For Immediate Release

March 27, 2026

VALLEY BOY RELEASES A SONG HE WISHES HE NEVER

 WROTE — “EVAN IN MY JAPANESE BEER” — STREAM

DEBUT ALBUM CHILDREN OF DIVORCE 

ARRIVES ON MAY 1 — PRE-SAVE

RECENT PRAISE FROM ZANE LOWE AND

AN INDIE SPOTLIGHT FROM BMI

Press photo by Delacey [Download]

 “Valley Boy bares his soul as he confesses his struggles in finding happiness.” 

“The album clocks in at a purposefully unlucky 13 tracks. Thirteen stories. Thirteen names. Thirteen emotional case files pulled from suburban cul de sacs, classrooms, and fractured homes…These are not vague diary entries. They are named memories. Real kids. Real scars.”

Today releasing another aching vignette from his upcoming debut album, Valley Boy (James Alan Ghaleb Amaradio) shares “Evan in my Japanese beer.” A heartbreaking, sparsely produced story of a life lost in a drunk driving accident, today’s release is a somber reminder that even the people who always seem “just fine” need to be checked in on. Crying while recording, leaving everything out of tune, the song’s rough edges mirror the trauma passed on to those left without Evan — Stream. 

“‘Evan in my Japanese beer’ is the gut punch of sudden and agonizing loss and a song I wish I never wrote,” Valley Boy gravely shares. “Instability at home after divorce is something many of us experience but not all of us survive it. Evan didn’t. This was recorded live in one take through tears, drums, guitar and voice bleeding into each other, and the lyrics tell the story of the best kid I ever knew gone too soon and how the living cope in the aftermath. “

The debut album Children of Divorce will be released on May 1. From the age of 12, Valley Boy has had to morph, adapt, shrink and stumble navigating the world as a child of divorce. With no choice in the matter or clearcut handbook, this title was thrust upon him. His upcoming debut record clocks in at a purposefully unlucky 13 tracks; stories of his own and those of other children of divorce who have felt like magnets to him his whole life. Stories of kids who grew up, and some who never got the chance to. Most of the songs address individual characters by name, but the stories are oftentimes more far-reaching than he would have hoped — Pre-save. 

Earlier this week, Valley Boy performed at School Night LA, presented by KCRW and MakeOut Music. His recent releases have won him the praise of Zane Lowe and an Indie Spotlight from BMI. He has also spent time recently writing and producing for upcoming releases from corook and Sawyer Hill.

Children of Divorce album artwork [Download]

CHILDREN OF DIVORCE TRACKLIST

“James, age twelve”

“Ian the actor”

“Diana gets an email” 

“Have you seen Rachel?”

“Gollum” — watch

“One year of uninterrupted hives”

“Easy will the pieces fit”

“Mona (you stayed)” — watch

“Evan in my Japanese beer”

“Unicorn”

“Embarassingly into the void”

“Tell the Kids the truth”

ABOUT VALLEY BOY:

For better or for worse, Valley Boy (James Alan Ghaleb Amaradio) wants to talk about children of divorce. 

Born in the San Fernando Valley, from where he takes his name, and deeply inspired by Frank Ocean’s journey from songwriter to artist, Valley Boy spent the beginning of his career lending writing and production skills to household names including Sabrina Carpenter, Troye Sivan, Dua Lipa, The Jonas Brothers and others before beginning to release music of his own. A project born from a real need to perform and to share stories often too personal to be sung by other artists, Valley Boy’s music is his outlet for creative carte blanche. 

He’s since toured the US and EU in support of Jeremy Zucker, Del Water Gap, LAUREL and Chezile, has been co-signed by SZA (a fan of his song “Aloha” from his first EP), and in 2024 Valley Boy teamed up with his wife Delacey for the collab-album HONEYMOONERS, a record written and recorded while on their honeymoon in Paris.

And what comes after the honeymoon? 

Valley Boy will release a debut album all his own titled Children Of Divorce on May 1. As a child of divorced parents himself, he shares that the concept album, “contains true stories from real kids who grew up and some who didn’t.” Weaving together stirring vignettes from his childhood and of the people who made it up, Valley Boy agonizes over each detail to bring these “real kids” to life with personal morsels that feel like the kinds of things that can only be uncovered through years of therapy and self-discovery. The upcoming album has jagged edges, but just like in life, the feathery moments in between make it all the more worth the journey.

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