After more than a decade spent building a life beyond music, JUSTINE THOMAS introduces NOT SOMETHING ADULTS SHOULD SAY –– a deeply personal pop album that challenges the idea that growing up means leaving your dreams behind.
Blending the emotional honesty of Taylor Swift with the playful wit of Sabrina Carpenter, Justine draws from the melodic legacy of late ’90s and early 2000s artists like Mandy Moore, Savage Garden, and Kelly Clarkson to create a sound that feels both nostalgic and sharply current.
The album is both a time capsule and a reclamation project—featuring songs written across more than a decade alongside new material shaped by the life she lived in between. Anchored by its title track, Not Something Adults Should Say explores the quiet, often unspoken insecurities of adulthood—particularly for women who have spent years devoted to family life, only to question whether it’s too late to return to themselves.
Visually and thematically, the album draws on the polished ideal of the 1950s housewife—the picture-perfect image of a woman who appears to have it all together. Beneath that surface, Justine reveals a more complex reality: isolation, invisible labor, and the emotional weight carried behind closed doors. The aesthetic becomes a lens, not a costume—highlighting the tension between expectation and truth.
With Not Something Adults Should Say, Justine Thomas captures the moment many people quietly face: opening the box of who they used to be, and realizing those dreams were never meant to stay packed away.
Her music is a reminder that ambition doesn’t disappear with time.
Instead, it evolves, waits, and, eventually, finds its way back.
Read the lyrics and stories behind her songs now.
Quick Facts
ARTIST NAME: Justine Thomas
HOMETOWN: Denver, Colorado
LOCATION: Auckland, New Zealand
GENRE: Indie Pop
INFLUENCES: Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, Mandy Moore, Kelly Clarkson, Savage Garden, Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, Michael Jackson
Personal Highlights
• While pregnant in 2015, Justine was cared for by Lorde during a private event her husband was catering in Los Angeles—who spent the evening keeping her company and bringing her food and water.
• Justine met her husband, Gwith, in 2009 while visiting New Zealand. He was working as a chef at the Stamford Plaza in Auckland and cooked for her family on their first encounter.
• She appeared as a co-host on a panel at San Diego Comic Con in 2012 for the celebrity interview podcast Five By Five.
• Justine writes a long-running Sims 4 narrative series that has amassed over 2 million views and continues to grow.
• Known for elaborate, story-driven birthday parties, she designs immersive scavenger hunt experiences for her children inspired by films such as Wicked and Spider-Man.
• She has been songwriting since the age of 8 and has written over 100 songs across her lifetime.