If Being The ‘Good Guy’ Got You Nowhere, MURTY’s New Track Is Your Anthem

By Lara Kramer  •  20 Mar 2025 in Features

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I’m gonna go straight into it: MURTY’s ‘Good Guy’ is a brooding, late-night confessional drenched in silky R&B production, laced with frustration, irony, and just the right amount of side-eye.

It’s the kind of track that makes you want to lean back, exhale a slow drag of cigarette smoke, and let the bitterness simmer.

From the jump, the song’s production pulls you into a dimly lit soundscape—smooth, sultry, and deceptively laid-back. But don’t let the atmospheric synths and butter-soft melodies fool you; ‘Good Guy’ is not a love song. It’s a slow-burning, passive-aggressive eye-roll set to music. MURTY wields his vocals like a scalpel—sharp, precise, and cutting just deep enough to sting.

His voice glides over the beat, restrained but dripping with that unbothered, I’ve-had-enough energy that only someone who’s seen too much can deliver convincingly.

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Lyrically, ‘Good Guy’ is a bitter pill wrapped in honey. MURTY doesn’t beg for sympathy, nor does he wallow—he simply lays it out, no chaser. There’s an undeniable cynicism in the way he flips the idea of being “the good guy,” playing into the trope only to dismantle it piece by piece.

The message? Being the nice guy doesn’t mean you win. It just means you get played—until you decide you’re done playing.

And if there’s one thing MURTY has mastered, it’s turning personal disillusionment into a groove you can sip whiskey to. His ability to blend ’90s R&B sensibilities with a distinctly modern, moody edge gives ‘Good Guy’ a timeless quality. Think old-school Usher meets The Weeknd on a night where neither of them is in the mood to pretend they’re okay.

 

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It’s no surprise that MURTY’s music feels this lived-in—his journey as an artist has been anything but conventional.

Raised on a diet of ’90s R&B and Tamil oldies, with the radio as his only vocal coach, he honed his craft in the most self-made way possible.

No fancy training, no cushy connections—just raw talent and an unrelenting need to create. His influences bleed through effortlessly, but instead of mimicking them, he fuses them into something uniquely his.

‘Good Guy’ is just another step in MURTY’s evolution, proving that he’s not just another smooth singer trying to make it big—he’s got perspective, personality, and a knack for turning messy emotions into something sonically intoxicating.

If this is what being a “good guy” sounds like, then maybe being good isn’t so bad after all. Or maybe, just maybe, it’s overrated.

Curious? Read more about MURTY here.