Iris Danbury’s debut single was about learning not to care what anyone else thinks. Her follow-up, ‘About You’, flips that lens entirely, and it might be the more interesting song for it.

Where ‘I Don’t Care’ was inward-looking, a young artist staking a claim on her own self-worth, ‘About You’ is a thank-you note dressed up as a pop-punk anthem. It’s about the friends who show up out of nowhere and turn out to be exactly what you needed. Danbury has spoken about the track being rooted in “friendships and special people that show up unexpectedly in your life when the time is right and you need them the most”, and that sense of gratitude runs through the whole thing.

The backstory adds another layer. The song began as a co-write sparked by an open mic performance, later reworked around Danbury’s own voice and personality, with sampled drums and live guitars recorded at a local studio. It’s a genuinely collaborative origin story, and it shows in a track that feels lived-in rather than manufactured.

‘About You’ sits somewhere between Olivia Rodrigo’s melodic pop instincts and the guitar-forward energy of Paramore, Avril Lavigne and Busted, familiar touchstones handled with real conviction. And conviction seems to be Danbury’s thing. Performing since she was five, with competitions, busking and youth theatre behind her, plus standout appearances in McDonald’s “Ellie & Archie” advert and the PureGym 2025/26 campaign, she’s an artist who says she’s quiet and unassuming off stage but becomes “something else entirely” once the lights go up.

‘About You’ bottles that shift. With more music promised in the following months, Huddersfield’s Iris Danbury looks like an artist worth watching closely.