New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Holly Humberstone is an artist with a deep understanding of storytelling, and her brand new single "The
Walls Are Way Too Thin," was written during an intense period of feeling claustrophobic and lost in a new flat, in a new city, far away from home. Exploring new territory sonically, with brooding, heavy production, "The
Walls Are Way Too Thin" is a landmark single for Holly, both in her remarkable songwriting and phenomenal visuals. The official video is a cinematic triumph and reflects the sheer panic and isolation of never feeling at home in your own home. A collaboration with director Raja Virdi and inspired by blockbuster cinema, the 21-year-old is stuck in an air vent of a burning building trying to find her way out, "Shooting the video was chaotic and my elbows and knees look quite different now after 8 hours of crawling back and forth. The fire blast in the vent was totally real and I'm not going to lie, I was shitting myself!" says Holly of filming her most groundbreaking visual yet. "The
Walls Are Way Too Thin" is out now on Polydor Records/Darkroom/Interscope Records/Universal Music, and Holly will be doing a special performance on Later... with
Jools Holland on May 28.
"The
Walls Are Way Too Thin" follows the immaculate and deeply personal "Haunted House," which was an ode to the crumbling, haunted house she grew up in, and shows Holly's ability to hone in on particular coming-of-age moments and create a universal story around them. It's no surprise that the Grantham based artist is one of the breakthrough stars of 2021, coming runner up in the BBC Sound of 2021 and her debut EP Falling Asleep At The Wheel has now surpassed 100M streams.
Breaking through during the year that Covid changed the world has meant that Holly's home environment has been even more intrinsic to the creative process. Her music videos and the short film On The Run all weave the story of her adolescence together and easter eggs are scattered throughout. When Holly was invited to perform on The Late Late Show with
James Corden, she used the fact it had to be filmed remotely to pick up the Falling Asleep At The Wheel storyline, finding herself being thrown into the back of a police van for fictional crimes committed earlier in the tale. Some of the biggest global superstars including Demi Lovato,
Camila Cabello and Matt Healy have taken note of the interior and exterior world she has created, which has led to Holly confirming an upcoming collaboration with the 1975 frontman, in her highly-anticipated second EP, due later this year.
From being chosen as Apple's Up Next Artist and VEVO DSCVR's Artists To Watch 2021, as well as selling out four headline shows at Omeara, the 21-year-old has also been heralded internationally by the likes of The Sunday Times, NME (5*), The Guardian, i-D, ELLE, Billboard, Triple J, BBC
Radio 1 and Apple Music, as well as continued playlist support from BBC
Radio 1. Holly has also performed on Jimmy Kimmel! Live, as well as being hand-picked to perform at BBC's Music's Introducing Live, and featured in VEVO's DSCVR At Home series, but at the heart of Holly's creative output are the poetry books she was raised on and the music created with producer Rob
Milton (Easy Life). Holly's songs embrace and translate some of life's most intense feelings in a way that typical conversations all too often fail to capture, from mental health struggles to the dizzying feelings of displacement as you grow out of adolescence, with lyrics laced over distant buzzes, ethereal echoes and wonky, warped glitches, capturing the sounds of nighttime in the world the rising star has created.
FESTIVAL DATES:
28 May 2021 Clwb Ifor Bach Cardiff
01 June 2021 King Tut's Wah Wah Hut Glasgow
02 June 2021 Brudenell Social Club Leeds
03 June 2021 YES (Pink Room) Manchester
04 June 2021 Rescue Rooms Nottingham
06 June 2021 Omeara London
08 June 2021 Omeara London
09 June 2021 Omeara London
10 June 2021 Omeara London
22 July 2021 Standon
Calling Standon
22 July 2021 Tramlines Sheffield
30 August 2021 All Points East London
10
September 2021 TRNSMT Festival Glasgow
