‘ONE HIT WONDER’ – FROM HER FORTHCOMING DEBUT ALBUM, DUE 2022
November 15, 2021
Following the lauded release of her first solo single ‘Jealousy’, Isabella Manfredi returns with her second single ‘One Hit Wonder’, lifted from her forthcoming debut solo album, due in 2022.
Premiered on triple j, ‘One Hit Wonder’ is a bitter-sweet send off to a love gone awry. It’s a call and response realisation backed by a muscular drum and bass groove, invigorating percussion, melancholic piano and a ripping guitar solo, with Isabella’s stirring vocal reflections crafting blissful harmonies out of a dissonant situation.
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Penned and produced by Isabella in collaboration with Lucy Taylor (Dua Lipa, Ellie Goulding) and ‘Jealousy’ producer Chris Collins, Isabella says, “When I walked into the session for ‘One Hit Wonder’ in March 2020, two weeks before the pandemic really hit. The Preatures had already been in limbo for eighteen months and I had been off the stage and in stalemate. The day before the session I had been in the studio with G Flip, Jess B and Thandi Pheonix for Like a Version, and I came home from rehearsals energised and inspired.
I sat down at my piano and wrote the prechorus and chorus, and over the next few days I finished ‘One Hit Wonder’ with Chris Collins and Lucy Taylor. I remember it feeling tongue-in-cheek at the time, like maybe it could be a Preatures song. But I was really saying I was done with the band before I was ready to admit it to myself. I think sometimes it can be hard to swallow that the strongest thing you can do is cut your losses and walk away. It’s also right to acknowledge when something truly was wondrous and leave it at that.”
Pre-pandemic, Isabella spent much of 2019 collaborating, and recording in Los Angeles, Nashville, New York City, London, Paris, and Berlin. Returning to her hometown of Sydney she continued working on her debut solo album with award-winning co-producer Chris Collins and an all-star line-up of the country’s most talented artists and songwriters.
At the beginning of the year, Isabella announced she had parted ways with her band The Preatures and released her debut solo single ‘Jealousy’. The single was instantly added to full rotation on triple j, supported by FBi Radio, 4ZZZ, Three D Radio, Radio Adelaide, Triple R, Edge Radio, SYN Radio, 2SERFM and further community radio stations around the country. ‘Jealousy’ won praise with the likes of NME, The Guardian, Rolling Stone Australia, Junkee Music, Life Without Andy, Tone Deaf and Music Feeds and added to numerous playlists across all streaming platforms.
With multiple ARIA nominations, accolades and global tours under her belt, Isabella has become a strong artist advocate in the Australian music scene. She is a founding member of #KeepSydneyOpen, has spoken openly as part of the #MeToo and #MeNoMore movements (including as panellist on Q&A), was part of the advisory board for the inaugural AWMA’s (Australia Women in Music Awards) patroned by Chrissy Amphlette and is an APRA ambassador and mentor.
Isabella Manfredi
New Single ‘One Hit Wonder’
Is Out Now
via Island Records Australia/UMA
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