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IT IS WHEN WE QUESTION OUR OWN VOICE
How would you classify the music you’re currently making? I’ve always loved singing. I was in choir, musical the- ater, and doing vocal lessons at a young age. I thought that I was gonna go into R&B, but I think music is a journey and my genre might change in the future. Who knows? As of now, we’re going with ‘ethereal pop’—I’ve made that up. I’m currently working on an album. I believe you will be hearing a single first, hopefully, at the top of next year. Are there any pieces of advice your family has given you that impact your work? There’s two pieces of advice that really stuck with me. One is to be kind to everyone.The other was even if you’re feeling horrible, go to work, get the job done, and be professional about it. That has been a bit hard for me as of late. I’m just trying my best to be the girl that can power through anything, and just get to work even when she’s not feeling well. What has been your biggest personal ‘tempest’ in life? The past two years of struggling with health and sei- zures have been really difficult. But also, there is some-
that strength is substituted by silence, when the foundation we confide in ap- pears to collapse beneath us. Yet when 24-year-old actor, influencer, and en- tertainment royalty, Delilah Belle Hamlin, tussles with the storms of life, she is compelled to harken her strongest, steadiest, and most sophisticated self. Hamlin grew up in Beverly Hills, California, the scion of Hollywood head- line makers and television personalities, Lisa Rinna and Harry Hamlin. Hamlin has been seen extensively on episodes of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, and has amassed nearly 2 million Instagram followers. Her off-camera frays with physical and mental health—a propulsive force in her budding music career— have colored her artistic output thus far, particularly as a blossoming musician. “I’ve learned that music and writing are really my creative outlets,” she shares following her shoot in Los Angeles, “and they’re ways for me to open up about my struggles, and hopefully share with people through music.” This journey met a critical juncture in 2021, when Hamlin experienced an accidental overdose, resulting in seizures. Over the course of our interview, she candidly reflects on the backlash of her hardship, after opening up about it on Instagram. Learning from social media’s misconceptions, Hamlin now seeks so- lace in the pages of her journal, transforming her entries into songs. In writing and exploring herself, Hamlin hopes that musical artistry can ex- press what spoken words cannot, and that her listeners “get whatever they need to hear in that moment.” Currently working on a debut album, Hamlin defines her music as ‘ethereal pop’ with heavy layers of emotion.We all know of the calm before the storm. However, it is ever-apparent that for Hamlin, the calm after the storm is what she’s chasing. We continue our conversation as the sun sets over the very Hills that have influenced who Hamlin is—at least until now.
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