The Irish singer-songwriter Ailbhe Reddy is gearing up for the release of a third album Kiss Big on January 30th on Don Giovanni Records.
‘That Girl’ is the third single from the record after ‘Align’ and ‘So Quickly’, and a video by Greg Purcell is also out today.
Of the song Reddy says:
“This is one of the record’s emotional anchors. A study in how love shifts shape over time — how we start seeing each other less tenderly, and forget what we once adored. Inspired partly by Fleishman Is in Trouble, it reflects on memory, time, and how impossible it is to stay the same person inside a long love.”
The song’s textured production, crunching drums, strings and twinkling elements to add dynamic contrast to Ailbhe’s discography.
Kiss Big is ostensibly a breakup record – “but not the tidy, acoustic kind”.
It lives in the messy middle: the disorienting period when the life you built with someone collapses, and you’re left trying to figure out who you are on your own.
Written between Dublin, London, New York and the American Midwest, Kiss Big traces the cycle of love, loss, and renewal. It’s raw and wry: the sound of coming apart and gluing yourself back together.
Kiss Big is the followup to Ailbhe Reddy’s previous records –Endless Affair (2023) and Personal History (2020).
Ailbhe Reddy Live gigs
- 21 Apr 2026 – London, UK @ The Lexington (tickets)
- 5 May 2026 – Belfast, Northern Ireland @ The Deer’s Head (tickets)
- 7 May 2026 – Galway, IE @ The Roisin Dubh (tickets)
- 8 May 2026 – Dublin, IE @ Button Factory (tickets)
Instores
Ailbhe has also announced some instores in Dublin, London, New Jersey and Philly.
Recently, Ailbhe has added another string to her bow as the host of ‘Salvation Songs’ on RTÉ 2FM – a five episode series which sees Ailbhe interview fellow Irish artists such as Karla Chubb (Sprints), Moncrieff and more.
The first episode aired 29 Dec 25 during The New Music Show with Beta DaSilva. Listen back.
AILBHE REDDY – KISS BIG – TRACK LISTING
- Align
- That Girl
- So Quickly, Baby
- Untangling
- Graceful Swimmer
- Dead Arm
- Gorgeous Thing
- Kiss Big
- Crave
Ailbhe Reddy
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