Alice Merton readies 'Mint' for January release

Alice Merton has shared her new single entitled "Funny Business." When talking about the track Alice says, "I’m not someone who messes around, nor do I like being messed around with. My gut will always tell me if something makes sense or not. Who I should and shouldn’t trust. I can promise you one thing in life… I don’t do funny business."

The single will be featured on upcoming album Mint, which is out Jan. 18 via Mom+Pop Music. Recently Alice's breakout single "No Roots" was certified gold by the RIAA. Check out Alice's upcoming tour dates below and pre-order Mint here.

About Alice Merton:

The chart-topping singer-songwriter wrote her most euphoric, pop-friendly track to date at a time when critics and hot-takers seemed intent on sucking the joy out of everything.

“I kept getting asked in interviews, ‘Do you think you’re gonna be a one-hit wonder?’” Alice Merton laughs. “I went into the studio and said, ‘Music is supposed to be fun! We don’t write songs to be hits, we write songs so we feel good.’”

Out came "Why So Serious."

“Some talk about growing up and moving around a lot,” the English-German artist (who once moved 12 times over 24 years) observes, “But a lot of others discuss the struggles we’ve had with starting a label, the feeling of trying to prove yourself to everyone.” While studying at University of Popular Music and Music Business, Alice Merton founded Paper Plane Records Int. with her best friend and manager Paul Grauwinkel, while crafting songs alongside co-writer and producer Nicolas Rebscher.

Label and radio reps scoffed at “No Roots” - It’s a minute too long! Take the guitars out! - but by the time it topped Billboard’s Alternative Songs chart in the U.S. and amassed over 142 million YouTube streams, naysayers turned to supporters.

Long safe from those one-hit wonder jabs (the fiery “Lash Out” followed “No Roots” as an alt radio staple) Mint finds Alice Merton progressing from the owner of a handful of hits to an accomplished album artist.

On “Funny Business,” she ventures outside her usual circle of collaborators and enlists Grammy-nominated producer John Hill (co-producer and co-writer of Portugal. The Man’s “Feel It Still”).

She has gone platinum in six countries, amassed over 261 million global streams, sold out headlining dates in New York and Washington, D.C., and has been appeared on The Tonight Show, Late Late Show and Live With Kelly and Ryan in America.

"It feels really relieving,” she affirms. “I’m excited we can finally put these songs out and even start working on the next chapter.”

Track listing:

1. Learn To Live
2. 2 Kids
3. No Roots
4. Funny Business
5. Homesick
6. Lash Out
7. Speak your Mind
8. Don't Hold A Grudge
9. Honeymoon Heartbreak
10. Trouble In Paradise
11. Why So Serious

Tour dates:

12/1 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - WSFS Riptide Music Festival
12/2 - Tampa, FL - 97X Next Big Thing
12/5 - Buffalo, NY - WLKK Kerfuffle Before Christmas
12/8 - Portland, OR - KNRK December to Remember
12/9 - San Diego, CA - KBZT Not So Silent Night