Laura Pieri is in her “turn the lights low, turn the volume up” era
Her new single “Just a Little” is out now on all streaming platforms, and it lands exactly where the best pop lives: between temptation and control, sugar and bite, confidence and confession.
Put “Just a Little” on your night drive playlist. Put it on your getting-ready playlist. Put it on your “I am done explaining myself” playlist.
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Pieri expanded the narrative with immersive visuals, deeper reflections on her new Substack, and the kind of New York ritual that turns concept into community: her annual Halloween party at The Box. Everything fed into the same pulse. The point was never to be scary. The point was to be unforgettable.
“Just a Little” is the payoff. Hypnotic, seductive, and feverish, it flirts with danger without giving it the final word. It is the thrill of almost. The smile you cannot read. The decision you make and do not explain.
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“Just a Little” and the thrill of temptation”
“Sweet and sour, playful and self-aware, ‘Just a Little’ carries the belief that desire and shame are two sides of the same coin,” Pieri shares. “I’ve always struggled with feeling like I’m too much, like I don’t belong, like being this way made me broken. ‘Just a Little’ became a kind of reclamation, not just of desire, but of self-permission. It’s the moment I stopped trying to edit my instincts to fit someone else’s moral architecture. Because aren’t we all, just a little sinful?”
That is the sparkle in Pieri’s pop. It is not chasing perfection. It is chasing permission. Her music holds the kind of contradictions you dance through: boldness with vulnerability, glamour with teeth, celebration with a shadow on the wall.
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Pieri has been chasing music for as long as she can remember, because it has always been part of her identity. In recent years, she has carved a distinct lane in pop, earning features in outlets including FLAUNT, Mundane Magazine, and Northern Transmissions. But what really defines her is the full vision. She is not just releasing songs, she is directing worlds. Writing, performing, and building the visual language around each era with the clarity of someone who knows exactly what she wants you to feel.
Because if there is a moment for self-permission, Pieri is serving it, just a little wicked, and fully worth celebrating.