Songfacts®:

• "Jellyfish" is a breezy bop which, like its namesake, glides along with an effortless grace. Written in an attic studio in Oslo at the height of the Nordic summer, "Jellyfish" was born out of a jam session between Sigrid and her longtime friend and collaborator Askjell Solstrand. "I can't remember how the melody came out," Sigrid told The Independent. "We were just humming together and it came out. It immediately felt catchy and hooky, sweet and quite vulnerable."
• In the song, Sigrid urges her love interest to loosen up and move with the unbothered wiggle of a sea creature that has no bones, no brain, and not a care in the world.
  
  Go on, move like a jellyfish
  I'm into it even if it ain't deliberate
  
  The title "Jellyfish" was suggested by Askjell during the session. It was adopted instantly by Sigrid, who loved how playful and unselfconscious it felt. "I want to have fun with it," she said, and it shows. The song's giddy optimism captures that fizzy, hard-to-pin-down moment when a connection with someone starts to shimmer with possibility.
• The song got its first airing at a secret show in London on July 10, 2025.
• If you're thinking jellyfish aren't exactly a pop motif, you'd be mostly right. One other notable use is Gorillaz's "Superfast Jellyfish," which uses the creature as a symbol of empty commercialism: catchy but brainless. Sigrid's jellyfish, in contrast, is a beacon of authenticity. Where Gorillaz go satirical and cynical, Sigrid floats gently toward joy, spontaneity, and the value of not taking yourself too seriously.