Rediscovering Her’s: TikTok’s Role in Immortalizing an Indie Duo

New music — in my experience at least — makes its way onto my Spotify account through many avenues. Friends, concerts, nights out and even store speakers have, over the years, added to my playlists. To me however, it is TikTok and its vaunted algorithm that have exposed my fellow Gen Zers and me to more new music than anywhere else lately. The app continually gives airtime to novel and lesser-known artists and breathes new life into artists long out of the popularity cycle (The Cranberries and their ubiquitous 1993 hit “Linger” likely spring to mind). But in my opinion the most telling instance of this phenomena is the posthumous TikTok rise of Her’s and their first album Songs of Her’s. 

In May of 2017 the Liverpool duo behind Her’s, Stephen Fitzpatrick (vocals and guitar) and Audun Laading (bass and backing vocals), released Song of Her’s as a compilation album of their single releases from across 2016 and 2017.

SOLAR FLARE | Here Comes the Sun!

It is the long awaited time of year again: Spring has technically sprung, according to the schedule of the equinoxes. 

The following playlist is meant to capture the fleeting hope that comes with spring. It is light at first, short lived yet giddy before the heaviness of summer begins to set in and temperaments become relaxed.