Anne-Marie ‘DEPRESSED’ Review & Meaning: A Two-Minute Pop Jolt

Anne-Marie’s “DEPRESSED” arrives like a bright grin held up to a grey day. It came out on 19 September 2025 with a brisk, candy-coloured official video directed by Benji Gershon for amitybloc.

Street-corner choreography, splashes of colour, water balloons. It is short, sharp, and built for a quick replay.

She keeps the language everyday. The opening lines set a blunt mood, and then she shows the mask that many people wear when things are rough.

The chorus turns that into a coping trick with “If I don’t laugh, I’ll cry.” Elsewhere she names the social drain and the urge to stay in, even reaching for a comfort show to ride out the dip. The point is small but honest: name the feeling, then choose a tiny win.

The video choice fits that idea. Keep it outdoors. Keep it moving. Let the dancing carry lines that might read heavy on the page.

Credits are straightforward. Anne-Marie wrote it with GRACEY, Henry Tucker and Ryan Linvill, produced by Linvill, and mixed by Alex Ghenea. It’s a Major Tom’s / Asylum release under Warner Music UK. The single runs 2:18.

On one hand, it reads as painfully relatable. You can’t help but praise the cheek of pairing a bounce with blunt confession, which makes it easy to replay.

On the flipside, we wish it stuck around longer, pointing out it ends after the second chorus with no bridge and no third lift.

Step back and the song fits where she is now. In recent months she’s been open with fans about tough patches and the weird whiplash of feeling both overwhelmed and strangely hopeful; the pre-release clips leaned into that mood, teasing “DEPRESSED” with dance-in-the-rain captions and a wink to anyone in the same boat. The single is that sentiment distilled: say the quiet thing out loud, then move your body anyway.

Verdict: the contrast is the point. A sunny top line carries lines that sting on contact, and the song moves on before it gets bogged down.

If you want a middle eight and a bigger final push, you may feel short-changed. If you want a quick jolt that names the feeling and keeps you upright, this delivers and invites another play.