Better Joy Shares New Single "Plugged In" Out Now - Announces New EP 'At Dusk' Arriving This Halloween

After releasing her debut EP ‘heading into blue’ in March 2025, which saw a sold-out run of limited edition baby blue vinyl, as well as a predominantly sold-out debut headline tour, Manchester-based better joy has today shared new single "plugged in" - a follow up to most recent single, "this part of town". In addition, she has announced a new EP ‘at dusk’ which will be released on 31st October; 3 weeks before she ventures on tour across the UK with Amy Macdonald, including a sold out 13,000 capacity Glasgow OVO Hydro.

“I like that the better joy sound is evolving; it’s what we do as people, so it’s only natural the sound grows with me” says Bria Keely, better known by her stage name - better joy. A vivid indie-pop guitar project backed by a band, better joy fuses sparky melodies with strong guitars and pulsating bass lines, coated in lyrics that delve deep into all things vulnerable. The upcoming EP ‘at dusk’, a sister EP to her debut ‘heading into blue’, reflects a moment in her life “where I just stopped trying to please anyone or caring whether the music I wrote ‘fit’ a mold. It’s not on anyone else to define what better joy is: it’s on me”.

New single “plugged in” and previous "this part of town" are taken from better joy’s forthcoming second EP ‘at dusk’, produced by Mike Hedges (The Cure, U2, Manic Street Preachers, Travis). The 6-track EP will be the second full-length project from better joy and is both a perfect segue from ‘heading into blue’ which introduced better joy’s alt-pop sound, and an exciting taste of more to come this year. The vinyl version of the EP will be available to pre-order soon!

Bria says “for me, this song captures the moment of finally connecting with someone and understanding love for the very first time. Suddenly you see the world differently because you’ve unlocked another part of yourself, you’ve been ‘plugged in’.”

With her music described by BBC Radio 6 as “bright indie-pop”, better joy burst onto the scene in 2024 with a string of singles and successful support tours including Hard-Fi; the start of 2025 saw a sell out of vinyls of her debut EP ‘heading into blue’ and a near sold-out 10 city UK and EU debut headline tour in March 2025. And 2025 isn’t slowing down: she’s the main UK & EU support for Amy Macdonald in November and February 2026. “I still can’t get my head round it, to be honest. I was playing to a Glasgow audience of 100 people in March and in December I’ll be playing to over 13,000 at the Hydro Arena: it’s a bit bonkers”.

Produced by Mike Hedges (The Cure, Manics), mixed by Caesar Edmunds (Wet Leg) and Robbie Nelson (Rolling Stones) and recorded at Chale Abbey Studios on the Isle of Wight, the 6-track EP, ‘at dusk’ is the antidote to the previously sunny introduction to better joy, ‘heading into blue’. 2025 proves for an exciting year for better joy: stay tuned.

Upcoming live dates:

SUMMER FESTIVALS:

Saturday 13th September - Sonic Boom Festival, Burton-on-Trent

Saturday 27th September - The Gathering Sounds, Stockton-on-Tees

SOMEBODY’S CHILD SUPPORT TOUR:

14 - 26 October (embargoed/unannounced)

HEADLINE:

Saturday 15th November - Coventry (Loud in Libraries)

Sunday 16th November - Blackpool (Loud in Libraries)

Wednesday 19th November - Dust, Brighton

Tuesday 25th November - Forum, Tunbridge Wells

AMY MACDONALD SUPPORT TOUR:

Thursday 20th November - Eventim Apollo, London

Friday 21st November - The Civic Hall, Wolverhampton

Saturday 22nd November - City Hall, Sheffield [SOLD OUT]

Monday 24th November - O2 City Hall, Newcastle [SOLD OUT]

Tuesday 25th November - Forum, Tunbridge Wells

Wednesday 26th November - Guildhall, Portsmouth

Thursday 27th November - Arena, Swansea

Friday 27th November - Forum, Bath [SOLD OUT]

Sunday 30th November - Olympia, Dublin [SOLD OUT]

Monday 1st December - Telegraph, Belfast

Wednesday 3rd December - Corn Exchange, Cambridge

Thursday 4th December - Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham

Friday 5th December - O2 Apollo, Manchester

Friday 12th December - Hydro Arena, Glasgow [SOLD OUT]

8th - 26th February 2026 - Europe tour with Amy Macdonald