Although she has released just two EPs to date, Hana Lili is emerging as a fully formed artist, her raw and revealing songwriting matched by the expressiveness of her voice. It’s a blend that has taken the young Welsh artist to some major early career highlights including playing two stadium shows with Coldplay, supporting Tom Grennan and Circa Waves, and landing a wave of Radio 1 airplay. Now Hana gets a big year ahead started by sharing the new single ‘Basement’. Listen HERE.
‘Basement’ finds Hana carving her own distinct niche in the modern alt-pop scene, its addictive, propulsive energy infused with the empowerment of the iconic female artists of the ‘90s and a punky emo undercurrent. Hana holds nothing back when it comes to channelling her inner thoughts into the cathartic release of songwriting, and that’s particularly true here. ‘Basement’is an honest and relatable tale of a relationship being perfect… until you’re suddenly struck by the stark realisation that it really isn’t.
Hana says, “‘Basement’ explores trust in a relationship. The phrase ‘friendly fires in the basement’ symbolises a deceptive lie that might seem harmless but had the potential to wreck everything. All along, there was a fire in the basement of our relationship, always there; I had just never seen it before until it was too late. I wrote the song to express my disappointment and mixed emotions in a cathartic way. It became a way to convey the complex feelings that arose when the foundations of my once happy relationship disappeared.”
‘Basement’ and her previous single ‘Small Talk’ demonstrate Hana’s versatility while maintaining broadly similar genre and era touchpoints. ‘Small Talk’ instead took those influences and headed into grungey, dream-pop territory. Naturally, then, she cites the likes of The Cardigans, Nirvana, Pixies, No Doubt and Fleetwood Mac as particular favourites.
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