- 2025-02-11
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MUSIC
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Carlie Hanson Releases New EP “too late to cry”
American singer-songwriter Carlie Hanson released a new EP “too late to cry” along with a new music video for “covering faces” on February 7, 2025.
The EP is her first project in two years since the 2023 sophomore album “Wisconsin”.
Also, it is the first release under her new label Fearless Records.
The EP comprises 7 songs, which were written and produced by Carlie Hanson, with production by Brevin Kim, pnkblnkt, Kellbender, grandma, Slush Puppy, Suzy Shinn, Jacob Munk, Pat Linehan, Phil Scully, Micah Gordan, and J Ryan Kern.
She wrote the EP at her apartment in Los Angeles. Carlie Hanson said, “I wrote a lot of this in my apartment in L.A. It was just me, my thoughts, and my keyboard.”
The EP explores themes of loss, self-empowerment, and resilience.
Carlie Hanson said of the EP, “The creation of my EP 'too late to cry' started back in 2023. I was in that gray area of writing, being about 98% finished with my album 'Wisconsin' and starting to think about songs for whatever project was coming next. Shortly after the release of 'Wisconsin', I was dropped from my first record deal and became independent. It was a difficult thing to understand, because I thought I had just brought my best work to the table. But times were changing, and I accepted that.”- She continued, “At first, I was frustrated and let down. But I soon came to find out that this was not an uncommon thing artists go through, and it could be a blessing in disguise. I was excited to have more creative control. It's too late to cry really is the theme of this project. You can't dwell on loss forever, you gotta keep moving forward, continue to grow, and move past the hurt.”
She added, “When you listen to this, I want you to feel hope, sadness, nostalgia, inspiration, or just anything at all. If my music can help you be motivated or sit with your feelings for a second, there would be nothing better. I'm not as depressed as I was as a 17-year-old girl. I'm taking charge. I'm growing up. I'm writing the music I want to write.” -
The accompanying video was directed by Erik Rojas, who filmed in Tokyo, Japan.
Carlie Hanson said of “covering faces”, “I wish I could say this song is as deep as everyone thinks it is. When I wrote it, I free-styled most of it, it all just subconsciously fell out of me. There are a lot of people who are no longer in my life that once were, and I thought they were sticking around forever. This song is kind of that 'f*ck you, I never needed you anyway' song of the EP.” - source : Apple Music
