Good Neighbours are extending the lovestruck storyline of “Superstar” with “Mary Jane,” a new single that pushes the British duo toward a rawer, more energetic sound while exploring the particularly disorienting stage of attraction where fascination has taken hold but neither person quite knows what to do about it.
Released via Polydor Records, “Mary Jane” arrives as the latest music from Oli Fox and Scott Verrill following “Superstar.” While its predecessor captured the initial exhilaration of developing feelings for someone, “Mary Jane” sits inside something less certain: the fixation, nervousness and awkwardness that can follow when a crush becomes impossible to ignore.
The connection between the two songs is intentional. Good Neighbours wrote “Mary Jane” in roughly an hour while finishing “Superstar,” describing the new track as almost a second installment in the same narrative.
“‘Mary Jane’ feels like a step towards a new sound for us,” Good Neighbours said. “It’s about that feeling of being completely infatuated with someone — when you’re so drawn to them but have no idea how to approach them. It’s intoxicating.”
That shift also offers an early indication of where Good Neighbours may be heading after the enormous reach of their debut era. The duo’s 2025 debut album, Blue Sky Mentality, has surpassed 1.4 billion combined global streams, but “Superstar” and “Mary Jane” suggest they are not interested in simply reproducing the formula that brought them there. Instead, they are beginning to roughen the edges of the oversized pop instincts that became their calling card.
The official “Mary Jane” music video turns the song’s romantic uncertainty into physical comedy. Directed by Harv Pearson, the visual takes place at a house party, where a painfully awkward young man attempts to attract a girl before unexpectedly transforming his discomfort into an elaborate dance.
Pearson describes the choreography as a kind of “mating ritual,” using the character’s movement to examine the strange ways people perform attraction when they cannot articulate what they are feeling. Performance footage of Fox and Verrill runs through the video before the pair eventually leave the sidelines and become part of the party themselves.
The release follows a rapid ascent for Good Neighbours since the duo formed in late 2023. Their breakout single “Home” became a defining early success, earning Platinum certification in the UK, spending 11 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and remaining in the Top 10 of Billboard’s Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart for 40 weeks. According to the band’s team, it was also the most-streamed debut single worldwide by a new artist in 2024.
Good Neighbours followed “Home” with tracks including “Daisies,” “Ripple” and “People Need People,” developing a catalog built around emotionally direct songwriting and unabashedly large pop arrangements. Blue Sky Mentality consolidated that momentum in 2025, while the latest material now points toward the duo’s next phase.
The timing of “Mary Jane” also finds Good Neighbours in the middle of an increasingly international live schedule. The duo has spent 2026 playing festivals around the world, including BottleRock, Over Oslo, Isle of Wight and Pinkpop, following previous appearances at Glastonbury and Outside Lands. Upcoming dates include Parklive Jozi Festival in Johannesburg on Aug. 30 and Oceanway Festival in Santa Monica on Sept. 27.
For a band whose earliest success came from making feelings sound enormous, “Mary Jane” preserves that emotional immediacy while changing the sensation underneath it. This time, romance is not simply euphoric. It is nervous, unresolved and a little ridiculous, which may be precisely why it feels recognizable.
Featured image credit: Harv Pearson
