| "Better" | ||||
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| Single by Mallrat | ||||
| from the album In the Sky | ||||
| Released | 13 October 2017 | |||
| Length | 3:13 | |||
| Label | Dew Process | |||
| Producer(s) | Konstantin Kersting | |||
| Mallrat singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Better" on YouTube | ||||
"Better" is a song by Australian musician Mallrat. It was released in October 2017[1] as the lead single from Mallrat's second EP In the Sky.
In May 2018, the song won Best Unpublished Work in the Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition.[2][3]
The song was certified gold in Australia in 2019.
Background
[edit]Mallrat said she wrote the songs in July 2016 saying "the lyrics were very easy to write but it took about a year to get the instrumentation sounding exactly like it did in my brain."[4][5]
Reception
[edit]Thomas Smith from NME called the song a "youthful, joyous uplifting banger."[4]
Track listing
[edit]Digital download
- "Better" – 3:13
Certifications
[edit]| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[6] | Platinum | 70,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "Better - single". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ "Past Winners". APRA AMCOS. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ "Native Tongue Signs Brisbane Producer & Writer Konstantin Kersting". The Music AU. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Australian pop wunderkind Mallrat shares uplifting banger 'Better'". NME. 13 October 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ "Mallrat sounding fresh with new single 'Better'". Secret Sounds. October 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2021 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.