HANDS OFF GRETEL frontwoman LAUREN TATE has just released a new video from her latest solo album.
'What About The Kids' is taken from Songs For Sad Girls, which will be released through her own Trash Queen label on Friday 20 September, and the video was directed by Lauren herself.
A high-school dropout from South Yorkshire, Tate has been making an releasing her own music since the age of 15. Recording and self-producing eleven of the fourteen tracks in her own studio, Songs For Sad Girls is Lauren's first new solo album in five years.
“I planned to get my album produced by someone when I could afford it, but there was a certain magic and honesty captured in my recordings that I knew would really move people," Lauren explains. "My lyrics are honest and brutal with songs about domestic abuse, body image, feminism and fear of dying. I wanted it to sound like a girl writing in her diary, unapologetic and imperfect like real girls are.”
Speaking about the single, she says, "The song is from a child's point of view speaking to her father addressing gun violence in America. I wanted the song to highlight issues around gun control and the importance of children's future in a world where nobody is listening to them. I wrote this song to sing for those that won't ever get the chance to do so.”
Songs For Sad Girls is available to order here.