I never would have thought of this collaboration, but now that I've heard one song, I want more: Jill Barber and Mother Mother's Ryan Guldemond.

And luckily, we will hear more, as Ryan has co-writing credits on four of the nine songs on Jill's upcoming album Metaphora, including the upbeat and very dancable single “Girl's Gotta Do". Jill says the song aims to "challenge the patriarchal status quo, as we usher in a new era of equality."

She also says "Writing with Ryan was a big departure for me, and very exciting. He's extremely creative and not afraid to push my creative boundaries. The sessions became part songwriting and part therapy because I was writing about things that felt pretty raw; politics, sexism, being a mother. I started to realize that this was going to be a very different kind of album for me. I had more that I needed to say and Ryan helped bring that out with his uncanny knack for melody and song structure."

The album comes out June 22, but you can hear "Girl's Gotta Do" in both english and en français below!