While the first Liberty’s Mother EP was about Liberty herself and cast Sophie as the strong surviving mother, godsplaining channelled anger about having to express her grief in a controlled patriarchal environment. Sophie started to think about the girl Liberty would be today – a teenager – and how she would feel about her mother’s relationship with systemic sexism.

Sophie worked with musician and demo engineer Dr Lia Mice to unlock her thinking around sexism within the songwriting process which she had ‘swallowed and followed’ for many years. Lia’s value system around music was different to Sophie’s. She wasn’t familiar with the ‘rules’ of songcraft which go with professional commercial songwriting so seeing the songwriting process through her eyes helped Sophie explore her own internalised sexism, allowing her to write lyrics which deliberately criticise the commercial music industry. It felt unbelievably liberating to break free.

Many of the female songwriters involved in the Peaceful Warrior project contribute to the song’s spoken word outro, where the men who have ‘godsplained’ the lived experience of women are called out.

The song was written at the same piano Sophie wrote I Can Love You From Here at which features on the first Liberty’s Mother EP.

I loved making this record with Catherine. We explored different ways to achieve the vocal and experimented with authentic voice, making sure the sarcasm and anger were not masked or controlled and were coming through strongly. We wanted to ensure we heard my ‘real voice’.

I particularly love Catherine’s drums here, which are orchestral samples she took and then programmed by hand – they sound like bombs dropping, which is exactly what we wanted for the song. We had spoken about how to achieve strength and drama from drums without emulating obvious rock sounds and she created this wonderful sonic landscape which communicates the purpose of the song cycle.