Amanda Bynes is back in music with a new single, and she says the spark for it came from the sound of dance floors and rap tracks. “Girlfriend” is due out April 10 and marks the 40-year-old’s first song in four years.
In comments shared with E! News, Bynes said her inspiration was “a lot of EDM, as well as rap.” The track features Los Angeles-based rapper Fenix Flexin, and Create Music Group said the song blends melodic rap with EDM-inspired production and a smooth West Coast bounce. Bynes first teased her return to music in February, when she said she and Flexin were working on something she called “straight fire.”
The release extends a creative run that has moved well beyond the recording studio. Bynes graduated from Los Angeles’ Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in 2019, then went on to release the 58-second track “Diamonds” with then-fiancé Paul Michael in 2021. She and Michael later put out a longer version of “Diamonds” and another single, “Fairfax,” in 2022. In 2023, Bynes and Paul Sieminski launched Amanda Bynes & Paul Sieminski: The Podcast.
She also branched into other corners of the entertainment economy last year and beyond, participating in an art show and clothing pop-up in December 2024 and joining OnlyFans in April 2024. At the time, she said she “won’t be posting any sleazy content,” a line that fit the way her public life has increasingly mixed self-promotion, experimentation and direct-to-fan platforms.
For Bynes, “Girlfriend” is not just another one-off return. It is the latest sign that she is still building a creative identity across music, fashion, podcasting and art, with the next step arriving in public on April 10.