On Hannah Diamond’s sparkly, tender-hearted song “Poster Girl,” the British pop star gazes up at the icons papered to her bedroom wall. All she can see is flawlessness, but when she brushes her fingers against the image, she’s reminded that perfection is just ink: “When I focus on what's perfect/ I never notice that it's the imperfections/ In moments that make life so worth it.
Every week there’s a new girlie exploring hyper-femininity through hyperpop. But Hannah Diamond is the blueprint: a true internet princess. Below, Diamond caught up with NYLON to chat about the journey behindNYLON: Early in your career your hyper-processed vocals and visuals led some listeners to assume that Hannah Diamond was an avatar masterminded by a dude instead of a living breathing woman more than capable of making forward-thinking art.
“There’s this idea of a manufactured pop star who has a whole team making music for her, which is a very backwards way of thinking, and is not actually the case in most scenarios.”I’ve been doing a lot of research into the color pink and my attraction to it, especially since I dyed my hair. The public reaction to my hair has been quite bizarre. When I’m in London, random men yell “pinkie” at me when I’m out in the street, like three times a day.
After the pandemic hit, Dave and I started getting on Zoom a few times a week and writing music, it became this fun respite from everything else. “Affirmations” was born on Zoom because my laptop camera shifted and Dave saw the wall where I had written all my affirmations. I was so embarrassed but then we had a chat about how we both have struggled with similar things.
I think it's because bedrooms are, for girls, not only a space of confinement sometimes but a space of expression, a place where you can be yourself. It’s a place where you can build your own world.represent elements of Hannah Diamond’s “past, present, and future.” I spotted a bottle of Britney Spears’ perfume — what are some other easter eggs?