HAIM’s Danielle on new single ‘Everybody’s Trying to Figure Me Out’: “Writing it has gotten me through some hard times”

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HAIM’s new single ‘Everybody’s Trying to Figure Me Out’ saying that “writing it has gotten me through some hard times.”The Los Angeles sister trio returned last month with a breezy, R&B-tinged track called ‘Relationships’, which arrived with a Drew Starkey-starring music video.

A press release noted that it offered “a contrast to the forthcoming album’s rock sound”.Now, Danielle – who sings lead vocals on the track – has taken to Instagram to talk about the inspiration behind the band’s next single, which arrives this Friday (April 4), saying that she wrote the song after suffering a panic attack.In the post, Danielle wrote: “This next song we will be releasing is my favorite song we’ve written in the last couple years…writing it has gotten me through some hard times, and we felt this might be of some use to get our vibes right for this summer!

I started writing this after a panic attack I had the night I got home from tour. I was very confused because I was SO SO SO happy about our incredible tour, but something about being alone with myself scared the shit out of me.“After a lot of reflecting I realised I’ve let a lot of people try and tell me how I should live my life, but I realized in making everyone else happy, I lost myself.”She went on to say she wrote the song “as a way to believe in myself again and quit being scared to do what I want.

I hope this finds anyone who needs it.”You can see the full post here:A post shared by HAIM (@haimtheband)The band suggested that another single was incoming recently by sending a text message to their mailing list. “You guys ready for another[?]” it read.