Watch Sunflower Bean’s Julia Cumming Showcase ‘My Life’ on ‘Fallon’

Cumming showcased the smoky, ’70s-inspired tune with the help of a live band and two dancers, who lent an ethereal quality to the performance. “I don’t do this to impress you/ I don’t wear this to undress you,” she croons on the self-confident song. “I don’t need you to define me/ Or approve of what’s inside me.” Cumming shared “My Life” in February alongside the album announcement.

“This song came after a period of intense pressure, the culmination of writing through the pandemic and the years spent in the rhythm of touring, recording, and trying to find my place within it all,” she said in a press release. “Then something shifted. It was liberation, and I knew immediately it was the beginning of something new.” “One of my main goals with this record was for it to sound fun, not morose,” she added in the press release.

“It’s the ultimate anti-cool album. It’s a joyous space for the misfits, and in particular, an album for girls like me, the ones in middle school who never fit into a neat little...