Released as the final single ahead of her debut album On the Phone with My Mom (due May 16), “Miss Virgo” arrives as both a sonic standout and an emotional centerpiece in Maddie Regent ’s growing catalog.
While previous singles flirted with diaristic intimacy, “Miss Virgo” sinks fully into it. The production, helmed by longtime collaborator Cade Hoppe, constructs an ambient dreamworld—hushed textures, airy synth pads, and understated rhythms serve less as a backdrop and more as a current that carries her voice gently through reflection. But this softness doesn’t dilute the song’s depth. Instead, it amplifies it.
Lyrically, Regent draws from a formative chapter of her adolescence: her time in a recovery center at 17, grappling with an eating disorder and, unexpectedly, finding community. “At first, I just wanted to go home,” she recalls, “but I couldn’t.” The song doesn’t dwell on the trauma itself. Instead, it honors the relationships that grew in that space—over Pretty Little Liars marathons, quiet rebellion, and mutual healing. It’s a tribute to shared strength among strangers, made all the more powerful by its lack of sentimentality.
This is emblematic of Regent’s broader songwriting approach: she handles heavy themes—body image, mental health, identity—with honesty, not dramatization. There is a weight to “Miss Virgo,” but it never becomes burdened. The choice to keep her vocals front and center in the mix reinforces a feeling of direct communication, like a letter left open on the kitchen table.
For a songwriter who first turned to music as a form of catharsis at age 12, On the Phone with My Mom could be a full-circle moment—one that positions Maddie Regent not just as a promising new voice in indie pop, but a necessary one.
