- 2023-03-13
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MUSIC
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HALIENE & Elephante Team Up for New Song “Hollow”
American electro-pop singer-songwriter Kelly Sweet, aka HALIENE teamed up with Los Angeles-based DJ Elephante to release a new song “Hollow” on March 10, 2023.
This marks the first collaboration between HALIENE and Elephante,
For HALIENE, the song is her first music since the 2022 debut album “Heavenly”.
The track was written and produced by Kelly Sweet, Matthew Steeper, and Tim Heng Wu.
HALIENE said of the song, “I wrote Hollow about the process of allowing yourself to be vulnerable with another person. In this often terrifying process, we question if it's truly safe to allow someone in so deeply…. Fighting the fear that maybe it's better to remain as a facade of stone, never revealing a single crack beneath. The funny thing is, you can't keep up the masquerade any longer, so the crumbling is inevitable, and yet incredibly beautiful. The chorus begs the questions, 'if I show you all my flaws and vulnerabilities, would you find them beautiful? Would your own weaknesses fill in the cracks? Would you accept me as I am?”- She continued, “Working with Tim (Elephante) on this one was a dream come true and such an honor. His first instinct on the track was really unique and special, and musically brought the lyrics to life instantly. Every time we passed the project back and forth, I found new things I loved in his production! I'm so excited to put Hollow out into the world together.”
Elephante said, “Hollow is such a haunting and poignant song - the first time I heard the demo I got chills and was immediately inspired to dive in. I knew I wanted to make a big melodic bass thing, but with my guitar and a lot of organic sounds to fit around HALIENE's incredible voice and performance. It threads that needle for me where I can imagine going nuts to it at a festival, but also crying - the perfect balance.” - source : Apple Music
