{"id":92824,"date":"2025-05-30T19:21:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T18:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/?p=92824"},"modified":"2025-05-30T20:27:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T19:27:31","slug":"a-poetic-and-sonic-journal-new-beginnings-is-the-new-ep-from-hillari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/2025\/05\/a-poetic-and-sonic-journal-new-beginnings-is-the-new-ep-from-hillari\/","title":{"rendered":"A poetic and sonic journal: &#8216;New Beginnings&#8217; is the new EP from HILLARI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-92828\" src=\"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/R2-05092-019A.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/R2-05092-019A.jpg 800w, https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/R2-05092-019A-598x400.jpg 598w, https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/R2-05092-019A-778x520.jpg 778w, https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/R2-05092-019A-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/R2-05092-019A-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>HILLARI releases her second EP, New Beginnings &#8211; a deeply personal body of work that embraces the chaos, doubt, and quiet beauty of starting over.<\/p>\n<p>With New Beginnings, Filipino-Norwegian pop and R&amp;B artist HILLARI takes a mature and courageous step forward. The seven-track EP unfolds like a poetic and sonic journal, exploring themes of transformation, surrender, and the quiet strength found in growing into one\u2019s true self. While her debut EP How Is Your Soul? introduced a promising new voice in Scandinavian music, <a href=\"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/2024\/04\/a-personal-song-based-on-her-own-reflections-and-experiences-new-beginnings-is-the-latest-release-from-hillari\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Beginnings<\/a> solidifies her as a force to be reckoned with &#8211; not only as a songwriter and vocalist, but as a visionary artist in her own right.<\/p>\n<p>At the heart of the project lies the focus track Control, produced by Taylor Hill and written entirely by HILLARI. It\u2019s a song that carries the full weight of personal crisis &#8211; yet channels an unexpected sense of empowerment:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cI wrote Control in Los Angeles, in the middle of a time when my life felt like it was falling apart,\u201d HILLARI shares. \u201cThat experience could have broken me &#8211; but instead, it gave me this song. I learned that losing control doesn\u2019t always mean the end. Sometimes, it\u2019s exactly what you need to begin again.\u201d<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/5mjt9lOPh6dbXGoIWTMZ4M?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>With a voice that glides effortlessly between vulnerability and strength, Control bridges personal breakdown and collective resonance. It\u2019s a song that doesn\u2019t just get heard &#8211; it gets felt.<\/p>\n<p>Other standout moments on the EP include Only God, a spiritual and powerful duet with Canadian gospel star Ryan Ofei (known from Maverick City Music), and Mind\u2019s Eye, featuring Zacari, widely recognized for his work with Kendrick Lamar, including the hit LOVE. These collaborations underscore HILLARI\u2019s ambition to craft music with both global reach and artistic depth.<\/p>\n<p>New Beginnings blends atmospheric production with introspective lyricism, shifting seamlessly between the grand and the intimate. From the heart-wrenching honesty of Breaking Hearts to the irresistible hook of Lose It All, HILLARI proves her ability to make the personal universal. This is music for anyone seeking meaning amid uncertainty &#8211; for those who know what it\u2019s like to let go in order to find themselves.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-92827\" src=\"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/R2-05092-006A.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/R2-05092-006A.jpg 700w, https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/R2-05092-006A-286x400.jpg 286w, https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/R2-05092-006A-371x520.jpg 371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Based in Oslo with roots in the Philippines, HILLARI has already caught the attention of outlets like Billboard US, CNN, and Complex Philippines &#8211; an impressive feat for an artist still in the early stages of her career. But New Beginnings doesn\u2019t feel like a beginning. It feels like a turning point.<\/p>\n<p>This is no longer a promise for the future &#8211; it\u2019s a present moment demanding to be heard.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Connect with HILLARI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/hillarimusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">linktr.ee\/hillarimusic<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HILLARI releases her second EP, New Beginnings &#8211; a deeply personal body of work that embraces the chaos, doubt, and quiet beauty of starting over. With New Beginnings, Filipino-Norwegian pop and R&amp;B artist HILLARI takes a mature and courageous step forward. The seven-track EP unfolds like a poetic and sonic journal, exploring themes of transformation, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16,1],"tags":[5611,11644,1457,190,593,853,854],"class_list":{"0":"post-92824","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blogs-and-events","8":"category-music","9":"tag-music-blog","10":"tag-new-beginnings","11":"tag-new-ep","12":"tag-new-music","13":"tag-rb","14":"tag-singer","15":"tag-songwriter"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/R2-05092-019A-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92824"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92833,"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92824\/revisions\/92833"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}