caroline Romano releases new ep ‘How the good girls die’
Caroline Romano’s EP How the Good Girls Die was released on February 21, just under a month after the last single, ‘IDK These Days,’ was released. The six track EP features the best of Romano’s style: a healthy range of lively and sorrowful that carries the listener through her emotional journey.
The opener, ‘Body Bag,’ was originally released in August of 2024, but sees a whole new light in the context of How the Good Girls Die. This track features a heavy beat that would fit in happily in a club environment. The song gets you moving even if you don’t listen to the lyrics, which juxtapose the beat. The lyrics speak of reminiscing about an old life that you can’t reach anymore and chasing that feeling through any means necessary, while feeling as though you’re dying.
Following ‘Body Bag’ is ‘Pretty Boys,’ a track that focuses on being used and strung along by another “pretty boy” who just wants someone for his image. ‘Pretty Boys’ was also released before the EP, on October 11, 2024. This track is a little softer than ‘Body Bag’ but still has more of the familiar upbeat sound that starts out the EP on an energetic note.
‘Born to Want More’ starts with a spoken word intro that sets the scene for the rest of the song, beginning with “Would you stop thinking about what everybody wants?… What do you want?” This track starts out the slower, sadder portion of How the Good Girls Die with the bridge carrying a mix of anger and frustration in lines like “I make the jump / I feel the fall / I hold my breath / I give it all / A desperate gasp / I try to scream.” The song speaks to anyone who feels like they want more than they are given or deserve in life.
The next track, ‘IDK These Days,’ has a single review on our site that you can check out now!
‘They Say,’ the fifth track on How the Good Girls Die, stands out through incredibly angelic vocals repeating “They say…” in the background of the chorus. The lyrics and vocals are the true focus of this track, and the song ends with a voicemail from Romano’s grandmother set to a New Year’s Eve countdown. This feels like the most personal of the whole EP, speaking on her own head and how she can’t express her thoughts properly, while everyone is telling her it will all get better soon with nothing to back it up.
The title track, ‘How the Good Girls Die,’ talks about reputation and advice on how to avoid the fate of the girl in the song. Good girls in this song metaphorically “die” by letting a boy ruin them. This is the perfect track to name the EP after, as it encompasses all of the feelings and thoughts the listener is taken through in the process of playing this EP.
Caroline Romano for ‘How The Good Girls Die’ Photos by Hayley Mikell
