French Exit is the debut studio album by American indie pop band TV Girl. It was released on June 5, 2014 and follows the release of their first mixtape The Wild, The Innocent, The TV Shuffle and their third EP Lonely Women. The band describe the album's songs as "about lost lust, too much love and not enough."
The album cover is an edited photo taken from Mary Lee Gowland's 1969 poetry collection, Tender Bough. In the albumâÂÂs liner notes, it is stated that the image was taken by Mary's father, Peter Gowland, and used as the album cover with her permission. The album received more popularity through TikTok, following the increase in usage of the album's ninth track, "Lovers Rock", which has almost 1.6 billion streams on Spotify as of January 2026.
In March 2020, the band announced tour dates in support of the "six-and-a-half" year anniversary of French Exit, originally starting on April 23, 2020 and concluding on July 23, 2020, which would later be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The band announced new tour dates for the French Exit 6.5 Year Anniversary tour, with Jordana as an opening act for some shows. The tour started in September 22, 2021 and concluded in December 18, 2021.
French Exit was called "remarkably solid" by Bandwagon Magazine.
The album was also referred as "refreshing, relaxing, and cynical" by KSUA Radio. KRUI-FM described the album as one with "melodic hooks, prosaic lyrics, and innovative sampling".
Sample credits
Credits adapted from the liner notes of French Exit.