Dari Bay unveils "On Your Side" ahead of new album "Surprise Wish" release
Dari Bay drops "On Your Side" as a final preview before the Friday release of the new album "Surprise Wish," which also features singles "The Joke," "We're Gonna Be Okay," and "Chevy."
1:29 PM EDT on June 23, 2026
Nat Campbell
Dari Bay's awesome new album Surprise Wish arrives this Friday. How do I know it's awesome? Because all of the singles so far — " The Joke ," " We're Gonna Be Okay, " and " Chevy " — are bangers. Now, we get a final preview with "On Your Side."
"'On Your Side' is like a 'welcome to the real world' moment spun positively," Zack James explains. "It is meant to be freeing rather than a harsh wake up call, and it has a sort of 'touch grass' message to it. It is so easy to get attached to things on the internet that have no real place in your life, or to feel paralyzed by endless content. I have to go outside and walk around for a while when this happens to me. I'm trying to prioritize the real world every day."
It's a great song to listen to while walking around the real world. Watch its Gabriel Bernini-directed music video below.
Surprise Wish is out 6/26 via Double Double Whammy.
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