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Eliott Drops Stunning Single “Control” Ahead of Album Release

It’s hard to believe I’ve been writing about Eliott since 2019, but we still haven’t heard her debut album. But you know what they say about good things coming to those who wait. That album isn’t too far away, but she’s just dropped a fabulous new single to tide us over. If you’ve ever directed your affection toward someone who didn’t share your feelings, “Control” will resonate with you.

“Control is about unreciprocated love,” Eliott confirmed. “It is about feeling isolated and vulnerable and coming to terms with the fact that you can’t force someone’s affection when you have already given them everything”

Charles Buxton-Leslie directed the music video, which features 18-year-old Mexican-born Eora/Sydney dancer Diego Garcia Rendon.

“The song has such incredible build and release moments which we followed with the music video,” Charles explained. “We wanted to explore a story of emotional release and helping each other through shared experiences.”

Hold on just a little bit longer Eliott fans. Her debut album will be here before you know it.

Image used with permission from Island Records Australia; credit: Jess Brohier

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Eliott Releases Stunning New Single, “Tell Me”

It’s been far too long since we heard new music from Eliott, one of my favourite singer-songwriters in the country. Her latest single “Tell Me” is worth the wait, a vulnerable indie-pop track that somehow manages to feel intimate, yet epic.

“I wrote ‘Tell Me’ when I was 22 years old and really feeling the weight of the world,” Eliott said. “My direction wasn’t clear I was a little lost and unsure of the path I wanted to take.”

Working with her cowriter Andy Hopkins in Forbes Street Studios in Eora/Sydney helped Eliott process her emotions and bring the song together.

“Something for me which has helped heal and understand the motions that I’m going through is songwriting,” she added. “Songwriting for me is the purest form of therapy, I’ll often subconsciously write something which I’ve been internally keeping in for a very long time and it gives me the space to let it out into the world and out of my own head – and with this song, that was the case.”

The gorgeous video was captured in just one take.

“To pull it together in that amount of time was nerve-wracking, but I felt alive,” Eliott said. “There’s no room for error there, no leeway. You can’t have a bad performance. I really had to step into that role. But I think this song tells me to trust myself, so I did and it worked.”

Hopefully this is the first of several songs we hear from Eliott this year.

Image used with permission from Island Records Australia; credit: Jess Brohier

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Eliott Releases Emotional New Single “Home”

Eliott wowed me with her last track “Circles,” and she’s serving up the goods again with her latest single “Home.” It’s a poignant ballad which homesickness she felt after months touring and writing abroad and just how good it feels to reconnect with everything that’s familiar to you. While the song was recorded long before the introduction of border restrictions, the song hits a little differently during the pandemic.

“I think there are so many people at the moment who are away from their home and haven’t seen their family in months,” Eliott said. “I think it’ll really connect with people because of that, but I also hope it makes people take a step back and reflect on the special times they’ve had with their families and really appreciate it.”

The song’s already emotional, but the music video takes the intensity up a notch. It shows Eliott’s family hearing the song for the first time, after they’d spent so many months away from her.

“Home” is so special, but that video is just the cherry on top. Apparently, Eliott has spent the year hard at work on new music, so hopefully this is the first of many new releases we’ll hear in the coming months.

Image used with permission from Island Records Australia

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Eliott Impresses With “Shaking My Hips”

I’m not entirely sure where I was when Eliott was earning acclaim for her debut EP, getting rave reviews for her BigSound shows, or touring with Matt Corby, No Mono, or Dean Lewis. I feel really late to the party! However, as they say, it’s better late than never. I’m firmly on board with “Shaking My Hips,” an intimate track about getting your confidence knocked around when you see an ex moving on.

“Written in my cousin’s garage at about 2am, to put it simply, ‘Shaking My Hips’ is about the first time I saw an ex out with his new ‘fling.’ It’s about losing yourself and your confidence completely after a breakup, then finally regaining it,” she explained.

“It took me a while to gain the confidence to even sing this song for other people, but about 6 months after writing it, I was at a writing camp in Adelaide with 4 of my favourite collaborators, (Sam Burt, Xavier Dunne, Nick Aquoff & Al Wright) sitting at a grand piano, all harmonizing with one another, and the song just really came to life. I finished the track off while in Paris last year with my dear friend Jack Grace, who has been with the project from the start, and always has a way of bringing out the best in my songwriting.”

Eliott has been touring the single around the East Coast, and there is just one show left. This one’s for you Sydney. Catch her at the Vanguard this Thursday, July 11.