Definition:

Harlœ - [hahr-loh] 

Noun

1. Warrior [Old English]

2. Hill [Place]

3. Queens-born and Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, producer, and creator of striking, bold dark alt-R&B anthems [Music]

Living up to her namesake, Harlœ can be many things.

She’s primal. Her voice excises a raw intensity that’s both haunting and hypnotic.

She’s powerful. An empowered one-woman tour de force, she writes, sings and even produces all of her music, bringing her distinct style to life with remarkable panache. Drawing on a background of classical piano and years of writing songs for top artists such as Charli XCX, Britney Spears and JoJo, Harloe has harnessed her creative powers to deliver an arresting musical vision crafted only by her.

She’s passionate. She fearlessly unfurls emotions with honesty and heart.

Harlœ constructs a world of her own in the space between urban grit and high fashion elegance on her debut EP [Crooked Paintings], out in Spring 2017.

As a child in the diverse cultural hotbed of Queens, NY, Harlœ’s musical sensibility awakened to “the melting pot of pan drums on one corner and a chamber orchestra on another” in between rigorous piano lessons at music school. She obsessed over Alicia Keys, Stevie Wonder, and Michael Jackson before eventually getting into Rihanna, The Weeknd, and Frank Ocean. After attending the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University, she eventually decided to leave in order to “get a start on writing and living.” She traded the Big Apple for Los Angeles and that bold decision is certainly paying off. As a songwriter, she co-wrote Spears’ “Love Me Down” on the chart-topping “Glory,” Charli XCX’s “Secret (Shh)” from the Vroom Vroom EP, “Body Speak” [feat. Serayah] for Empire, and more. Collaborating with producers such as Evan “Kidd” Bogart [Beyoncé, Madonna, Rihanna] and Eman Kiriakou [Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato], she developed a signature production and writing style.

“It makes it a lot easier to express what I’m feeling in my soul when I can just sit down and do it all,” she explains. “Plus, I feel that women have so much to contribute to all aspects of creativity in music, so I love being a part of pushing that forward. I was in studio sessions as a songwriter and I started noticing that over and over again a man would step in as the producer to bring the song to fruition. I thought to myself ‘where are all the ladies?’ I would watch over their shoulder and then go home and practice what they did. I learned so much from everybody I’ve collaborated with. I love to draw on that.”

Originally focusing on creating for other acts, Harlœ’s single “All In My Feelings” stirred her slumbering inner artist with its propulsive trap syncopation, sultry vocal surge, and irresistible prowess.

“I always just wanted to write music,” she says. “However, there was something so raw about ‘All In My Feelings’. It was the first time I was able to express myself in a way that feels authentic, genuine, and emotive. I had to be the one to sing it. It felt like a journal entry. Sometimes, you just don’t know why you’re feeling the way you do about love and sex in a relationship. I had a moment where I got home drunk from a party at 4AM, and I couldn’t stop thinking of my ex. I went in the closet and recorded this.”

Harlœ released the song online, and it quickly amassed over 1.5 million cumulative streams, went Top 5 on Spotify’s US and Global Viral Charts, and claimed #1 on Hype Machine. In addition to praise from outlets such as Impose, Earmilk, This Is RNB and Kick Kick Snare, it soundtracked a Snapchat story from Academy Award® winner Kate Hudson. For the EP, she invited Chicago rap femme fatale Dreezy to guest on a special remix of “All In My Feelings.”

Elsewhere, “Once In A While” gallops on a percussive drum beat as her voice instantly enchants, and the follow-up single “More Than Ever” stands out as a stark and simmering ballad hyper-charged with emotion.

“It’s about feeling like there’s nothing more to say,” she continues. “It’s that moment in a relationship where you’re like, ‘We’ve said everything we need to say to fix this shit. It’s not going to get better form here. We both know it.’ It was just closure for me.”

With a combination of strength and vulnerability, Harlœ gives another new meaning to her name.

“I want people to let everything be exposed when they’re listening to this music,” she concludes. “Making these songs has been therapy for me. I want everybody to feel real shit.”

BOILER

Under cover of simmering R&B, booming trap, and artful instrumentation, Harlœ crafts striking, bold, and primal anthems. An empowered one-woman tour de force, she writes, sings and even produces all of her music, bringing her distinct musical style to life with remarkable panache. On her debut EP out this Spring on Crooked Paintings, she constructs a world of her own in the space between urban grit and high fashion elegance.

As a child in the diverse cultural hotbed of Queens, NY, Harlœ’s musical sensibility awakened to “the melting pot of pan drums on one corner and a chamber orchestra on another” in between classical piano lessons at music school. After attending the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University, she traded the Big Apple for Los Angeles. As a songwriter, she has written for Britney Spears, JoJo, Charli XCX, FOX’s Empire and more.

Taking the mic, Harlœ released her debut single “All In My Feelings” online in 2016, and it quickly amassed over 1.5 million cumulative streams, went Top 5 on Spotify’s US and Global Viral Charts, and claimed #1 on Hype Machine. In addition to praise from outlets such as Impose, Earmilk, This Is RNB and Kick Kick Snare, it soundtracked a Snapchat story from Academy Award® winner Kate Hudson. For the EP, she invited Chicago rap femme fatale Dreezy to guest on a special remix of “All In My Feelings.”

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