Whereas Marvel Cinematic Universe followers are nonetheless ready to seek out out if Hailee Steinfeld will play Kate Bishop within the Disney+ collection Hawkeye, the multi-talented star has loads of different tasks to work on. Her newest is a brand new EP, which she’s keen to advertise. Nevertheless, her label took its time doing the identical.
Actor Hailee Steinfeld can be a singer-songwriter
Many are conversant in Steinfeld’s work in Hollywood. She made an enormous splash together with her movie debut in True Grit, which earned her an Oscar nomination. She has gone on to star in movies corresponding to The Fringe of Seventeen and Bumblebee, in addition to the 2019 Apple TV+ collection Dickinson.
Nevertheless, Steinfeld can be recognized for her music. Her 2015 debut single “Love Myself” earned her loads of recognition, and this has continued with subsequent releases. Steinfeld has additionally managed to mix her two careers properly. Her position within the Pitch Good collection demonstrates this.
She teased a brand new EP in 2020
MAY 8TH As she’s been very busy performing over the previous a number of years, Steinfeld hasn’t put out a full LP. Fairly, she put out one EP, Haiz, and has adopted it with numerous different non-album singles. Moreover, she’s launched music along side her different tasks, together with “Again to Life” for the Bumblebee soundtrack and “Afterlife” for Dickinson.
However in 2020, Steinfeld was lastly in a position to put her focus again on music for a short while. She launched two singles, “Flawed Course” and “I Love You’s,” which weren’t hooked up to a movie or TV present. In April 2020 she confirmed that her second EP, titled Half Written Story, was on its manner.
Steinfeld promoted her EP — and shone a highlight on the label
In her video announcement, Steinfeld mentioned Half Written Story was delayed for per week as a result of she “wanted a little bit additional time to get issues excellent.” She confirmed a Could eight, 2020 launch date, and, simply a few days later, on April 27, posted the duvet artwork. Additionally included is the tracklist, which reveals three beforehand unannounced titles.
Followers have been, in fact, very excited. Additionally chiming in within the feedback? Her label Republic Information (part of Common Music Group). The account posted three coronary heart emojis. Steinfeld replied, “you gonna put up about it?”
The label adopted up the following day
For no matter cause, Steinfeld shared the information of the EP’s launch date, tracklist, and pre-save availability earlier than her label. Republic Information amended this the following day: April 28, 2020. On its official accounts, the label shared the duvet artwork video and tracklist, together with a current promotional picture of Steinfeld.
“New @haileesteinfeld coming quickly,” the account captioned the put up, including the date, title, and pointing to a pre-save hyperlink in bio. The account additionally posted this hyperlink in its Instagram Story. However for sure, the feedback from Steinfeld’s followers nonetheless got here. “She dragged you guys lmao,” wrote one. “[You] needed to after she got here after you,” wrote one other.
Who else does Republic Information signify?
It’s not typical for a report label to carry again on selling its artists until there was some sort of behind-the-scenes disagreement happening. Whereas this could possibly be the case — or there could possibly be another unknown issue — it may possibly additionally come all the way down to an occasion of the label not prioritizing a selected artist in favor of one other. So who else does Republic Information signify?
Maybe most notably, Republic and UMG added Taylor Swift to its roster in late 2018. Along with Grammy-winner Ariana Grande and the Jonas Brothers (who got here on with their relaunch in 2019), possibly Republic hasn’t been paying as a lot consideration to its long-time consumer Steinfeld. Regardless of the case, she took discover — and her followers received’t quickly overlook this.