Riley Pearce Shares New Single “Good To Me Now”
May 16, 2025 BY Emma Orland
Western Australian singer-songwriter Riley Pearce returns today with “Good To Me Now,” a thoughtful and quietly uplifting new single that reflects on how evolving priorities have reshaped his definition of success. Co-written with Canadian songwriter Sam Lynch, the track blends gentle rhythmic confidence with Riley’s signature lyrical intimacy – offering a lifeline to anyone facing the conflicted joy of growing up and letting go.
On his new single, Riley shares, “Music and its place in my life has shifted somewhat since becoming a father, as other things take priority, and I’ve morphed music to fit my life instead of the inverse. A part of that meant letting go of some dreams and making way for new ones, soaking myself in the gratitude of what I have been lucky enough to live through, what I presently surround myself with, and all that I have to look forward to. ‘Good To Me Now’ is a representation of these changing priorities.”
“Good To Me Now” follows the release of two previous singles that have gently marked the beginning of Riley’s next musical chapter. In March, he shared “Like A River”, a raw and atmospheric exploration of burnout and the emotional toll of the creative grind – a track that pulled no punches about the vulnerability and mental strain that often comes with life as an artist. In contrast, April’s “Magnets” offered a moment of calm reflection, written during the early days following his second daughter’s birth and grounded in the small, joyful moments that bring perspective.
Together, these three songs are building a deeply personal new collection of music — one that captures the tug-of-war between ambition and balance, exhaustion and presence, identity and home.
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On “Good To Me Now,” Riley leans into the realisation that change isn’t something to resist, but instead is something to adapt to – a theme carried in lyrics like: “Yeah I miss it but I keep my feet on the ground / dressed as a dinosaur, spinning her round / looking back tends to swallow me whole / and that’s no good to me now.”
There’s a grounded warmth woven through the song’s production – a steady heartbeat that mirrors Riley’s shift from chasing success to finding meaning in the life he’s built at home.
Fresh off an April headline tour across the UK and Europe – including shows in Hamburg, Cologne, Paris, London, Manchester, and Glasgow, alongside rising artists philine and Jolé as support, plus a slot at Switzerland’s Zermatt Unplugged festival, the next chapter for Riley Pearce looks to be his most personal yet.
The new single also follows a landmark year for Pearce: after releasing his sophomore album It’s Your Turn Now in June 2024, he completed a national tour of Australia, supported Canadian trio Wild Rivers across Europe and the UK, and celebrated his breakout track “Brave” featuring in the season finale of hit series Maxton Hall.
With over 118 million global streams to his name and an ever-growing catalogue of celebrated songwriting, Riley Pearce is stepping into a new era – one marked by clarity, connection, and music that speaks to the shifts we don’t always see coming, but learn to embrace anyway.
ABOUT RILEY PEARCE
It’s Riley’s unselfconscious ability to tell stories that are both deeply personal and effortlessly relatable that have earned him a loyal, deeply tuned-in audience since his 2016 debut EP, Outside the Lines, featuring breakout single “Brave”. Since then, he’s racked up over 118 million global streams across 74 songs, six EPs, and two albums – with 24 of his tracks hitting over one million Spotify streams. He has co-written tracks with Garrett Kato and Dustin Tebbutt, earned an Honourable Mention in the 2021 International Songwriting Competition (ISC), and landed major sync deals for Maxton Hall, Netflix’s Love Victor, and US TV hits Shameless and Shadowhunters. His music has drawn critical attention from publications like Rolling Stone, Atwood Magazine, Music Feeds and Milky, who praised his “honest songwriting, and relatable storytelling [that] has resonated both in Australia and overseas.”
