Attention’s Erin Hoagg drops new single “Mean Girled”

7:49 PM EDT on May 12, 2026

Calvin Stark

Erin Hoagg can turn anything into the subject of an otherworldly dark wave anthem. Petty drama is at the center of the newest Attention single "Mean Girled," and she transforms it into a big, sleek party.

"I hate worrying about people I don't even care about," the NYC artist says, continuing:

This song was inspired by rumination against my will, driven by what I have been told is my (ever present & very inconvenient) "strong sense of justice." The term poisoning the well (or attempting to poison the well) is a type of informal fallacy, with violent roots dating back to the black death / middle ages, and the wartime tactic of poisoning a town's water supply to destroy an invading army's health. Far from life or death (despite how it can feel sometimes) my own experiences with being "mean girled" as an adult have been an unwelcome lesson that people committed to misunderstanding you, will continue to do so.

The track is accompanied by a scenic, self-directed music video, about which she adds, "This video is from two ferry rides and a dream. Calvin Stark shot this with me last Thursday, right after my cut & color appointment with my hair bender Sean Michael Bennett. Being on a boat felt appropriate for this single — when I wrote this song I felt like a sailor lost at sea. Though no one can poison the well that is the east river. It's already been done!"

Watch below.

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