Holly Humberstone

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Holly Humberstone
Humberstone in 2021
Humberstone in 2021
Background information
Birth nameHolly Ffion Humberstone[1]
Born (1999-12-17) 17 December 1999 (age 24)[2]
Grantham, Lincolnshire, England
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • piano
Years active2018–present
Labels
Websitehollyhumberstone.com

Holly Ffion Humberstone (born 17 December 1999) is an English singer-songwriter from Grantham, England. In 2021, she signed a recording contract with Interscope and Polydor Records. Her first EP following the signings, The Walls Are Way Too Thin, was released on 12 November 2021. Humberstone won the Brit Award for Rising Star at the 2022 Brit Awards.

Early life

Humberstone is from Grantham and is one of four sisters.[3][4] Both her parents are medics.[5] She studied at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts.[3]

Humberstone started writing songs at a young age. She has discussed growing up in a small town, stating there was "no music scene growing up in rural Lincolnshire, so I just really did my own thing" in an interview with The Telegraph.[5] Humberstone was formerly a violinist for the Lincolnshire Youth Symphony Orchestra and was first spotted by a manager whilst performing on her local BBC Music Introducing radio show.[6]

Career

Humberstone performed at Glastonbury Festival 2019 on the BBC Music Introducing stage.[7] Her debut single "Deep End" was then released on 30 January 2020.[8] Her second single, "Falling Asleep at the Wheel", was released on 19 March, while her third single, "Overkill", was released on 26 June.[9][10] On 30 July 2020, she released a cover of "Fake Plastic Trees" by the English rock band Radiohead. Her debut EP, also titled Falling Asleep at the Wheel, was released on 14 August, which contained her three previous singles, alongside the tracks "Vanilla", "Drop Dead" and "Livewire".[11][12] On 9 December 2020, she was included in Vevo DSCVR's Artists to Watch 2021.[13] She performed her song "Vanilla" on the channel.[14]

In March 2021, ahead of the release of her single "Haunted House" and her second EP, Humberstone signed with Polydor Records in the United Kingdom and Darkroom/Interscope Records in the United States. She also signed a publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group.[15]

On 13 October 2021, Humberstone performed "Scarlett" from her EP, The Walls Are Way Too Thin, on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.[16] On 9 December 2021, it was announced that Humberstone had been awarded the Brit Award for Rising Star, which recognises pop's most promising new acts to watch.[6] Sam Fender surprised Humberstone with the award whilst they were recording an acoustic duet of his song "Seventeen Going Under".[5] On 21 January 2022, she released the single "London is Lonely" from her forthcoming debut studio album set to be released in 2023.[17]

Humberstone was the opening act for Girl in Red's Make It Go Quiet Tour of North America in March 2022,[18] and was also the opening act for the second half of the North American leg of Olivia Rodrigo's Sour Tour.[19] Humberstone also performed on the Future Sounds stage at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2022 in Coventry. Sleep Tight, her second single from the forthcoming debut studio album, was released on 29 April 2022. On 25 June 2022 Humberstone performed on the John Peel stage at Glastonbury. Since then she performed as an opening act for the George Ezra Concert in Finsbury Park, London, on Sunday 17 July.

Musical style and influences

Humberstone music has been described as pop,[12][20] synth-pop,[21] and indie rock.[12] Her music style has been compared to artists such as Lorde and Bon Iver given its intimate and atmospheric style.[6] Humberstone cites Damien Rice, Ben Howard, Phoebe Bridgers, and HAIM as musical inspirations.[22] Rice's debut studio album O (2002) is considered by Humberstone to be her 'first favourite album'.[23] She has stated she mostly identifies with "female writers who overshare", and has described her own musical style as "quite self-exposing".[5]

Discography

Compilation albums

Title Details
Can You Afford to Lose Me?
  • Released: 24 October 2022
  • Label: Polydor, Darkroom, Interscope
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming, CD, vinyl, cassette

Extended plays

Title Details
Falling Asleep at the Wheel
  • Released: 14 August 2020[24]
  • Label: Platoon
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
The Walls Are Way Too Thin
  • Released: 12 November 2021[25][26]
  • Label: Polydor, Darkroom, Interscope
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming, CD, vinyl, cassette

Singles

Title Year Album
"Deep End" 2020 Falling Asleep at the Wheel
"Falling Asleep at the Wheel"
"Overkill"
"Fake Plastic Trees" Non-album single
"Drop Dead" Falling Asleep at the Wheel
"Vanilla"
"Haunted House" 2021 The Walls Are Way Too Thin
"The Walls Are Way Too Thin"
"Please Don't Leave Just Yet"
"Scarlett"
"Friendly Fire"
"Seventeen Going Under"
(Acoustic version with Sam Fender) 		Non-album single
"London Is Lonely"[27] 2022 TBA
"I Would Die 4 U"[28] Non-album single
"Sleep Tight" TBA
"Can You Afford to Lose Me?" Can You Afford to Lose Me?

References

  1. ^ "Album Details". Universal Music Publishing Group. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Holly Humberstone". Booking Agent Info. 4 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b Creaghan, Connor. "Grantham singer, 19, gets first gig at Glastonbury". Lincolnshire Reporter. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Getting to know... Holly Humberstone". Dork. 14 August 2020. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d McCormick, Neil (14 December 2021). "Brits Rising Star Holly Humberstone: 'My songs don't leave much to the imagination'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  6. ^ a b c "Brit Awards: Holly Humberstone wins the rising star prize". BBC News. 9 December 2021. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Holly Humberstone Reveals Debut New Single". Total Ntertainment. 31 January 2020. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  8. ^ Smith, Thomas (2 February 2020). "What's Your Band Called, Mate? Get to know Holly Humberstone". NME. Archived from the original on 6 June 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  9. ^ Vitagliano, Joe (28 May 2020). "Holly Humberstone wakes up on new single 'Falling Asleep At The Wheel'". American Songwriter. Archived from the original on 6 June 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
    • "Dirty Projectors Also Covered John Lennon, Thankfully, and 10 More New Songs", The New York Times, [1]
    • "Artist to Watch: Holly Humberstone's second single "Falling Asleep at the Wheel" is a hauntingly intimate upheaval", Mosk, Mitch, Atwood Magazine, [2]
  10. ^ Muir, Jaime (26 June 2020). "Holly Humberstone has released another absolute gem with new track 'Overkill'". Dork. Archived from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  11. ^ Moore, Sam (30 July 2020). "Listen to Holly Humberstone's cover of Radiohead's 'Fake Plastic Trees'". NME. Archived from the original on 31 July 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  12. ^ a b c Caramanica, Jon (10 August 2020). "Holly Humberstone wants her songs to last a lifetime". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  13. ^ Vigil, Dom (9 December 2020). "Holly Humberstone Shares "DSCVR Artists To Watch 2021" Performance Video | Prelude Press". Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  14. ^ "Vevo Artists To Watch 2021: Olivia Dean, Holly Humberstone, Alfie Templeman, Kylie Morgan, Dylan Fuentes". Music Business Worldwide. 14 December 2020. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  15. ^ Earl, William (17 March 2021). "UK Newcomer Holly Humberstone Signs With Darkroom/Interscope/Polydor Records". Variety. Archived from the original on 23 March 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  16. ^ Phillips, Lucy (14 October 2021). "Watch Holly Humberstone perform 'Scarlett' on The Tonight Show". Dork. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  17. ^ Doria, Matt. "Holly Humberstone shares snippet of new song about moving to London". NME. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  18. ^ "Girl In Red performs 'I'll Call You Mine' live on 'Seth Meyers' and announces US tour". NME. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  19. ^ Blistein, Jon (6 December 2021). "Olivia Rodrigo Plots 2022 'Sour' World Tour". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 6 December 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  20. ^ Snapes, Laura (28 October 2021). "'I have chaos in my head all the time': Holly Humberstone, pop's pandemic breakout star". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  21. ^ Gallagher, Alex (8 September 2021). "Listen to Holly Humberstone's soaring new synth-pop single 'Scarlett'". NME. Archived from the original on 23 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  22. ^ Taylor, Daniel (23 July 2020). "Holly Humberstone releases video for 'Overkill', announces debut EP". IINAG. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  23. ^ Devine, Anna Miles (14 August 2020). "A Conversation with Holly Humberstone". Noisetrend. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  24. ^ Williams, Sophie (12 August 2020). "Holly Humberstone – Falling Asleep at the Wheel EP review: a perfect storm of hope, selfhood and pain". NME. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  25. ^ Richards, Will (4 August 2021). "Holly Humberstone announces new EP The Walls Are Way Too Thin". NME. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  26. ^ "The Walls Are Way Too Thin - EP by Holly Humberstone". 12 November 2021. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  27. ^ "Holly Humberstone shares heartbreaking new single "London is Lonely"". NME Australia. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  28. ^ "I Would Die 4 U - single". Apple Music. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022.

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