girlhouse – pretty girl in la
girlhouse, the project of Los Angeles-based Lauren Luiz, recently released her latest single ‘pretty girl in la’, a track taken from ‘the girlhouse ep’.
“This EP follows my story of landing in LA and finding out exactly how ignorant I was to the real world; whether that be relationships, men in general, career, sex, friendships, or battling mental illness and dealing with trauma, it all felt new to me.” says Luiz.
“’pretty girl in la’ is more direct than the others on the ep. This one is very nostalgic of my West Hollywood days, wanting to be an actress and letting people destroy my confidence daily for the sake of the ‘craft’. I have so many memories of being out at bars/clubs in la having a lovely time, when out of the blue some stranger would come up to me and tell me that I’m “kind of pretty, but not la pretty.” She continues “in my hometown I might be a 7 or 8 but in la I’m merely a 4.” This happened so many times that I really started to take it to heart, I was 23 and it kind of destroyed me! I would hold my breath going through tunnels just wishing that I could be an la 8, thinking that would fix all my problems.”
‘pretty girl in la’ is a dreamy indie pop track with a catchy hook of a chorus. The track sits in the middle of being a synthy 80’s-esque ‘last dance at the prom’ type song to a track with an edgier rock sound. It combines perfectly to form a song that fits both a number of genres and indeed a number of era’s. Think of acts like Japanese Breakfast, Hatchie etc.
You can enjoy both the single and the ep below.
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