Saint Harison on Ghosted EP, touring with Sam Smith, and writing 'I Hate Beyoncé'

Saint Harison and the Ghosted EP

Saint Harison, the 29-year-old Southampton-born singer-songwriter, released his new EP Ghosted on May 29. According to Billboard, the project documents the collapse of a relationship he navigated after relocating from England to Los Angeles, and it sits as a direct follow-up to his 2023 Lost a Friend EP, which dealt with themes of friendship rather than romance. "I grew so much through writing this project. I've also started therapy," Harison told the outlet.

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A new circle of collaborators

To build out the EP, Harison worked with longtime collaborator Akeel Henry but also brought in Oscar-winning songwriter D'Mile and production duo Nova Wav, the pair of Brittany "Chi" Coney and Denisia "Blu June" Andrews, best known for their contributions to Beyoncé's Renaissance and Cowboy Carter albums. The collaboration with Nova Wav had been a long-standing goal. "I had wanted to work with them for such a long time," Harison said.

The track "Panic Room" came together from two separate songs: one called "I Hate Beyoncé" and another called "Panic Room." Harison merged them during a period of writer's block when he had scrapped an earlier version of the project and was writing one-minute songs just to take the pressure off.

On the road with Sam Smith

Earlier this year, Harison joined Sam Smith for a 20-show residency at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco. He described the run as an opportunity not just to perform but to learn from Smith ahead of his own upcoming U.S. tour this fall.

"Glass Houses," the last song added to Ghosted, was co-written with D'Mile and Nova Wav. Harison said it was the piece the project needed most, giving it a layer of empathy and forgiveness that he felt was missing before it came together. The closing track, "White to a Wedding," started life as a country song, a nod to an influence Harison says few people know about: the first album he ever bought was by Dolly Parton.

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