"Better" is a song by Australian musician

Mallrat Grace Kathleen Elizabeth Shaw (born 25 September 1998), known professionally as Mallrat, is an Australian musician, singer, and rapper from Brisbane. Mallrat has released three EPs: ''Uninvited'' (2016), '' In the Sky'' (2018) and '' Driving M ...

. It was released in October 2017 as the lead single from Mallrat's second EP ''

In the Sky ''In the Sky'' is the second extended play by Australian singer–songwriter Mallrat, released on 1 June 2018 through Dew Process Dew Process is an Australian independent record label, based in Brisbane, Queensland, founded and owned by Au ...

''. In May 2018, the song won Best Unpublished Work in the

Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition The Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition is an annual competition that "acknowledges great songwriting whilst supporting and raising money for Nordoff-Robbins" and is coordinated by Albert Music and APRA AMCOS. The competition awards a ...

. The song was certified gold in Australia in 2019.

Background

Mallrat said she wrote the songs in July 2016 saying "the lyrics were very easy to write but it took about a year to get the instrumentation sounding exactly like it did in my brain."

Reception

Thomas Smith from NME called the song a "youthful, joyous uplifting banger."

Track listing

Digital download # "Better" – 3:13

Certifications

References

{{Authority control 2017 singles 2017 songs Mallrat songs Song recordings produced by Konstantin Kersting Songs written by Mallrat