Emily Holts x IAMDWX – must be nice. EP

Emily Holts x IAMDWX release their debut collaborative EP must be nice. on September 4, 2026 — a five-track pop project that turns quiet envy into something worth listening to on repeat. Out now via FBP Music Publishing on all major streaming platforms.

A Title That Says Everything

must be nice. — lowercase, period included — lands with a specific kind of emotional weight. It is the phrase you say when something good is happening to someone else and you are watching from the outside. There is longing in it. There is sarcasm too. And underneath both of those, something more honest: a bittersweet self-awareness that knows exactly what it is doing.

Emily Holts and IAMDWX have built an EP around that feeling. The five tracks explore emotional distance and closeness, the gap between what people project and what they actually carry, and the particular ache of wanting something you cannot quite name. It is pop music with a point of view — direct, layered, and unflinching.

Listeners who followed the duo’s earlier single Myth Mode will recognize the thread: confidence that cracks at the edges, Gen-Z emotional honesty delivered without apology. must be nice. takes that energy further, shaping it across a full body of work.

Five Tracks, One Consistent Mood

The EP runs five tracks. Together they move through a single emotional arc — not a narrative in the traditional sense, but a mood that builds, deflates, and settles into something you can sit with. Each song holds its own. But as a sequence, must be nice. works the way good EPs are supposed to: nothing feels placed by accident.

Key qualities across the project:

• Sharp, sardonic pop production with room for emotional texture
• Songwriting that leans into ambiguity rather than resolution
• Collaborative energy between Emily Holts and IAMDWX that feels deliberate, not incidental
• A consistent sonic identity that holds across all five tracks
• Released September 4, 2026 — worldwide via FBP Music Publishing

The EP is available on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Deezer, Tidal, and 250+ platforms globally.

About Emily Holts x IAMDWX

Emily Holts x IAMDWX is a collaborative pop project released through FBP Music Publishing, an independent music publishing company based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. FBP handles worldwide rights management, digital distribution, and sync licensing for artists across all genres.

The must be nice. EP is one of over 20 active releases currently represented by FBP Music Publishing on its premium roster.

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