ALTERNATIVE-SOUL SINGER ROZZI UNVEILS MOODY & LUSH NEW SINGLE “HOLD TIGHT”

FOLLOWS TITLE TRACK “FIG TREE” OFF FORTHCOMING ALBUM

“Hold Tight” Directed by Lucy Tamarkin

Friday, November 7 - Today, alternative-soul singer Rozzi releases her moody and lush new single “Hold Tight” - a follow up to the powerful title track to her next body of work “Fig Tree.” Also out today is the official music video, shot on film and directed by Lucy Tamarkin. The video will also play on the big screen at Cinema Village in New York before a screening. In the upcoming collection of songs on Fig Tree, each tells a different story of womanhood. In “Hold Tight,” Rozzi explores a brooding feeling that creeps in when you make the decision to love someone enough to need them. Sorting through the new fear of vulnerability, she sings “do you still like my castle now that you live inside?”

Rozzi shares “I wrote “Hold Tight” the week after I froze my eggs. I was in a bit of a daze - a hormonal hurricane of sorts. I was feeling vulnerable and needy and uncomfortable in that neediness. My feet couldn’t find the ground. Mocky and I attempted to capture that feeling in the instrumentation of the song with a monotonous chord progression that repeats, growing slowly in intensity, representing the storm brewing.”

“Hold Tight” Directed by Lucy Tamarkin

When Rozzi first began writing her forthcoming album Fig Tree, she had just turned 30, reached a new stage in a long-term relationship, watched her brother become a father, and was reading books like Motherhood by Sheila Heti and The Bell Jar. As in Sylvia Plath’s seminal work, the fig tree is a powerful and looming metaphor for this chapter of the singer-songwriter’s life. With each extending branch, a choice. With each choice, the promise of a new life. This record grapples with big existential questions without prescribing neat resolutions.

The album - produced by Mocky (Feist, Kelela, Moses Sumney) - is a deep dive into all of the uncertainty and change that comes with growth, but, ultimately, it’s an album about trust. It’s about staring into the unknown and not trying to control it, while also reassuring yourself that you have put in the work to become the kind of artist and human you were always meant to be. Read her personal essay in Bustle.

LISTEN TO “HOLD TIGHT”

WATCH “HOLD TIGHT” MUSIC VIDEO

“Hold Tight” Artwork

This fall, Rozzi completed her residency and special collaborative group show, at New York’s Ki Smith Gallery. Alongside a panel of celebrity judges - Gia Coppola, Simon Le Bon, Julian Lennon, Kiersey Clemons and Simon Shaw - Rozzi and gallerist Ki selected 26 artists to participate in the exhibition, from over 500 global submissions. Once accepted, each artist had the opportunity to select a song from her album Fig Tree and speak to Rozzi directly about the track, gleaning inspiration to begin their own work. The result is their response to or dialogue with one of the 13 tracks. Each song was represented by two different visual artists. The residency ran for six weeks with notable attendees like Billie Eilish, Brittany Snow, Kiersey Clemons and Alex Wolff who joined Rozzi for a special performance. Each week saw Rozzi returning to the space with a different band configuration and set list to perform both new material from her upcoming record and favorites from her existing catalogue.