Jordan Anthony has a thing for honesty. The Perth-born, Los Angeles-based artist isn’t chasing viral hooks or heartbreak clichés; he’s chasing truth. His new single, Hurt Me Sooner, out today, feels like one of those late-night songs that starts as a whisper and ends up saying everything you didn’t know you needed to hear.
Co-written with Brett Koolik and produced by Taylor Sparks, the track unfolds with quiet intensity, mixing tender vocals with a cinematic sense of release. It captures the weight of remembering, of wishing you could rewrite time, but choosing to face it instead. “Sometimes the worst thing we can do is try to deny how we feel,” Jordan shares. “I hope this song helps someone sit with their emotions instead of running from them.”
There is something striking about the way Jordan handles emotion. His voice moves between strength and fragility with ease, carrying both control and surrender in the same breath. The production leaves room for silence, letting every word land where it should. It is pop, but stripped of artifice. At only twenty, Jordan already carries the clarity of an artist who knows where he stands. From The Voice Australia to American Idol, he has grown beyond the spotlight, building a sound that balances pop precision with emotional depth. His earlier releases, Reckless and Tell Me, hinted at his instinct for melody and storytelling, but Hurt Me Sooner feels like a turning point. It reveals a maturity that comes not from perfection, but from presence.
Jordan’s music has always revolved around connection, the need to turn personal stories into something others can hold onto. In Hurt Me Sooner, that instinct reaches its most vulnerable form yet. It is a song about heartbreak, yes, but also about what remains once the noise fades, when the only thing left is you and the truth you tried to avoid.