"It’s for anyone who’s ever been blamed for something that wasn’t theirs to carry": Emily Zeck Is Getting Some Unwanted Male Attention on New Single 'It Ain't Me'

Everybody's favourite “surfer with a honky tonk heart,” Emily Zeck was born in the heart of Georgia and raised amidst the waves of Central Florida, so she's used to coping with a little sunshine when it comes out. That doesn't mean she needs to put up with the unwanted male attention that simply wearing weather appropriate clothing brings her.

"I wanted this song to feel like opening your window on the first warm day of spring," Emily Zeck said about her new single 'It Ain't Me,' but the warmer weather can bring out the worst in some people "Everything looks sweet, but there’s always a little neighborhood drama under the surface."

The tea certainly is piping hot on her block. It's a regular old Peyton Place it seems. The drama unfolds when Emily takes the upturn in the weather as an opportunity to wash her truck in her driveway and a Dirty Donald next door takes it as an invitation to do a little undercover asspionage.

"As does any Florida girl who washes their own car when it’s 90° in the shade and the sun is beating them to a pulp, I like to throw on a bikini and use it as an excuse to catch a tan while I work," she explained further. "Unfortunately, it’s put me right smack in the middle of my own Harper Valley PTA scenario more times than I can count… and with one neighbor in particular."

"I wash my truck on Saturdays cuz Saturday's the day you wash your truck," she sings, as a cutesy country backing band similar to previous single 'Trailer Park Tiki Bar' plays along. "And I don't like automated operated coin machines while I get stuck / So I wash it in the drive way cuz that's my way to save a nickel and a dime / That's when I notice Mr. Johnson peeping out to sneak a peek at my backside."

"Now Kitty Johnson, bless her heart, she tries her hardest just to be the perfect wife / Cooks breakfast, lunch and dinner but it ain't enough to keep him satisfied," she sings, explaining how Mr. Johnson's wife has always been a dutiful, understanding wife to her husband. "Now I've never said a word to that poor woman, but I can see it in her eyes / If looks could kill then Kitty's got me hanging like an apron on a line."

"But it ain't me," she protests understandably. It ain't me / You got it right there's something wrong but it ain't me / I'm just working on my tan / I ain't worried 'bout your man / I understand but damn, it ain't me"

Our society has a long-standing history of blaming women and holding them accountable for the sins or wrongdoing of men, and it seems Kitty Johnson isn't any different.

"This one goes out to my senile old hag of a neighbor," Emily Zeck said when she recently dedicated a performance of the song on her socials to the woman who inspired it. "Miss Kitty, who thinks I'm going to hell just because I wash my truck in a bathing suit."

We just hope that this isn't the reason behind her recent decision to sell her beloved 1976 Ford F100.

The follow up to last month's 'Loud Mouth Women', Emily took to her socials in the lead up to the new song's release on April 11th to describe it as, "Probably my favorite song from this whole project."

"It’s playful, it’s bold, and it’s for anyone who’s ever been blamed for something that wasn’t theirs to carry."

Emily Zeck has unveiled her 2025 Sandy Boots UK tour, presented by JOY. Concerts and Holler Live, with a slew of highly anticipated dates lined up throughout May and June in Brighton, London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

She will also be performing at the 2025 instalment of Red Rooster Festival, joined on the impressive bill by JD McPherson, Samantha Fish, Jerron Paxton, Thee Sinseers, The Altons, Twinnie and more.

Tickets to each of Emily Zeck's 2025 Sandy Boots tour-stops are on-sale now for £15 plus booking fees, with the support act for Zeck's keenly awaited first UK shows yet to be confirmed.

For the full list of Emily Zeck’s 2025 UK Sandy Boots tour-dates, presented by JOY. Concerts and Holler Live, see below:

May 26th - Brighton - Komedia Studio

May 27th - London - The Grace

May 28th - Birmingham - Muther's Studio

May 29th - Manchester - Gulliver's

June 1st - Leeds - Hyde Park Book Club

June 2nd - Newcastle - The Cumberland Arms

June 3rd - Edinburgh - Sneaky Pete's

June 4th - Glasgow - Hug & Pint

Purchase tickets to Emily Zeck's 2025 Sandy Boots tour below:

'It Ain't Me' is out now on Soul Arch Surf Club