# Caroline Rose Shares New Song

> Caroline Rose releases power-pop track 'Valery (please don't be mad at me)'.
- Title: Caroline Rose Shares New Song · Stereogum | Shortify
- Summary: Caroline Rose releases power-pop track 'Valery (please don't be mad at me)'. Caroline Rose releases power-pop song 'Valery (please don't be mad at me)' as…
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- Source: Stereogum — https://stereogum.com/2515205/caroline-rose-valery-please-dont-be-mad-at-me/music
- Published: 2026-10-21T14:20:02+00:00
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## New Song Release
Caroline Rose shares power-pop single 'Valery (please don't be mad at me)' ahead of album release.

> A lot of this record pulls from stories from my hometown and fuses them with other stories from when I lived in NYC, so some characters might be a mix of two or three different people.
## Album Details
Gentling The Horse At The Walt Whitman Mall releases 10/23 on SUCK records with producer John Congleton.
## Song Background
Song combines memories of two friends who died or struggled with heroin addiction.

> Valery is a combination of my best friend from my hometown, who passed away from a heroin overdose many years ago, along with another friend I loved so much who also became addicted to heroin and just had a really difficult life.
## Key takeaway

Caroline Rose releases power-pop song 'Valery (please don't be mad at me)' as part of their upcoming album Gentling The Horse At The Walt Whitman Mall.