Let me put you onto a really nice discovery: Lala Hayden. The London/Barcelona-based artist just dropped ‘PLM’, a banging electro-pop song that I can’t get enough of.

There’s a clear synth-pop influence running through the song that reminds me of acts like Goldfrapp, but it’s pushed into more clubby territory. It’s catchy in that effortless way, and by the time the track reaches its final stretch, it completely lets loose with a big, 80s-style instrumental breakdown. I love it!

About the new single she says:

“I wrote this song shortly after finding out I was pregnant. It wasn’t planned, and I was overwhelmed by two opposite emotions at once – so much love and so much fear. Pregnancy and postpartum felt largely absent from the music I’d grown up with, and songwriting is how I process life, so it felt important to capture that moment honestly. I worried that becoming a mother meant giving something up – that there’d be no room left for dreaming. Then I remembered that music is my medicine. Becoming a mother doesn’t mean I stop singing and dancing – I need it now more than ever. This song is love and fear, freedom and captivity, confidence and doubt. Mother & child.”

I’m completely hooked on this one and it’s been on repeat ever since. Really excited to hear what Lala Hayden does next.

‘PLM’ is out now on all platforms.