Holly Humberstone

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Holly Humberstone
File:Holly Humberstone @ The Roxy 10 06 2021 (51782666067) (cropped).jpg
Humberstone performing in 2021
Background information
Birth name Holly Ffion Humberstone[1]
Born (1999-12-17) 17 December 1999 (age 25)[2]
Grantham, Lincolnshire, England
Genres
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • piano
Years active 2018–present
Labels
Website hollyhumberstone.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 in November 2021. Afterwards, she won the Brit Award for Rising Star at the 2022 Brit Awards. She is set to release her debut album, Paint My Bedroom Black, in October 2023.

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".[17]

Humberstone was the opening act for Girl in Red's Make It Go Quiet Tour of North America in March 2022,[18] as well as the opening act for the second half of the North American leg of Olivia Rodrigo's Sour Tour.[19] After a string of standalone singles including "Sleep Tight", she released a compilation album of her music released at that point in time, Can You Afford to Lose Me?. It was made available on 24 October 2022.[20] In June 2023, she announced that her debut album would be titled Paint My Bedroom Black. It is set for release on 13 October 2023 and was promoted with two lead singles, "Antichrist" and "Room Service".[21]

Musical style and influences

Humberstone music has been described as pop,[12][22] synth-pop,[23] indie rock,[12] alternative rock[24] and pop rock.[25][26] 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.[27] Rice's debut studio album O (2002) is considered by Humberstone to be her 'first favourite album'.[28] She has stated she mostly identifies with "female writers who overshare", and has described her own musical style as "quite self-exposing".[5]

Discography

Studio albums

Title Details
Paint My Bedroom Black
  • Scheduled: 13 October 2023[29]
  • Label: Polydor, Darkroom, Interscope
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming, CD, vinyl, cassette

Compilation albums

List of Compilations, with selected chart positions
Title Details Peak chart
positions
SCO
[30]
Can You Afford to Lose Me?
  • Released: 24 October 2022
  • Label: Polydor, Darkroom, Interscope
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming, CD, vinyl, cassette
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Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected chart positions
Title Details Peak chart
positions
UK
[30]		 SCO
[30]
Falling Asleep at the Wheel
  • Released: 14 August 2020[31]
  • Label: Platoon
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
 — —
The Walls Are Way Too Thin
  • Released: 12 November 2021[32][33]
  • Label: Polydor, Darkroom, Interscope
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming, CD, vinyl, cassette
 64 35

Singles

Title Year Peak chart
positions		 Album
UK
[30]
"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" 26
"Please Don't Leave Just Yet" —
"Scarlett" —
"Friendly Fire" —
"Seventeen Going Under"
(Acoustic version with Sam Fender)		 — Non-album singles
"London Is Lonely"[34] 2022 41
"I Would Die 4 U"[35] —
"Sleep Tight" —
"Can You Afford to Lose Me?" — Can You Afford to Lose Me?
"Antichrist"[36] 2023 — Paint My Bedroom Black
"Room Service"[36] —

References

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External links

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    • "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]
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