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lauren alex hooper. singer/songwriter/blogger.

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Something I’ve been looking forward for a long time arrived today:

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This is amazing! I want one!

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AND IT’S OUT! ‘BAD NIGHT’ IS FINALLY OUT!

I’ve been waiting to release this song for so long that it’s oddly surreal to have it out in the world. I wrote it, with the help of @richardmarcmusic, after a particularly difficult night where I just felt completely overwhelmed by my depression. I felt like it was never going to get better. So I do what I always do and wrote a song about it. And eventually it turned into this. Even though it’s a difficult song, I hope you like it and I hope it makes you feel something.

Please, please, please buy/stream it. It would mean the world to me and all the wonderful people who’ve worked on it. You can find it here: https://ffm.to/bad-night-lah

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TOMORROW.⁣

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Please go and presave/preorder ‘Bad Night’ here: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/laurenalexhooper/bad-night

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It’s a pride of cats here (and that’s not even all of them) 🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱

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4 days. #BadNight

You can now presave/preorder ‘Bad Night’ here: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/laurenalexhooper/bad-night

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7 days. #BadNight

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The first single from the Honest EP will be released on the 18th October. SWIPE TO SEE THE TITLE 😉

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So far today my mental health has been awful but I wanted to say something, even if it was only a few words. #WorldMentalHealthDay

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And here is my big announcement!⁣

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Over the next nine months, I will be releasing an EP of five songs. I’ve been waiting to release new music for so long and I’m so emotional about you guys finally hearing these songs. The EP is called ‘Honest’, and I’ve been working with some fantastic people for a long time on these songs so I’m really excited to finally let them find their place in the world. ⁣

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Keep an eye out because I’ll be sharing more details of the first track next week.⁣

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This EP is essentially a short story, a short story about my experiences with mental health up until now. It’s been difficult and excruciating and frustrating and lonely, but it started getting better when I started writing about it and talking about it, even if it just meant I wasn’t keeping it tightly sealed inside myself. I’ve worked hard to get myself into a better place but I don’t know if the ground will ever truly settle, if I’ll dig up all the landmines. We all have our struggles, our fears, our ghosts but maybe being honest is the first step, whoever it may be with.

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hey guys. i know it’s been a long time since i posted anything but i’m gonna try to be better. and i have some very exciting news.

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Sweet boy.

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It might be blurry but I love this photo of me and @richardmarcmusic after the @marenmorris show tonight. We had SUCH a good time. We’re constantly listening to her music, whether we’re in a songwriting session or just chilling out and playing Mariokart. So we were two happy beans tonight.

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“When this wonderful world gets heavy and I need to find my escape... yeah, I guess that’s my church.” // Maren Morris was a complete dream tonight. Beautiful, beautiful songs, singing, and stories. My little songwriter soul is so happy.

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Yesterday the kittens figured out how to UNLOCK the cat flap. Why am I not surprised.

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So I spent the afternoon taking part in a research study for the Centre For Research in Autism and Education and apart from washing the gel out of my hair afterwards, it was SO FUN. So often it feels like Autism takes away opportunity but in this case, it adds and it makes me feel like I’m part of something bigger than me.

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And after posting so many pictures of other dogs, I feel I must post a photo of my Lucky. He is the sweetest, gentlest dog in the world and I don’t know what I’d do without him. He’s a beautiful soul. // “Fall in love with a dog, and in many ways you enter a new orbit, a universe that features not just new colors but new rituals, new rules, a new way of experiencing attachment.” - Caroline Knapp

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It’s worth noting that yesterday would not have been possible without my noise cancelling headphones. Relentless background noise completely drains me but also makes me that much more likely to have a meltdown. So these @bose headphones have been a lifesaver. Fortunately the dogs at Discover Dogs didn’t seem worried that they’d interfere with our conversations. @thekennelclubuk