London/Barcelona-based LALA HAYDEN announces her new EP viva venus – out March 28 and shares its latest taste, new single ‘honeymoon suite’. The new EP will feature the previously released tracks ‘rush of love’ and ‘baby you’re the best!’ – and follows her 2023 debut EP Girl Becomes.

Working with producer Ben Christophers (Bat For Lashes, Françoise Hardy) on its creation – new EP viva venus draws from the work of strong female voices such as Robyn, Róisín Murphy, Ladyhawke, Self Esteem, Donna Summer, Jessie Ware and Lykke Li, with its themes exploring love in a digital age, chronicling a period of disconnection, as LALA expands: “This EP is a journey from seeking the love outside to beginning to get a glimpse of the love that exists within. I feel like technology has irrevocably changed the paradigm for relationships, both in how we engage with ourselves but also our surroundings. It feels like 24/7 thrill seeking or looking for the next best thing.”

New single ‘honeymoon suite’ was co-written with Sam McTrusty & Ross McNae of Twin Atlantic, and Balancing Act’s Jackson Couzens, capturing the paradox of escaping into love to avoid the darkness within; “a dark and sweet, lovesick toxic lullaby” as LALA describes herself.

On the song’s lyrical inspiration, LALA continued to say: “The song was inspired by a night at a casino hotel in palm springs. There was so much to see but I was so anxious that all I wanted to do was hide inside the suite with my love. I feel like I’ve been addicted to the honeymoon phase where everything is light because I was running away from the darkness inside. Anything to quiet the noise.”