Ellie Madeland is back with a hypnotic new single, "Making It Known," which feels like a late-night confession in submerged cloud formations and palpable feelings. Buy Now Recording in South London, and the masterful polish by Lewis Amoroso in Brighton, Ellie's ability to take vulnerability and turn it into something beautiful and haunting can be heard in one sentence. Produced by Danny Hall/FJ Law, it's a lush, immersive experience that is moody but deeply intimate.
Ellie's ghostly vocals draw you into a world where feelings run deep, a sonic intimacy reminiscent of The Marías infused with the melancholic weight of Billie Eilish. "Making It Known" plays out as a memory, with every lyric peeling away the layers of love, longing, and unexpressed feelings. The layered production creates tension, mimicking the emotional push and pull of fragile, intense, and undeniably real relationships.
What makes "Making It Known" so striking is how that intricacy is entwined with simplicity. It doesn't just narrate a story; it allows you to experience it. This atmospheric instrumentation, coupled with Ellie's plaintive but striking crooning, gives the song almost a cinematic quality to her delivery that seeps into your memory, even after the last hum dies.
"RU Serious?" is one of three singles released ahead of a forthcoming full-length LP due later this year. With this release, Ellie Madeland establishes herself as one of the most exciting emerging indie-pop voices around. "Making It Known" is a moment of truth, an intimate declaration, a sign that Ellie is an artist coming into her own.