{"product_id":"cd-smith-jenni-the-girl-next-door-cd","title":"The Girl Next Door","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 8pt\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\"For as long as I can remember, I’ve been drawn to the girl-next-door.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMary-Jane. Rory Gilmore. Pam Beesly. Joey Potter. The girls who felt real. The ones who weren’t written to be the loudest in the room, but somehow became the heart of the story anyway. I never quite understood why I felt so connected to them or why their storylines stayed with me long after the credits rolled.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt wasn’t until a friend at university described me as “the girl next door in red lipstick” that something clicked.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOh! That’s why.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe girl next door is a daydreamer. She’s dependable. Approachable. She doesn’t chase glamour, or try to be the mysterious femme fatale. She’s sitting in her bedroom, romanticising her own life, wondering if today might be the day the boy finally notices her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI’ve never felt like the main character in a dramatic, spotlight kind of way. But I have always felt like the girl watching the world from her bedroom window, writing stories about it. Overthinking. Hopelessly romantic. Imagining silly scenarios where I get the guy. Turning small moments into big feelings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis album is exactly that.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese songs are pages from my diary - some pulled from real experiences, some born from daydreams, some written in the space between what happened and what I wished would happen. Every track holds a version of me: the hopeful one, the heartbroken one, the dramatic one, the brave one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Girl Next Door isn’t a costume I put on.\u003cbr\u003eIt’s the lens I see the world through.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd if you’ve ever felt too ordinary to be extraordinary,\u003cbr\u003eif you’ve ever built entire love stories in your head,\u003cbr\u003eif you’ve ever needed a red lipstick moment to feel a little braver -\u003cbr\u003ethen maybe you’re her too.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll my love,\u003cbr\u003eJenni xx \"\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 8pt\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = \"o\" ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 8pt\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003ecredits\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 8pt\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003ereleased March 27, 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerformed by: Jenni Smith\u003cbr\u003eWritten by: Jenni Smith, Soft Punchline (11)\u003cbr\u003eInstruments by: Scott Seabright, Neo Aiono-Fukushima, Jenni Smith, Chris Dent (guitars, 11), Nikolai Pasichnik (violin, 3), Alaina Smith (backing vocals, 8)\u003cbr\u003eProduced, mixed, and mastered by: Scott Seabright\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCover photography by: Matthias Skelton\u003cbr\u003eCover design by: Jenni Smith \u0026amp; Max Greer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMade with support from Key2Artists, AHUA Collective, and NZ On Air\u003c\/font\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"JENNI SMITH","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40427735056585,"sku":"475065","price":22.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0566\/7120\/7498\/files\/475065-Product-0-I-639105214801854988.jpg?v=1774924746","url":"https:\/\/www.jbhifi.co.nz\/products\/cd-smith-jenni-the-girl-next-door-cd","provider":"JB Hi-Fi NZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}