Three years removed from MisterWives’ last LP Nosebleeds, frontwoman Mandy Lee returned at the beginning of 2026 with her debut solo single as Cherry Bomb, a vibrantly synthy cut that leans out of the “alt” half of the MisterWives genre equation without the backing of her band. “Never Be Me” had more in common with the modern pop canon as established by Chappell Roan, while its follow-up single “Digital Girl” dipped its toes in the digital-age operatics of Caroline Polachek’s catalog. Lee noted that that latter track was the first one she penned for the Cherry Bomb moniker, “ignit[ing] the spark” for everything that would follow. Lyrically, as she puts it, it was “a total rejection of the impossible shapes we are constantly pressured to bend to.”
Today Lee returns with a music video for “Digital Girl” that’s just as vibrant as the song itself. Immersing the viewer in the colorful world the song establishes with its explosive chorus and underlying ’00s club beat, the video also emphasizes the lyrical themes explored on the single. “Getting to shoot the music video for ‘Digital Girl’ was a dream come true—who doesn’t want to smash their phone in 2026 and be met with confetti to celebrate?” Lee shares. “In this hyper-digital day and age it’s near impossible to not fall down the algorithmic rabbit hole of comparison spirals, curated perfection, and infinite doomscrolling. I wanted to visually represent the tension that exists between conforming to the pressure or rebelling against it and what it feels like when the two coincide.”
“We wanted to visualize the toll it takes to exist in the modern world,” adds the video’s director, Matty Vogel. “Visually, the collision of incompatible worlds—a stark, white, clinical set; a maximalist pink bedroom; and a serene meadow—are all permeated by technology and modernity as Cherry rejects those pressures.”
Check out the clip below.
