Moody Joody Premiere 'Loretta's Last Call' Video

Official Announcement | Published: Mar 25, 2026 3:25 PM EDT

(MUSES) As they gear up for the release of their highly-anticipated, in-the-works and forthcoming new album due later this year, rising pop trio Moody Joody return with another slice of pop perfection via their latest single, "Loretta's Last Call," a pure pop confection that details a last-ditch-effort to reclaim a romantic relationship.

"I wanna call but am I allowed to?/dont think I could live without you," co-lead vocalist/guitarist Kaitie Forbes and co-lead vocalist/synth player Kayla Hall sing with courageous conviction at the hook.

"This song brings out our 'hopeless romantic' side," says Forbes. " Romanticizing a past relationship, and really leaning into the yearning of it all. It's that feeling at the end of a rom-com, when the protagonist realizes they've made a huge mistake and they're frantically running through a city or wherever they are trying to get to this person to tell them they've messed up and can't picture their life without them. It's their last call; their last chance. I like to picture it ending well - with a dramatic kiss as the end credits roll."

"On our last tour opening for the band Arizona, I was walking down the street in Boston with my ex's sister who was our tour manager at the time," adds Hall. "We were debriefing the debauchery and crash out I'd had over my ex the night before at our Philly show. The kind of crash out where I'm crying to my ex's mom at the merch table after the show level crash out. We walked by a bar called Loretta's Last Call and I wrote it down in my notes app where most of my initial lyrics and ideas live. I originally thought maybe I'd save it for a country write, an ode to Loretta Lynn, or something in the future. The day we were in the studio hashing out the song we still hadn't landed on a chorus and I remember pulling up the title and throwing it out there. Ironically and unintentionally, the song beautifully captures a place and time and emotion I was feeling when I wrote that title down during a specific chapter of heartbreak, longing, yearning that I don't know would've been captured otherwise had we not written this song. It's a special one to me and for anyone out there romanticizing a past relationship in a place of longing, my heart goes out to you."

Multi-instrumentalist/producer Andrew Pacheco adds of 'Loretta's Last Call': "It's one of my favorite songs on the record. The bridge- where the band is just gleefully jamming while the vocals are pleading - kind of encapsulates that feeling of someone breaking down in the back of the bar on a night out. It's that juxtaposition that really makes the song for me."

It's been a thrilling past year for Moody Joody, who released their debut EP Dream Girl and were subsequently included on Rolling Stone's "Songs You Need To Know" list. Moody Joody is set to open for The Maine this spring on the beloved band's "I Love You...But I Chose The Maine" Tour from April 23- May 1.