Alice Merton returns with a two-track single entitled “Hero/Island,” in addition to a music video for Side-A, “Hero,” premiered via FLOOD and released via Mom + Pop Music.
“Everything I felt in the last year was summed up in the first two sentences of the song,” Alice said of “Hero.” “It’s about the conflict of wanting something so bad, but realizing you just don’t have the strength to fight for it anymore. It talks about the discrepancy of wanting to be someone’s everything, and at the same time wishing they meant nothing to you.”
She continued, “Island’ acknowledges the struggle and desire to survive together, while ‘Hero’ calls a ceasefire and waves a flag to announce its surrender.”
The “Hero” music video was directed by Anuk Rohde, who previously worked with Merton on the video for her stand-out single, “Vertigo.” Alice will also be performing the track live on television at Goldene Henne, Germany’s biggest audience award ceremony gala, on September 17th.
Alice Merton has over 616MM+ total global streams, with her breakthrough debut single “No Roots” having nearly 1MM+ creations on TikTok. Merton’s previous TV performances include The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, LIVE! With Kelly and Ryan (x2), The Late Late Show with James Corden, and Good Day NY (x2). Alice Merton had a headline US tour after her debut. She has played major global festivals and also went on tour supporting Vance Joy. Deemed an “Artist You Need To Know” by Rolling Stone, Merton has received press support from Billboard, Stereogum, Line Of Best Fit, and more.
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