Harriette at The Teragram Ballroom

On April 27th, singer-songwriter Harriette has dropped her debut EP i heart the internet via AWAL. Together the set of songs is fueled by personal experience and completely natural in their disposition. Across the 8 tracks Harriette’s best lines feel simultaneously whip-smart in their writing and as though you’re listening to a friend explain their latest personal drama.  
When you try to rebel against things that are meant to be, the universe will find a way of sending things right back at you—at least that was Harriette’s teenage experience. “My parents always said I should do music, but I hate authority,” she laughs. Growing up in Texas as a tall blonde with a guitar and a penchant for twang, Harriette just refused to fall into a stereotype—even if she was passionate about the craft and writing songs for herself. Instead of studying music, Harriette headed off to New York City for Parsons School of Design. But when the COVID pandemic sent her back home and a snippet of music she offhandedly posted to TikTok went viral, she figured it was time to accept that a life in music was inevitable. Harriette’s debut EP, i heart the internet, exemplifies that beguiling, lowslung ease and insistent sense of self, witty modernist barbs and open-hearted confessions swimming through honeyed, country-adjacent indie pop.

After gaining a surprise fanbase and acclaim for her TikTok post of a breakup song called “at least i’m pretty” in 2021, Harriette set to work exploring where music could take her. “At first I was like, “I guess I’ll just be a TikToker,’” she says. The Texan dropped out of the college she’d enrolled in (“I was failing anyways,” she smirks), and began to post more music and make connections with other musicians and producers. Eventually she connected with Toronto-based producer Sam Jackson Willows, and the two quickly made plans to record a few tracks. “I was so glad to work with someone that was as excited about my music as I was so that I could just ask stupid questions, try random ideas, and just speak my mind,” Harriette says. “It was a very trusting, open space.” 

“Growing up, I felt like I needed to go along with the wave, but rebelling and moving away made me question my motivation,” Harriette says. “And what I realized was that, since I was a kid, whenever I felt overly emotional or faced any change, I just needed to sit alone with my guitar. I realized I didn’t need to rebel, to turn my nose up without thinking. Writing these songs, I learned who I was.” One listen to the record, and it’s immediately clear who Harriette is and the depths of emotion and cunning songwriting she has to offer. As a debut EP, i heart the internet offers listeners a conversation with a new friend, one full of razor wit and tenderness, an intimacy and sense of home even as the rest of the world changes and pulls away.

Harriette has been on a North American tour supporting Joan since May 13th. Even though the tour is coming to close there are still a few opportunities to catch Harriette out on the road. 
Here area few images of Harriette playing The Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles.