UPSAHL Shows Off Her Musicality in New Stripped Version of Melatonin, Debut Album Out This October via Arista Records, To Perform at NYC’s Webster Hall & Los Angeles’ Fonda Theater Supporting Olivia O’Brien This Fall
WATCH THE MELATONIN VIDEO HERE
WATCH STRIPPED VERSION HERE
WATCH NEW LYRIC VIDEO HERE
Bold and brash, she holds nothing back – SPIN
An artist who’s as great at writing a hook as she is at singing one – BILLBOARD
Exudes an infectious sense of confidence that provides an aura of empowerment for her listeners – V MAGAZINE
Playful – PAPER
With a sharp voice and an even sharper pen, trailblazing iconoclast UPSAHL shares a reimagined, stripped down version of her bright, buoyant (Billboard) new single Melatonin, another tremendous example of her musical depth and prowess via Arista Records. As she sings earnestly of Insomnia, the track glides between dreamy production swells to a danceable funk bassline. Her voice ebbs and flows with stark confessions, I think I had too much to drink and I got issues in my mind, and I gotta face ‘em.
The hook instantly captivates you, exemplifying UPSAHL’s witty songwriting craft. Insomnia now has a bop of its own. If sleeplessness sounds this appealing, who wants to go to bed anyway, Billboard muses. READ MORE HERE
I wrote ‘Melatonin’ shortly after the breakup that inspired my song ‘Douchebag,’ UPSAHL explains. I wasn’t sleeping. I was super anxious and had crazy insomnia. Melatonin is about being so overwhelmed with your emotions that you can’t even escape your problems in your dreams. That said, I wanted people to be able to dance in their dreams and have a little fun while they can’t sleep, so we made the production feel like a party!
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On the visuals, she added, The director, George Gallardo, and I wanted to show what ‘sleep paralysis’ would look like as a person, someone who can make your best dreams feel dark. I go on a journey with this sleep paralysis character, ultimately leading to a nightmare. In the beginning, the character is sexy. I’m intrigued, just like a new romantic relationship. Once I’m taken into this dream world, which seems like an escape at first, shit begins to hit the fan. This character figuratively and literally kicks my ass! Even though the video is quite literally about anxiety in dreams, I think the arc of it is very similar to the arc of failed relationships. They can start off amazing, but when they end, it can fuck you up.
UPSAHL recently announced a run of fall dates across the U.S. opening for Olivia OߣBrien kicking off August 30th at The Observatory in Santa Ana, CA. She will also make her first-ever headline show debut at the Courtyard Theatre in London this fall on October 12th.
Happy Endings, UPSAHL’s recent collaboration with Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park and iann dior, climbed up to #9 on the Alternative Top 40 Radio Chart. She also logged a second entry with her feature on DREAMERS’ Palm Reader with Big Boi currently sitting at #28 on the chart. Additional highlights include her breakout hit Drugs eclipsing 100 million streams followed by People I Don’t Like at 50 million streams.
UPSAHL’s full-length debut album is due out this October. More info to follow.
About UPSAHL
Early in her career, UPSAHL released songs which gained much-deserved recognition throughout the Phoenix music scene. As a graduate of the Arizona School for the Arts, she went on to ignite a groundswell of fan adoration and tastemaker praise by way of numerous indie alternative gems. Can You Hear Me Now achieved a palpable viral buzz followed by the widely praised single Drugs, which has been used in nearly 2,000,000 TikTok videos, reaching #6 on the TikTok Viral Chart and #1 Sound on the TikTok Trends Chart. It has also been featured in clips posted by the likes of James Charles, Charly Jordan, Alex French, Jason Derulo, and more. Drugs led to a momentous year for the up-and-coming indie-pop queen, according to Alternative Press.
2019 saw UPSAHL take the stage at Lollapalooza and support acts including PVRIS, Joywave, BROODS, and Young the Giant. Additionally, YouTube claimed UPSAHL as their Artist on the Rise, Nylon proclaimed, She’s on her rock star ish, and NME declared she has a knack for fusing fizzy hooks with her drawling delivery of pithy lyrics. The result, her vibrant alt-pop bops.
2020 was a standout year for UPSAHL, releasing her second EP Young Life Crisis, which Billboard crowned as one of the top 25 pop albums of 2020. Earlier in the year, UPSAHL undertook her first co-write on Good in Bed for Dua Lipa’s GRAMMY Award winning blockbuster, Future Nostalgia, and recently lent her pen to Madison Beer on her fiery single BOYSHIT, as well as Mike Shinoda’s upbeat anthem Happy Endings, which features her and iann dior. Complete with throwback alternative vibes and her signature unfiltered lyricism, UPSAHL’s new singles Douchebag and Melatonin are out now, off of her highly anticipated full-length debut album due out in October 2021.
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