Songfacts®:

• "Just Two Girls" is an ode to female friendship and the small, validating rituals that sustain it. The track captures these moments with a conversational tone, balancing observations of everyday life with deeper emotional insight, gently critiquing society's fixations while celebrating the rare and priceless understanding that true friends provide.
  
  Lead singer Ellie Rowsell explained the song's origins: "I was inspired by going for dinner with my friends - a couple of friends, at different times, just one-on-one. I noticed how much I was saying 'Oh my god, yeah, you're so right!' And I thought it was so nice to see how validating these conversations with my girlfriends are."
• Rowsell reflected on how these moments of friendship help process the challenges of getting older and the nagging pressures of how we look, making them feel far less overwhelming:
  
  "I think I've been trying to figure out a lot of things, like getting older. I feel it's really been a strange time of thinking about appearance," she said. "And these are things you hash out with your girlfriends, and suddenly you don't feel so s--t about them again. I just felt like there deserved to be a song about that."
• Greg Kurstin, whose resumé includes work with Adele, Foo Fighters, and Beck, produced the track in Los Angeles.
• Wolf Alice recorded "Just Two Friends" for their fourth album, The Clearing. The album is steeped in classic '70s and '80s influences, featuring more layered, nuanced, and slower-tempo songs. "Just Two Friends" exemplifies this approach, incorporating elements of jazz with its melodies, while the production carries a '70s rock vibe that aligns with the album's broader aesthetic.
• "Just Two Friends" helped The Clearing land the #1 spot on the UK Albums Chart, marking Wolf Alice's second consecutive chart-topping album.
• Directed by Colin Solal Cardo, with choreography by Ryan Heffington, the video stars actress Lucy Boynton (Bohemian Rhapsody, The Politician) alongside Ellie Rowsell as two close friends sharing a night out.
• "Just Two Girls" emerged almost fully formed in the LA studio, a rarity for Wolf Alice. Ellie Rowsell had only a few voice notes saved on her phone; the song was built around her lyrics in real time with Greg Kurstin on piano.