Pour a drink because this is the anthem we’ve been waiting for. Kenzie Elizabeth’s “Over It” hit me like a leftover buzz you’re still riding when the sun’s already up—sharp, bold, and so damn satisfying. It’s an uptempo, throw-the-fucking-confetti kind of track about self-love, self-worth, and leaving dusty boys exactly where they belong: out with yesterday’s trash. Kenzie’s got that smart, no-bullshit alt-pop sound that flirts somewhere between Sara Bareilles, Lizzy McAlpine, and a dirty martini at midnight—smooth, a little dangerous, and a lot more potent than you thought. And after years of building her sound from recording as KZ Liz to touring and dropping her sophomore album A Train of Thought, she’s not just making songs. She’s making moments.
The first time “Over It” hit my bloodstream, I was not in a club. I wasn’t half-dressed in the back of an Uber. This time, it was 7 a.m. at a garage sale in Brooklyn. Don’t even ask. I was still tipsy from the night before, sunglasses on, a cold Dunkin’ in one hand and a questionable sequined jacket in the other when the beat cracked open the morning like a shot of espresso. That bounce, that beat—it was like a slap and a kiss at the same time. The second Kenzie sneered, “You think that you just know it all,” I was standing dead-ass still between a bin of cracked records and a taxidermied squirrel in a tutu, feeling seen. By the time she threw out “I’ve been thinking about it lately / over and over and over again in my room,” I had tossed the jacket, the squirrel, everything, because girl, I was over it. Over him. Over them. Over me even pretending to care.
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And that’s the magic of this track. Kenzie doesn’t ask for your permission, she hands you the scissors and says, cut the damn cord. She’s laughing in the rearview mirror as she belts, “In the past this would drive me crazy / But I’m over it, over, it’s over / I’m stronger than you.” It’s not just the words—though they hit like stilettos on a marble floor—it’s that fire tucked underneath them. That messy, beautiful, rising-from-the-ashes-in-last-night’s-glitter kind of energy that every twenty-something woman I know has lived through.
Kenzie’s been grinding for this. From writing her first songs as a self-taught pianist to opening for Philip Labes on The Four Seasons Tour to shedding her old identity as KZ Liz, everything’s been leading to this unfiltered, untouchable glow-up. “You think that you could have it all / Well that’s too bad ‘cause hun you already lost me” isn’t just a lyric—it’s the spirit of her whole reinvention.
And let’s talk about that bridge because holy hell. “Did you really think that I’d lose my pride and dignity taking you back / Well you can leave / There’s the door.” If you don’t scream triumphantly at that line, you might be the one we need to stage an intervention for.
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“Over It” is more than a breakup song—it’s a bloodletting. A declaration. A goddamn rebirth. It’s for every time you picked up your own broken pieces, for every night you cried mascara tears into your vodka soda, and every morning you woke up hotter, stronger, over it.
Trust me, you’re gonna want this one blasting while you clean out your closet, dump your situationship, and book that solo trip you’ve been scared to take. It’s pure serotonin. It’s hot girl liberation. It’s messy, triumphant survival in three minutes and thirty seconds.
Kenzie Elizabeth, baby—we see you. And we’re right there with you, middle fingers up and heels digging into the sunrise.
