NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 17TH, 2023 – Today, 21-year-old singer and songwriter Lyn Lapid reveals her new single “east side,” taken from her forthcoming deluxe EP to love in the 21stcentury: the epilogue, out December 1st on Mercury Records/Republic Records. Listen to “east side” now HERE and watch the visualizer HERE!
Lyn says, “I’m so excited to share my new song ‘east side,’ it’s a really special and personal song I wrote about my hometown friends back in Maryland. I wrote about how my hometown friendships over the years have turned into ‘low maintenance friendships,’ mostly because I don’t see my old school friends as much as I used to, yet despite everything it hasn’t affected our friendship at all. We’ve grown to live such different lives with them being in college and me pursuing music full time, we don’t talk or hangout as much as we used to, but our friendship still remains strong even if I’m not as close with them anymore.”
She continues, “I was debating doing a deluxe version of this project at first mostly because every song that made it to the EP was able to tell every part of the story I wanted to write about. It strictly follows a romantic situation between me and a boy, and how the course of our no label relationship epitomizes what it’s like to be young and find love in my generation. However, the songs on the deluxe touch on what happens after, and also the importance of platonic love outside of the story. I feel like so many people in my generation are so eager to find romantic love that we lose how important friendship is, I mean friends are the ones that we talk to about our significant others, and they’ll also be the ones to comfort us if a relationship ends. My EP will touch on how important it is to not forget that.”
to love in the 21stcentury was released earlier this summer and drew inspiration from fan favorite Gen Z rom-coms, including To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before and The Summer I Turned Pretty. The EP tells the story of the beginning, middle, and end of a relationship, capturing all the emotions of a first love. It includes singles “poster boy” and “ok with it” and has amassed over 40 million streams to date. Sweety High described it as “a work of art from start to finish,” while Her Campus said, “Her sophomore EP is an alt pop sonic journey through the DMs-over-daisies state of modern love as seen through the eyes of its all-too-relatable protagonist. The 20-year-old indie songstress wears her heart on her sleeve for each track.” Watch the to love in the 21stcentury short film HERE!
In addition to the deluxe EP, Lyn also recently announced “to love in the 21st century: the epilogue tour” set for 2024. It follows her recent sold-out headline tour this summer and kicks off on January 19th in Kansas City, making stops in Boston, Philadelphia, Nashville, and more through February. See the full list of upcoming tour dates below and at www.lynlapidmusic.com/tour/. Tickets will go on sale via general on-sale today at 10am local time.
This year, Lyn Lapid’s star has only continued to rise, as Billboard declared, “[She] is proving her mettle as an artist in her own right.” In 2022, the songstress dropped her long-awaited debut EP The Outsider, which was dedicated to all “the outsiders” like herself and features fan favorites like “In My Mind,” “I Guess That Was Goodbye,” and “The Outsider.” The EP received critical acclaim from the likes of Billboard, UPROXX, Hypebae, and more, with Atwood Magazine naming her an “exceptional artist-to-watch.” Earlier this year, Lyn teamed up with Canadian singer and songwriter Ruth B. on “do u really?” leading into to love in the 21stcentury released this summer. Not to mention, in addition to selling out her own headline tours, she toured across North America with Eric Nam, Ricky Montgomery, and Claire Rosinkranz. Surpassing over 700 million global streams across her catalog and amassing 5 million TikTok followers to date, Lyn Lapid has affirmed herself as a rising artist to watch.
UPCOMING TOUR DATES:
January 19 Kansas City, MO recordBar
January 21 St. Louis, MO Off Broadway
January 23 Indianapolis, IN HI-FI Indy
January 24 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
January 26 Cleveland, OH Cambridge Room at House of Blues
January 28 Detroit, MI The Shelter
January 29 Pittsburgh, PA Thunderbird Cafe & Music Hall
January 31 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall
February 1 Philadelphia, PA The Foundry
February 3 Richmond, VA Richmond Music Hall at Capital Ale House
February 4 Durham, NC Motorco Music Hall
February 6 Tampa, FL Crowbar
February 8 Nashville, TN Exit/In
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