream that woke me up
(Dream that woke me up)
So simple like
Like your touch in the morning
Oh, before I go (go, go, go)
Oh, before I go (go, go, go)
Yeah, oh, before I go
Gimme that good, real
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A CONVERSATION WITH BER
Atwood Magazine: Ber, for those who are just discovering you today through this writeup, what do you want them to know about you and your music?
Ber: Hi!! Oh my gosh. I want people to walk away from listening to my music feeling seen and energized. The things I write about are very real to me, and I often poke fun at myself in my lyrics and write about things that just make me do a double take emotionally. I’m from Minnesota, and I think it shows! Writing and sharing my music and these songs have made it very obvious that I’ve never had an original experience, in the best way, so honestly I hope people can listen to my music and hear / find a piece of themselves in it!
What's the story behind your song “Good, Real”?
Ber: It’s a love song! I wrote this almost exactly a year ago, at the start of a new relationship (!) that was long distance. I wrote it with Brad in our basement in Minnesota after a little trip to London last October, during which I had fallen head over heels for my now boyfriend. I was really doing my best to lean into the falling, and breathe in the good, and when Brad and I were writing, we just really knew we had to write a love song and lean into all the scary parts of that!
I understand you wrote this song as you were falling in love in real time, in a long distance relationship. What’s this song about, for you?
Ber: To me, it’s really about embracing those fleeting moments that make the long-distance worth it, and all those good parts between the goodbyes and hello’s. Long distance is hard and intimidating, and it’s a choice you make daily. I think it’s rare to find the kinda love that sustains that, it was something I always sort of had sworn off before. Sonically we wanted it to feel like a breath of fresh air!
“It’s a gold rush, it’s a god-sent dream that woke me up,” you sing. I'd love to dive into these lyrics - what do they mean to you?
Ber: These lyrics felt really real to me when we were writing them, they just felt so true! The love and the feelings I’m singing about felt like a big bright light, the sun rising after a long dark winter, the feeling of sunshine on your skin after swimming in the cold sea. It’s a gift! A gold rush.
Love songs can be so hard to write, but it sounds like this one came naturally. What was your experience bringing it to life, and pouring your heart out in such a naked, vulnerable way?
Ber: You’re right – love songs are hard! It’s a very vulnerable thing to put into words how someone makes you feel loved. I think I was just in the place for it – I wouldn’t shut up about this new relationship in conversation anyways, I was talking about how beautiful and amazing it felt with my friends at all times and how emotional it made me feel to be seen and loved that way. I was constantly surprised, so when it came to writing it, Brad and I just had to write down what I was saying, how I was feeling. The verses come from a place of me squinting to remember every detail from the first moments I realised I was falling in love with this person, and just recreating that environment. It was scary but easy, it fell out of us!
Obviously, this is not our first Ber feature, but how do you feel this track compares to some of your past tracks, and where does it “sit,” so to speak, in your catalog to-date?
Ber: At the top! 😉 It’s a bit poppier than some of my indie, guitar driven songs, but I think it lives in “Oh, To Be Cool,” “Whatever Forever,” “Room For You” world.
What do you hope listeners take away from “Good, Real,” and what have you taken away from creating it and now putting it out?
Ber: I hope it just makes listeners feel good. It’s a feel good song. I hope people want to sing it in their shower, send it to their loves and say, “This is how you make me feel!” I just want it to bring some joy. The world needs more love and joy at the moment.
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