The track is from the wildly talented emerging artist’s upcoming debut EP Soft Skins, Restless Bones.
Emerging UK singer-songwriter and producer Erin LeCount is a star in the making.
The 20-year-old rising artist has three tracks to her name right now as she gears up to release her debut EP Soft Skins, Restless Bones in August, and has done an incredible job of showcasing her thoughtful, arresting songwriting and effortlessly soulful and captivating vocals.
The latest of these new releases is ‘Heartbreak Hotel’, a cinematic and atmospheric single that shines a light on everything that makes the artist feel so special and exciting. The track captures you from the moment that it begins, with her powerful vocals and thoughtful lyrics showcasing the composure and experience of an artist with many more years writing and crafting songs under their belt. The talent of Erin LeCount is hard to put into words, some artists have this transfixing, immersive quality to their sound that stops you in your tracks the first time you hear it, and Erin has done that in emphatic fashion here. We can’t wait to keep a close eye on the artist and what she does next, starting with the release of her upcoming EP on August 17th.
Erin opens up about the new track, saying, “‘Heartbreak Hotel’ is an upbeat, yet resentful reflection on the relationships in my life that have seen me trying to ‘fix’ partners and the expectation that is often placed on young women, to be rehabilitation centres for men, perform emotional labour and temporarily fulfil a mother or therapist role rather than be a girlfriend.” She continues, “All those built up frustrations and bitter feelings of being disposable or used gave me a chance in this song to get spiteful and vengeful rather than sad. ‘Check in, check out, I’m a hotel / My loves a rehab for boys who couldn’t save themselves’ is a playful retaliation against how unfair it feels to pour love into patching someone up, only for them to leave once they’ve received what they needed.”
