Whether it's bidding good riddance to unloving relationships or learning how to prioritise your own happiness and wellbeing, Mahalia always seems to have the perfect remedy for dealing with emotions. Take, her latest release "Whatever Simon Says", for example, which sees her reject beauty standards and society's restrictive norms.

Produced by JD. Reid, Mahalia laces the track with her affirming lyrics all about actively choosing to not compromise her own self-expression in order to fit society's expectations. Mahalia also delivers a self-directed music video with the track where she delivers an intimate performance of her words whilst tending to her precise skincare routine.

Speaking on the track, she says: "Everybody who knows me knows that I definitely don't follow social norms and shitty beauty standards. I've always been someone who has never let people try to change me—especially my romantic partners.

"This song is about wanting it to work with someone but knowing it ultimately can't because their expectation of what type of woman I should be is just far too high. I feel like 'whatever Simon says' is every girls 'fuck you' to the system that has always been set up through a male gaze. It's us saying that we are going to be everything we want to be because we want it. And not because a man tells us to."