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Dec 10, 2025 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Phil Chester & Sara Byrne

Last year, Los Angeles-based alt pop singer/songwriter Katelyn Tarver shared her sophomore LP, Quitter, and in between touring and acting, she’s been at work on her follow-up. Her forthcoming third album is slated to release in the spring of next year, and she has kept up her momentum with a steady string of new singles, “#1,” “Don’t Eat Pray Love,” “Strange Weather,” and “$82 at Erewhon.” Today, she’s sharing another new track, “The Price,” premiering with Under the Radar.

Tarver co-wrote “The Price” with fellow indie singer/songwriter Sasha Alex Sloan, leaning into a quiet, ruminative mood guided by finger-picked guitar and gossamer melodies. Lyrically, the track finds Tarver meditating on a break-up, tracing the hole that loss and heartache leaves behind: “Used to spend Friday in your arms / Now I’m just wondering where you are / Can’t make out without getting drunk / Can’t tell if I’ll ever know how to trust / Used to know every piece of me / Now I’m just picking up pieces of my life / Guess that’s the price.”

However, Tarver also turns that grief into fuel for a cathartic tonal shift, giving the instrumentation an almost hopeful sheen as the track builds. By the song’s end, it blooms into full color with banjos, guitars, shimmering vocal harmonies, and echoing percussion, shading the wintery post-break-up confessional with an ascendant undercurrent that recalls folk-tinged pop singer/songwriters like Lizzy McAlpine.

Tarver says of the track, “The Price captures the raw ache of post-breakup life, where weekends become the hardest days and familiar landmarks turn into bittersweet reminders. It’s about the lonely nights, the struggle to trust again, and piecing yourself back together after loving someone so fiercely that the loss reshapes your world.”

Check out the song and video below, and stream it here. Tarver’s new album is due out in the spring next year.