London artist MEEK delivers one of this year’s loudest, boldest, and sassiest pop songs with “Fabulous,” an utterly irresistible anthem of resilience and unapologetic self-expression that reminds us we can weather whatever life throws our way – and look incredible doing it.

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The consensus has been that “Fabulous” is the brightener – the few minutes in a day where people dance in a hospital ward or scream in an office or tell an ex to F off. And that’s exactly the sort of impact I’d like my music to have on people.

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Defiance can look like many things. Sometimes it’s loud guitars, sometimes it’s glitter, sometimes it’s the quiet act of refusing to disappear.

On her explosive debut single “Fabulous,” London-based artist MEEK turns survival itself into a spectacle – a strutting, sparkling pop anthem that dares to say that even in the middle of heartbreak, therapy sessions, tax bills, and existential exhaustion, you can still stand tall and declare yourself unstoppable.

Bold, big, unapologetic, and deliciously sassy, “Fabulous” explodes with pop ambition. It’s polished yet bursting with raw fervor and human emotion – instantly intoxicating and irresistibly catchy, the kind of song that stops you in your tracks on first listen. Quite simply, it’s one of the best pop songs I’ve heard in years, full stop – a career-defining kickstart that may just signal the world’s next breakout star.

The song’s central mantra lands like a wink and a battle cry all at once: “I just got my heart broken, but I look f**kin’ fabulous / Yeah, I’m back in therapy, but I look f**kin’ fabulous.” It’s cheeky, cathartic, and instantly unforgettable – a declaration that pain may shape us, but it doesn’t get to define us.

I just got my heart broken,
but I look f**kin’ fabulous
Yeah, I’m back in therapy,
but I look f**kin’ fabulous
Tax man took my money,
but I’m feelin’ f**kin fabulous
I ain’t sad, I’m just
feelin’ f**kin’ fabulous

Released January 30 as the title track of MEEK’s debut EP alongside “Brixton” and “I Want Love, But Not That Much,” “Fabulous” introduces an artist who already sounds fully formed. Built on towering vocals, glam-pop bravado, and razor-sharp wit, the song radiates the kind of electric confidence that feels both theatrical and deeply human.

MEEK isn’t interested in playing by genre rules either. “It’s been called glam rock, pop, alt… but I’m not trying to create within the boundaries of one genre,” she says. “The forthcoming album will be a demonstration of that.” The result is a sound that feels both timeless and freshly rebellious – the theatricality of glam, the bite of alternative pop, and the kind of oversized hooks that belong in arenas and queer nightclubs alike.

The song itself captures a very specific emotional alchemy: Turning adversity into attitude.

On “Fabulous,” broken hearts and bad days become fuel for reinvention, and every setback becomes another excuse to dress louder, sing louder, and live louder. As MEEK herself puts it, the track grew out of a moment of personal transformation during her first trip to Los Angeles. “As a kid who grew up on the outskirts with little hope, seeing that Hollywood sign? Damn. I felt… unstoppable. Huge. And fabulous is the embodiment of that feeling I think — looking at everything I had gone through, all the challenges, and just being able to say, f**k yeah. I’m that b**ch.”

That mixture of bravado and vulnerability runs through the song’s DNA. The lyrics gleefully pair melodrama with glamour – heartbreak with mascara, tears with designer fantasies. “The bigger my tears, the bigger my lashes, the curls in my hair / The bigger the hit, the hotter I feel and the less that I care,” she sings, leaning fully into the theater of it all. In MEEK’s world, sadness isn’t something to hide; it’s something to accessorize.

The bigger my tears,
the bigger my lashes,
the curls in my hair
The bigger the hit,
the hotter I feel
and the less that I care
The deeper it hurts,
more Vivienne Westwood
I feel I deserve
If you know, you know

I just got my heart broken,
but I look f**kin’ fabulous
Yeah, I’m back in therapy,
but I look f**kin’ fabulous
Tax man took my money,
but I’m feelin’ f**kin fabulous
I ain’t sad, I’m just
feelin’ f**kin’ fabulous

For the artist born Georgia Meek, that transformation from hardship into high-voltage pop spectacle is deeply personal.

Raised on the outskirts of Guildford, she endured devastating loss early in life when her father died suddenly while she was still a teenager, leaving her to help care for her younger brothers. The years that followed were marked by instability, grief, and eventually an abusive relationship while she was studying music in London. Music became both an outlet and a lifeline – a place where she could reclaim her voice and begin to imagine a different future.

Slowly, that voice began to sharpen into an unmistakable presence. Studying production and immersing herself in songwriting, MEEK developed a creative philosophy rooted in independence and sheer force of will. “I’ve never had the option to ask,” she says of her approach to music. “I’ve always had to take. I’ve always had to force my way through closed doors.” That hunger is audible in her music, where enormous vocal hooks and theatrical flair collide with punkish determination.

Longtime readers will recognize Georgia Meek from earlier releases under her full name, including two premieres on this site in the late 2010s, where she channeled impassioned, electric, and often unhinged bursts of indie pop energy into songwriting steeped in intimacy, exploration, and emotional release. Whereas that project felt like it was feeling its way forward, testing its limits in real time, MEEK arrives like a vision wholly realized: Louder and entirely self-assured, turning that same emotional intensity into something expansive and impossible to ignore.

The irony of the name MEEK isn’t lost on her, either.

“I’m loud. Like… very loud,” she jokes.

“It’s the most ironic name anyone has ever been given.” Yet that contradiction feels central to her identity as an artist – someone who channels vulnerability into unapologetic spectacle. Her musical influences reflect that wide emotional range, stretching from glam icons and pop titans to indie rock and classic songwriting. “I grew up listening to literally everything from The Libertines to Cher, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Queen, Lorde, Bowie, Beyoncé, The Black Keys, Pink, Simon & Garfunkel,” she says. “I love music, in all forms.”

Call me Liberace,
tragedy in Versace
I’m like Mata Hari,
keep secrеts, serving body
Oh, ain’t it the way?
It’s always the fiеrce
who fight the hardest, what a shame
Slay to be slayed
Promise you’ll dance
in those stilettos on my grave
They say beauty is pain
But when I feel beautiful,
I barely feel the weight

It’s perhaps no surprise that “Fabulous” found its first proving ground not in a boardroom but on a nightclub bar. Before its official release, the track was tested in London’s legendary Soho gay bar Ku-Bar, where the reaction was immediate and explosive. Midway through the song’s opening moments, the entire room began shouting the now-iconic line back at her. It was the kind of spontaneous pop baptism that artists dream about – and a sign that the song had tapped into something real.

That connection has only grown since the track’s release. The Fabulous EP has already racked up hundreds of thousands of streams while earning support across major playlists and climbing Shazam charts, all while soundtracking the teaser for Apple TV+’s upcoming series Margot’s Got Money Troubles. For a debut release, the momentum is staggering – but somehow it also feels inevitable. “Fabulous” is the kind of song that doesn’t just ask for attention; it kicks the door down and demands it.

I just got my heart broken,
but I look f**kin’ fabulous
Yeah, I’m back in therapy,
but I look f**kin’ fabulous
Tax man took my money,
but I’m feelin’ f**kin fabulous
I ain’t sad, I’m just
feelin’ f**kin’ fabulous

Part of what makes the song resonate so widely is its emotional honesty beneath the camp and charisma. MEEK never pretends life is easy. Instead, she reframes struggle as a shared experience – something to shout about, dance through, and reclaim on your own terms. “I’ve had a lot of DMs from fans who are going through some pretty horrific things,” she says. “The consensus has been that ‘Fabulous’ is the brightener – the few minutes in a day where people dance in a hospital ward or scream in an office or tell an ex to f**k off. And that’s exactly the sort of impact I’d like my music to have on people.”

That spirit of defiant joy pulses through the entire EP. While “Fabulous” explodes with glam-pop confidence, companion tracks reveal other sides of MEEK’s songwriting – from the reflective nostalgia of “Brixton” to the biting humor of “I Want Love, But Not That Much.” Together, the three songs introduce an artist who is equal parts showgirl, storyteller, and survivor.

In the end, “Fabulous” isn’t just a song about looking good after things fall apart. It’s about refusing to shrink yourself for anyone.

It’s about showing up anyway – louder, brighter, and more yourself than ever before – and letting the world catch up to you. It’s about reclaiming the stage – even if that stage happens to be a sticky bar counter in a crowded nightclub. Because when a song hits like this, that stage doesn’t stay small for long – it expands, it electrifies, it becomes something communal and shared. And if MEEK has her way, it’s only the opening act for something much bigger: A new generation of pop where the outsiders, the misfits, and the gloriously weird finally get to take up space. Not quietly, not cautiously – but at full volume, in full color, and entirely on their own terms.

As catchy and cathartic as it is utterly all-consuming, “Fabulous” is a full-blown pop arrival. It doesn’t build slowly or ask for your attention; it grabs you from the first line and never loosens its grip, surging forward with an invigorating energy that feels both larger-than-life and deeply lived-in. It’s the rare introduction that is instantly undeniable – a feverish, full-throttle anthem that’s at once empowering and addictive, a song you don’t just hear once, but play again, and again, and again, because it makes you feel like you can take on anything – and look incredible doing it. This is MEEK’s moment – she knows, we know it, and it’s only a matter of time until everyone else does too.

MEEK recently sat down with Atwood Magazine to discuss the story, spirit, and self-belief behind “Fabulous,” and what it’s meant to turn life’s hardest moments into a loud, fearless, and unapologetic anthem. Read our conversation below, and get lost in the glitter-drenched swagger of this unstoppable debut from Atwood‘s latest – and possibly greatest – artist-to-watch!

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A CONVERSATION WITH MEEK

MEEK: I’d say if you’re reading this and you haven’t heard my music, go and give it a listen. It’s been called glam rock, pop, alt… but I’m not trying to create within the boundaries of one genre. The forthcoming album will be a demonstration of that.

MEEK: I’m loud. Like… very loud. It’s the most ironic name anyone has ever been given.

MEEK: I grew up listening to literally everything from The Libertines to Cher, Siouxie & The Banshees, Queen, Lorde, Bowie, Beyoncé, The Black Keys, Pink, Simon & Garfunkel. I love music, in all forms. When the door opened for me a couple of years ago, it was the first time I was writing without a brief, really writing for myself, and it was like breathing for the first time. Freedom to do and be what I want—that’s what really excites me about this album.

MEEK: I wrote it on my first trip to LA last year. As a kid who grew up on the outskirts with little hope, seeing that Hollywood sign? Damn. I felt… unstoppable. Huge. And fabulous is the embodiment of that feeling I think – looking at everything I had gone through, all the challenges, and just being able to say, fuck yeah. I’m that bitch.

MEEK: It was co-written with Carobae and produced by David Pramik, who have been my closest collaborators on the album.

I find the ‘creation story’ of songs a bit of a funny concept personally. I’d love to spin a tale about how it was written, but really, I was just sitting in the studio thinking about things, and it just popped into my head. I think that’s the beauty of writing for yourself, the songs come from somewhere deep within you and just ‘are’. There’s no brief, no plan, just you and your thoughts and feelings and experiences. I suppose fabulous is a summary of how I’ve kept my head above water through hard times.

MEEK: It’s been very moving, actually. I’ve had a lot of DMs from fans who are going through some pretty horrific things, and I’ve cried tears reading a lot of them, in particular the ones I relate to where loss is involved. The consensus has been that “Fabulous” is the brightener – the few minutes in a day where people dance in a hospital ward or scream in an office or tell an ex to F off. And that’s exactly the sort of impact I’d like my music to have on people.

MEEK: Haute & Freddy, Carobae, Sophie Hunter, and Chinchilla!

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