Glasgow’s escapist electro-pop femme mystérieuse, Goodnight Louisa looks to Hollywood on new single… Drew Barrymore

“A true dark pop artist” – The Line of Best Fit
 
“…icy beats, shimmering synths, glacial melodies…” - CLASH
 
Goodnight Louisa – Drew Barrymore
OUT NOW
From her second album, Marathon
Deluxe Edition Out Fri 14 November 2025
www.goodnightlouisa.co.uk
 
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Supercooled synth-noir concept, Goodnight Louisa scuffs the surface of Hollywood glamour and takes to heart the pain, fear and loathing hidden by the limelight on latest single, Drew Barrymore – OUT NOW. Routes of artistic escape find their way to tributes to characters trapped by child stardom on the glacial cut of dream-pop, the sixth and final track to be revealed from her second album, Marathon.
 
Established by the independent release of her 2022 debut, Human Danger, Glasgow-based multi-disciplinary artist and musician, Louise McCraw’s isolation at the crossroads of pop culture commentary, vivid imagination and detailed electronic-pop composition offers listeners multiple means of flight. Drilling peepholes in the veneer of fame, finding her own coping strategies in fabricated characters and holding female icons triumphantly up to the light, Barrymore follows icons, Grace Jones and Jennifer Aniston into the Goodnight Louisa songbook.
 
Barrymore’s history as a child star, hitting US television screens as a baby and fame imposing itself on her after 1982’s classic Stephen Spielberg classic, E.T., brings a familiar face to Goodnight Louisa’s complex and personal ruminations on entertainment, exploitation and the enduring glow of the iridescent, female stars who have lit their way to legend status.

McCraw says of the single: “I first had the big-eyed actor, Shelley Duvall in mind, and how her performance as Wendy Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's ‘The Shining’ had nearly killed her. She endured such abuse throughout filming.  I later settled on calling the song ‘Drew Barrymore’, after her role as Casey Becker in 1996 thriller 'Scream'. I wanted to write about the dark side of fame, and how it can make or break someone, but also to celebrate a love for show-business, the silver screen and be an anthem for protecting women and young girls across all creative industries.”
 
The granddaughter of an actor, and following the family tradition into the performing arts, McCraw’s creative clarity in every song is paralleled by the painstaking production of Goodnight Louisa’s videos. Shot in Aberfeldy, Scotland and directed by award-winning director Jagoda Tłok, Drew Barrymore’s evocative visuals follow those released for previous singles, including Goner, Sunday School and Actor, in creating an online compendium of idiosyncratic, externalised imagination. 
 
Titled Marathon owing to the personal impact and associated exhaustion of creating a new body of work, the album is released in deluxe form including exclusive remixes on Fri 14 November 2025 in multiple formats. The record was written, produced and recorded in Louise’s one-bedroom apartment in Glasgow, with contributions of drummer, Jonny Scott of Chvrches, violin by Zoe Graham and brass from Craig MacMahon. Marathon was mixed and mastered by Kristofer Harris (Belle & Sebastian, Ghostpoet).
 
Supporting the release of the album and combining standalone live shows and special, intimate in-store appearances, all upcoming Goodnight Louisa dates are as follows:

Thu 18 & 19 Sep: London, The Lower Third w/Lily Moore

Fri 26 Sep: Glasgow, Assai Records

Sun 28 Sep: Edinburgh, Assai Records

Sat 18 Oct: Cardiff, Swn Festival 

Sat 15 Nov: Leeds, Live at Leeds Festival

For the most up-to-date information on Goodnight Louisa, including future live dates and new music releases, connect online at:
 
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