Pom Pom Squad’s New Album Title Was Inspired by a Horror Movie Trope

It’s been one month since Pom Pom Squad’s stellar comeback “Downhill ,” and now the Brooklyn band has returned with another gem — and the announcement of a new album.

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“Spinning” radiates with chic no-fucks-given energy and sizzling guitar, as Mia Berrin does some serious self-reflection: “Crying for the girl I could’ve been/She haunts me like a melody.”

The lines come to life in the video above, where Berrin appears in a pantsuit (once again, we might describe this as chic) inside a surveillance room, observing herself as she makes phone calls and takes a swim.

“The song represents a moment when I was learning to cope with painful memories of the past and how they’ve shaped my future,” Berrin said in a statement. “In accepting them, I’ve been able to find more freedom and forgiveness within myself … A lot of the lyrics on the album have to do with watching/analyzing yourself, so I knew I wanted to create a surveillance room setup for something. It turned out to be a really fun home-base for the ‘Spinning’ video.”

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“Spinning” is accompanied by the announcement of Pom Pom Squad’s new album Mirror Starts Moving Without Me , out Oct. 25 via City Slang Records. Following their 2021 debut Death of a Cheerleader , the new album contains 11 tracks, with “Downhill” and “Spinning” kicking off the record.

According to Berrin, the album title was inspired by a horror movie trope and “the uncanny feeling of seeing yourself reflected — both literally and figuratively,” she said. She also got in touch with her younger self for the record: “After hitting a particularly rough bout of writer’s block, I challenged myself to make a playlist of my all-time favorite songs from childhood to adulthood. It was healing in a way I didn’t expect!”

Mirror Starts Moving Without Me Track List
1. “Downhill”
2. “Spinning”
3. “Street Fighter”
4. “Everybody’s Moving On”
5. “Villain”
6. “Running From Myself”
7. “Messages”
8. “Montauk”
9. “Doll Song”
10. “Tarot Interlude”
11. “The Tower”

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