Anna Hay – It’s All Good

NYC-based singer-songwriter Anna Hay’s most honest feelings are dressed up in something fun – and on “It’s All Good”, she turns that instinct into a hook you won’t shake.

Written about being in love with your best friend and watching them fall for someone else, the song lives in the gap between what we mean and what we say. As Hay puts it: “‘It’s All Good’ is something we say all the time without meaning it, especially when we’re trying to spare someone else’s feelings, or our own. This song is about the three little words that lie between the three big ones: ‘I love you’, disguised by a nonchalant ‘It’s all good’.”

Sonically, the track marks a step forward for Hay–a guitar and drums-driven pop-rock sound that carries the energy of the early-to-mid 2000s without simply revisiting it. Produced alongside co-producer Farin Kautz, the recording process was meticulous by design: electric drums tracked as MIDI to preserve the live performance of drummer Logan Sidle while allowing surgical precision; layered electric guitars split between Hay and collaborator Alex Lalli, recorded through a Kemper; and a last-minute baritone guitar addition, suggested by David Bendeth, the producer behind Paramore’s Riot!-that locked the low end into place.

The song’s signature rhythmic quirk, a recurring snare hit on the two, was entirely intentional. When her guitarist raised an eyebrow at it, Hay’s response was unequivocal: “that is the whole thing about the song.”

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