Lauren Aquilina’s new single is a defiant alt-pop anthem (and her best work yet)

It also happens to be catchy as hell

Sad-songstress Lauren Aquilina has changed a bit. Not only does she have an awesome new Patti Smith-inspired style and a new-found love of the colour turquoise, but her new single Kicks is unlike anything she’s done before. Instead of being a mournful piano ballad, it’s an upbeat and defiant belter of an alt-pop song, and we can’t get enough of it: