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PREMIERE: RUE DELANEY – “THAT GIRL”

The newcomer releases the empowering cut hacked straight from her upcoming debut EP, “Hello Dark World”.

Rue Delaney - 1 (Marlen Keller) copy

Photography by Marlen Keller

Rue Delaney - 1 (Marlen Keller) copy
Photography by Marlen Keller

Stirring up some excitement for the release of her debut EP “Hello Dark World”, Rue Delaney drops her intoxicating sophomore track entitled, “That Girl”. Imbued with mesmerising guitar notes, graceful vocals and unfiltered lyrics, “That Girl” details a personal conversation the artist has with her former self.

Leaning into an extraordinarily hypnotic chorus, that spotlights a very relatable phrase ‘I will never be that girl’, it becomes clear that Delaney is an artist that plans on using introspection to pave her way to greatness. When pondering the song, Rue comments, “I think it’s this song that means the most to me from the EP. It’s the realisation that for a long time you took the blame to numb someone else’s pain that had always existed before you and never being that girl again for anyone.”

With her heart laid bare for the world to see, Delaney promises to creatively touch on themes of violence towards women, mental health issues and LGBTQ rights in her upcoming EP – all of which culminates in a poignant and forever-relevant commentary filling out the debut project. Situating herself as an artist committed to battling social problems through her art, Delaney uses “That Girl” to prove that “Hello Dark World” is set to be one hell of a sonic listen!

Head below to listen to “That Girl”…

Words by
Britany Joseph