Nymphlord – Paper or Plastic?

Los Angeles-based indie singer-songwriter and producer Nymphlord today shares “Paper or Plastic?”, the fourth single from her forthcoming album Shedding Velvet (May 15, Lauren Records).

Released on Earth Day, the track turns an everyday question into something more uneasy: a self-aware look at consumption, guilt, and the stories we tell ourselves to feel okay about it.

Built around a wry, spiraling inner monologue, “Paper or Plastic?” zooms in on small, familiar contradictions – reusable bags alongside endless deliveries, good intentions undercut by habit. “Paper or plastic? / you say you’ve got fabric / blue sign on your lawn / next to all the shit from Amazon,” Nymphlord sings, skewering the quiet hypocrisies of modern life without letting herself off the hook.

“The ‘you’ in this song is me. I wrote it to myself,” Nymphlord explains. “It’s about hypocrisy and guilt, but also being able to laugh at ourselves. The TV show featured in this song was almost Maury, but at the time, I worried it was too niche. In my heart and mind, though, the character on the other side of this song turned off British Bake Off and switched back to the classic ’90s tabloid talk show.”

“Paper or Plastic?” is out now, and follows the singles, “Star”, “Garden”, and “Emptiness”, from the forthcoming album, Shedding Velvet (May 15, Lauren Records).

Rather than offering clean answers, Nymphlord’s debut album, Shedding Velvet lingers in contradiction, zooming in on the small, overthought moments where intention and reality don’t quite line up. The songs are sharp, uneasy, and often funny, moving between quiet confessionals and sudden bursts of noise. Across the album, Nymphlord leans into imperfection, letting things feel unresolved, frayed, and human.

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