LUNA LI SHARES DREAMY NEW SONG “GOLDEN HOUR”
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singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Luna Li shares her newest single “Golden Hour” from her upcoming album When a Thought Grows Wings out August 23rd via In Real Life/AWAL. The new track is an addictive journey through Li’s inner monologue as a dreamy piano ballad blends exquisitely with the singer’s hypnotic vocals. Li gently pleads for “just a little bit more of your love,” as she turns the feeling of nostalgia into a flowy and mesmerizing experience capturing the cherished, yet delicate state of opening up to someone new.
“I wanted this song to feel soft and sensual, while also peeking into a psychedelic world,” Li reflects. “Golden Hour tells the story of an afternoon I spent with someone a couple of years ago in a meadow sitting six feet apart, drenched in rain water and uncertainty, but having a wonderful time experiencing a slow descent into love.”
Drawing from the enchanting surrealist aesthetics of 1920s cinema, the song’s music video, directed by Issac Roberts, evokes the yearning and nostalgia for the future that only romantic love can inspire.
“Golden Hour” comes off the heels of the singer’s triumphant return, “Confusion Song,” a captivating and hypnotic track. It’s a swirling auditory journey on the denial one faces in post-breakup uncertainty, which landed on Spotify’s New Music Friday, Apple Music’s New Music Daily, the New York Times’ The Playlist, and more.
The talented and multi-faceted Korean-Canadian artist Luna Li’s sophomore album, When a Thought Grows Wings, is a snapshot of its creator in flux. For the 27-year-old, born Hannah Bussiere Kim, the journey was tumultuous, pivotal, and necessary: she split with her partner of eight years, left her hometown of Toronto for LA, and found her world opening up in new ways.
“‘When a Thought Grows Wings’ refers to an idea taking shape; from the smallest seed of a thought into real and tangible action,” Li reflects on the aptly titled new record. It’s a project born out of the challenges and sacrifices you face after taking big risks.
Li — who first started playing piano at five, now plays violin, guitar, bass, drums, mini-harp, flute — cut her teeth in Toronto’s live music scene, but won over a new legion of fans during the pandemic posting solo bedroom jams, playing every instrument, cut together to create soothing, noodly grooves. Li’s 2022 debut LP, Duality, featured Jay Som, beabadoobee, and Dreamer Isioma, established her mode for creating cinematic dream-pop, and garnered a Juno Award nomination for Alternative Album of the Year.
With tours opening for Japanese Breakfast, The Marias, Wolf Alice, and beabadoobee under her belt, and working with producers Monsune (SZA, Drake) and Andrew Lappin (L’Rain), When a Thought Grows Wings is a sonic and emotional level-up. Weaving her harp-rippled, baroque-pop through with jazz flute and gritty riffs, the album is a testament to Luna Li’s prowess as a charismatic frontperson, songwriter, arranger, and continuously curious multi-instrumentalist. A portrait of Hannah Bussiere Kim on her journey, ever-evolving, the lines between Li and Kim artfully and deliberately blurred.
Li is hitting the road this fall for a headlining North American Tour with stops at New York’s Bowery Ballroom, Los Angeles’ Troubadour and a hometown show at Toronto’s The Danforth Music Hall. Full dates are below, purchase tickets HERE.
FULL 2024 NORTH AMERICAN DATES
Jul 25 – Calgary Folk Music Festival / Calgary, AB
Sep 10 – Voodoo Room at House of Blues / San Diego, CA
Sep 11 – Valley Bar / Phoenix, AZ
Sep 13 – Empire Control Room / Austin, TX
Sep 14 – Club Dada / Dallas, TX
Sep 15 – White Oak Music Hall – Upstairs / Houston, TX
Sep 17 – The Masquerade – Altar / Atlanta, GA
Sep 19 – Cat’s Cradle – Back Room / Carrboro, NC
Sep 20 – PhilaMOCA / Philadelphia, PA
Sep 21 – The Red Room at Cafe 939 / Boston, MA
Sep 23 – Bowery Ballroom / New York, NY
Sep 24 – Union Stage / Washington, DC
Sep 26 – Bar Le Ritz PDB / Montreal, QC
Sep 28 – The Danforth Music Hall / Toronto, ON
Sep 30 – Schubas Tavern / Chicago, IL
Oct 3 – Globe Hall / Denver, CO
Oct 4 – Kilby Court / Salt Lake City, UT
Oct 6 – Madame Lou’s / Seattle, WA
Oct 7 – Fortune Sound Club / Vancouver, BC
Oct 8 – Polaris Hall / Portland, OR
Oct 10 – Little Saint / Healdsburg, CA
Oct 11 – The Independent / San Francisco, CA
Oct 12 – Constellation Room / Santa Ana, CA
Oct 15 – Troubadour / Los Angeles, CA
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