HAYLA has shared a brand new single, “Simpler,” that gives a primary glimpse on the sound and temper of her subsequent album, DARK. The tune was written and recorded in at some point with producer Jacob Jacob Manson, and its supply is easy and easy. It additionally arrives forward of a North American tour.
A press launch from HAYLA’s workforce introduced that the upcoming album DARK is due for launch on July thirty first, whereas her North American tour kicks off on August sixth in Chicago.
Within the new single “Simpler”, HAYLA continues her daring shift from dance ground anthems into highly effective different storytelling.
HAYLA’s earlier single “Sufficient” has already seen sturdy early DSP help globally, following momentum from first album single “Heal” which generated 190k streams in three weeks. Contemporary from a standout principal stage efficiency at EDC Las Vegas, “Simpler” continues HAYLA’s evolution into cinematic, weak pop with emotionally uncooked songwriting that transcends the standard ballad. “Simpler” is the ultimate single launch earlier than her new album DARK.
An emotional exploration of grief, “Simpler” naturally and effortlessly flowed out of HAYLA; it was written and recorded the identical day with British producer Jacob Jacob Manson.
“‘Simpler’ is a tune written after an immense loss. A world perpetually modified. The realisation that nothing could possibly be finished even with all of the hope and love that I poured into wishing a scenario have been completely different. I assumed it wouldn’t occur. I needed it didn’t occur, and I felt just like the earth stopped the day we misplaced you. The seasons nonetheless change and I’m nonetheless right here and I’ve to discover a method to handle on a regular basis with out you,” displays HAYLA on the inspiration and message behind the tune.
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The brand new tune follows the launch of HAYLA’s 2026 competition run, which began with a momentous EDC Las Vegas Kinetic Discipline principal stage debut in Might. There, 1000’s of festival-goers packed the stage to see her performing her solo releases “Fall Once more,” “Freefall,” “Alone,” “Visions of You,” “Embers” from her debut album DUSK and the most recent “Heal,” alongside her main collaborations with Kx5, John Summit, KYGO, Meduza, ILLENIUM, Nelly Furtado, Sub Focus and Wilkinson. Since then she’s shared her mesmerizing present with phases at Breakaway Competition in Columbus, OH and Washington DC’s Mission Glow.
Watch HAYLA’s EDC Las Vegas efficiency:
Followers can expertise a extra intimate model of the set on her upcoming The Darkish Tour, which brings HAYLA again to North America this fall. Kicking off in Chicago, IL on August 6, the tour will cowl a number of main markets on the east coast, west coast, and midwest, earlier than concluding in Los Angeles, CA with a particular night time on the Fonda on September 4. Whereas HAYLA’s final tour leaned into the singer’s dance ground heavy roots – that includes dancefloor hits such because the iHeartRadio Music Award nominated “In My Arms” with ILLENIUM, “FADED” with Nelly Furtado, and “The place You Are” and “Shiver” with John Summit – The Darkish Tour serves as a part of her reinvention permitting her to carry out these tracks and extra. Get tickets right here: https://ffm.stay/rrpv2be.
Different upcoming dates embody competition appearances at Badlands in Calgary, San Diego Pleasure, and Amsterdam World Pleasure.
HAYLA Stay Dates 2026:
July 11 – Calgary, AB – Badlands
July 18 – San Diego, CA – Pleasure
August 1 – Amsterdam, NL – Amsterdam World Pleasure
HAYLA’s The Darkish Tour:
August 6 – Chicago, IL – Harmony
August 8 – Toronto, ON – Cabana
August 9 – Montreal, QC – Ilesoniq
August 12 – Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
August 13 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
August 14 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Metal
August 16 – Washington, D.C. – 9:30 Membership
August 18 – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West
August 21 – Dallas, TX – Studio
August 22 – Austin, TX – Emo’s
August 23 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Corridor
August 26 – Kansas Metropolis, MO – The Truman
August 28 – Denver, CO – Ogden
August 29 – Salt Lake Metropolis, UT – The Advanced
September 2 – Sacramento, CA – Ace Of Spades
September 3 – San Francisco, CA – The Regency
September 4 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda
About HAYLA
HAYLA is one among digital music’s most recognizable voices, a Liverpool-born singer-songwriter whose powerhouse vocals have graced a number of the largest phases and data within the style. Her path led from educating singing classes in her hometown to headlining sold-out venues throughout North America and acting at Coachella, Pink Rocks Amphitheatre, and Ushuaïa Ibiza.
A GRAMMY-nominated, Gold-certified artist, she has scored Dance Radio #1s with John Summit (“The place You Are,” “Shiver”), Kygo (“With out You”), MEDUZA (“One other World”), and ILLENIUM (“In My Arms”). Her debut album DUSK earned a Spotify Mint cowl and BBC Radio 1 “Hottest File,” with “Visions Of You” reaching #2 on Mediabase and high 10 on Billboard Dance Airplay 2025. Her collaboration with Nelly Furtado, “FADED,” delivered a haunting cinematic dancefloor anthem by way of Casablanca Information. In 2026, she obtained nominations for an iHeartRadio Music Award and 4 Digital Dance Music Awards. She received a Femmy Award for Finest Vocalist at Miami Music Week and made her solo debut on the primary phases of EDC Las Vegas and EDC Mexico. Throughout her solo works and collaborations, collectively HAYLA has garnered over 1 billion streams on Spotify.
HAYLA took to the stage at St Pancras Church in London in March 2026 for an unique present performing fully new music from her upcoming album DARK, a daring assertion of intent and a transparent sign of her musical evolution. Her sound she calls “unhappy bitch music” is emotionally heavy but hopeful, melancholic however empowering. Themes of loss, love, grief, and resilience run all through. Fairly than providing solutions, the music holds house permitting listeners to seek out their very own which means. The message on the coronary heart of all of it is easy however highly effective: you aren’t alone.
Search for DARK to reach July 31, 2026.