Hannah Grae - 'Hell Is A Teenage Girl'
Self-taught musician and songwriter, Hannah Grae releases her new single, ‘Hell Is a Teenage Girl’ which explores turbulent teenage years.
20-year-old Hanna Grae, began captivating online audiences with her rewrites of popular songs and covers all from her garden shed. This resulted in over 150k subscribers to her YouTube channel and 268k followers on TikTok. Grae perfectly merges nostalgic elements of No Doubt, Alanis Morrisette, and The Bangles with her own modern spelling lyrics inspired by the likes of Taylor Swift, Phoebe Bridgers and Paramore. With her self-taught musical education, it seats her firmly in the lineage of cross-genre women making musical waves.
With the release of her 2022 debut single, ‘Propaganda’ which was followed by, ‘Time of Your Life’ and the latest single, ‘I Never Say No’ Grae has showcased her ability to write relevant and personal lyrics, which explores relatable experiences of having to navigate difficult teenage years as she moves into her 20s. Grae was named an artist to watch by Rolling Stone UK, as well as being listed as one of NME’s 100 essential emerging artists for 2023.
Taking the live music scene by storm in 2022, Gae completed support slots for fellow rising artists Renforshort and Crawlers, as well as playing at BBC Radio 1 DJ in Gemma Bradley’s monthly Whiplash event in London. From tonight Grae will kick off a run of shows in collaboration with ‘Propaganda’ starting at London’s Camden Assembly. This summer, Hannah Grae will be performing at Brighton’s The Great Escape, Focus Wales, 2000 Trees Festival, Paris’ Rock En Seine Festival, Budapest’s Sziget Festival, Madrid’s Mad Cool Festival, and About You Pangea Festival with more live shows to be announced.
‘Hell Is A Teenage Girl’ was released via Atlantic Records. The single was written by Hannah Grae alongside producer Rob Brinkmann, exploring the navigation of turbulent teenage years and encapsulates the feeling of finally standing up for yourself and fighting back. Speaking on the track, Gae says; “Hell is a teenage girl. It really is. I left school almost 2 years ago and nothing has come close to infuriating me more than those girls at school. I wrote this song because I needed to retaliate in some way. I sat through so many years of bullying and rarely ever stood up for myself.”
She continues that there will be a better way to tell her side of things one day, and ‘Hell Is A Teenage Girl’ is it. The single is fuelled by the 18-year-old Hannah, angry, smug and intentionally immature. The halfway point of the new single signatures a huge weight off of her shoulders, she says; “I could’ve closed the door on my past and moved on, but instead I decided to blow it up ;)”
Words by Bethany Simms
