hemlocke springs

Hemlocke Springs is the project of an American singer, songwriter, and producer who emerged in 2022 with the viral single «girlfriend», an eccentric, hook-laden track that quickly spread on TikTok and drew comparisons to 1980s new wave and synth-pop. Before releasing music publicly, she had spent years writing songs privately as a hobby, and the sudden online attention pushed what had been a personal outlet into a full-fledged artistic project.

Her sound blends quirky, off-kilter pop songwriting with elements of R&B, synth textures, and a theatrical, almost cartoonish vocal delivery, giving tracks like «gimme all ur luv», «head, shoulders, knees and ankles», and «w-w-w-w-w» a distinctly playful and idiosyncratic identity within the current indie-pop landscape. Her lyrics often mix vulnerability with humor and a self-aware sense of the internet-driven way her music found an audience.

Since her breakthrough, Hemlocke Springs has continued building a catalog of short, hook-forward songs that stand out for their unusual song structures and unpredictable melodic turns, positioning her as one of the more distinctive voices to emerge from the TikTok-to-mainstream pop pipeline in the early 2020s.