Hannah Grae has announced the details of a new mini-album, bringing the first chapter in her story to a head. It’s called Hell Is A Teenage Girl and will be released on April 21st. She had this to say about it:
“On the 16th of June 2021, I started to write a body of work about my less-than-incredible teenage experiences. I met a producer called Rob and somehow, something clicked and I managed to open up about things I never really had before. I was so ready to just let go and write something that felt like me. I was used to writing sad piano songs and a huge part of me still feels at home behind my 12-year-old keyboard.
“But the sound of real guitars and real drums, the feeling of singing and belting and not caring about whether it sounds good or not really took a hold of me, and I fell in love with the sound that we had created.
The project is basically my diary, commentating on those almost unbearable 7 years. It’s a complete mix of sounds and ideas but all of the songs are a huge part of me and my personality and I can’t wait for it to find the people who might need to hear them.”
The artwork looks like this:
Hannah has also released a new track that will be making an appearance on the mini-album. That’s “Jaded”, a tear-stained acoustic ballad. Personal and vulnerable, it shows off a different side of Hannah’s repertoire and beautifully sums up the rise and fall of teenage friendships in the most delicate of ways.
She had this to say about it:
“Jaded will always be one of the most special songs to me. I wanted to return back to the singer/songwriter tone of my older content on YouTube and TikTok and write about something that I found really difficult to deal with. Jaded was the last song I wrote for this project and by this point, I was so used to playing a character in my songs. I loved that I could show the different edges of my personality in my music and kind of use them as shields.
“But for Jaded, I needed to be honest and come to terms with the fact that I had lost someone I thought was a great friend. It tackles the feeling of inferiority in friendships and how someone else’s disposition can really reflect on your own. The honesty and candidness of Jaded are something I’ve taken into my writing since then.”
Here’s “Time Of Your Life” which will also be appearing on the mini-album:
And the title track:
