HARPER RELEASES BIRD IN A CAGE FOLLOWING TRIUMPHANT LIVE DEBUT AT DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL

21st June 2024 0 By Jon Deaux

Fresh from her Download Festival set – which not only etched HARPER into its history books as the festival’s youngest ever performer but marked her first ever live show – today the astonishing 12-year-old vocalist releases a brand new track, “Bird In A Cage.”

HARPER first took the internet by storm with her mind-blowing cover of Spiritbox’s Holy Roller and captured the hearts of millions as a contestant on America’s Got Talent. Over the two years since, HARPER has gone from strength to strength, releasing multiple singles and racking up fans. Having been widely tipped as one of the acts not to miss at Download, her set was a triumph all round. Kerrang! promptly declared afterwards, “she’s easily going toe to toe with artists three or four times her age, ” and more simply, “This is awesome.“

New single “Bird In A Cage” was co-written by Leo Valeri (Brand Of Sacrifice) and Ben Lumber (Acres). Valeri performed all instrumentation on the single.

Harper enthuses, “Bird In A Cage was written about feeling trapped and alone and being let down by the people who are close to you. This song is different to any song I’ve done before and I really wanted to show I can do more than just scream. It’s possibly my favourite song I’ve done to date! “

Get “Bird In A Cage” at: https://palechord.lnk.to/BirdInACage

HARPER‘s previous single was the defiant rager I Hope You Choke – a cathartic blend of rage and frustration; a potent cocktail of everything metal that HARPER loves. Get that track HERE and watch its official video HERE.

Including clinching over 3 million Spotify streams, HARPER closed out a tremendous 2023 with a blistering cover of Bring Me The Horizon‘s smash hit Chelsea Smile and a fun collab with Nik Nocturnal on track Ghost Sphere. Watch HARPER‘s official video for Chelsea Smile HERE, with more than 376k YouTube views already.

For more from the talented pre-teen, investigate electrifying single Weight Of The World, a bonafide metalcore banger. Written by Leo Valeri, of deathcore heavyweights Brand Of Sacrifice, it features a guest vocal from Dave Stephens (We Came As Romans). Stream it HERE. Watch the video, now closing on 1 million YouTube views, HERE. HARPER also posted a “one take” video for the track in November HERE.

In between official single releases and homework, HARPER has been having fun unveiling surprise cover tracks on her YouTube channel, picking a range of diverse artists from Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran to Knocked Loose, Bad Omens, and Architects! She also teamed up with vocalist Kasey Karlsen (Nita Strauss, Deadlands) for a duet on an I Prevail track which has garnered more than 2.3 million views. Check out those videos HERE and stay tuned for more from HARPER soon.