Toronto-based tour photographer-turned-musician Evie Maynes, known as evvvie, is carving out a space all her own with a sound that fuses dreamy pop textures and aching nostalgia. Her songs dive headfirst into the emotional chaos of being a twenty-something—figuring out love, identity, and the messiness in between.

Her latest release, ‘Better Than Mine,’ is a shimmering, early-2000s-inspired pop track that digs into the often-unnamed envy stirred up by social media. “It’s so easy to look at the people around you and wonder why they have something and you don’t, when in reality they’re probably feeling the same way about you,” she explains. The track’s verses channel those spiraling inner thoughts, while the chorus offers a self-aware reality check. By the time the bridge hits, evvvie reckons with her emotions, admitting, “this state of mind is no one’s problem but my own.”

Written in under three hours during her first-ever session with producer Elliott Isaac, ‘Better Than Mine’ captures the kind of spontaneous creative spark that can’t be forced. “It’s not often that you creatively click with someone like that, and I think our energy from that day really made its way into the song,” she says.