It doesn’t matter if you’ve been Googling the side effects of Ozempic or if you’ve never thought about lip filler in your life; these days it can feel like everyone on the internet is trying to convince you that you look like shit. The U.S. executive branch is misty-eyed at the prospect of delayed retirement via weight loss; “preventative Botox” has been repeated enough times for Gen Z to falsely believe it’s scientifically proven. Excessive scrutiny is a daily requirement.

M(h)aol’s singer and drummer Constance Keane has long professed that “as a woman, it’s my right to be as ugly and old as I want and still value myself.” But lately, even she struggles to prevent her social feeds from damaging her self-worth. “Is 33 really that old?” she asks while scrolling her way through “Scam Manifesto,” a loosie from her Irish noise rock band. She’s finessing the selfie angles and scraping a gua sha along her chin, convinced there must be something wrong.

Although she knows the truth at her core (“I shouldn’t be the size I was at 16”), Keane can’t help but feel guilty for publicly promoting a healthier relationship to body image while privately struggling with her own. Jamie Hyland’s house-rattling bass and Sean Nolan’s screeching guitar exacerbate Keane’s disorientation as she repeats, “I told you not to care, but I’m a liar,” like it’s a public flogging. If repetition is the path to normalization, then “Scam Manifesto” is an admission that she’s been going the wrong direction lately. Course correction includes the commitment to stop beating ourselves up.