UK singer/songwriter Sinéad Harnett returns today with the release of her soulful new single, "Body." The delicate and sultry song offers listeners the first taste of what's to come in 2018. Out via Rinse who have partnered with tastemaker US label Neon Gold Records (Christine & The Queens, Charli XCX,,Tove Lo) in the US, "Body" is out now worldwide.
Listen to "Body" HERE.
Written by Sinéad and produced by GRADES (NAO, Tove Lo, Little Boots), Sinéad explains on the new single, "I was inspired by finding myself in a situation I wasn't ready to leave, but that had to end. GRADES always seems to be around when something dramatic like that is going on. He started playing the 'Body' chords & the song came straight away. Conceptually it was a fantasy song but in reality it was a 'goodbye' song for me."
GRADES also produced "If You Let Me" from her self-titled 2016 EP (currently sitting on 28 million streams on Spotify), as well as "Still Miss You" and "Ally" from her "Chapter One" mixtape in 2017. Other collaborators have included Snakeships ("No Other Way," Rather Be With You"),
Kaytranada ("Heal You" feat. Wretch 32, "Say What You Mean"), and
JD Reid ("Love To Lose," "Don't Waste My Time").
Last year, Sinéad Harnett played her first headline shows in America, selling out dates in Los
Angeles and New York City and earning rave reviews across the board. Other notable live appearances in recent months include a performance at CRSSD Festival in San Diego and Live Nation's 'Ones To Watch' showcase in Los
Angeles last month.
Sinéad grew up in North London, raised by her Thai mum, who "always made sure I knew how important education was". From the age of eight, she threw herself obsessively into singing, but while she'd happily perform in front of her friends for fun, she never revealed to them how seriously she was taking it. She went on to university, but singing became all-consuming, traveling back home to London every weekend to record. She put her music ideas up on YouTube, fully admitting "I still didn't know what I was doing, I was just trying ideas out", but one of these clips caught English rapper Wiley's attention and he contacted her, giving her her first major industry breakthrough when she appeared on his 2011 track "Walk Away."
Sinéad 's voice went on to become a huge part of the fabric of 2010s culture in the UK. She has featured on, and co-written releases from Wiley,
Disclosure ("Boiling") and
Rudimental ("Baby")-each of them a keystone in the infiltration of UK underground sounds into the global mainstream, as well as Canadian super-producer
Ryan Hemsworth ("No Other Way").
With plenty of new music on the horizon, Sinéad Harnett plans to return to
North American shores later this year.
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