Formerly known as ‘Honey’, West-London singer, songwriter and producer — HANISA — transverses genres attributed to her TCK (third-culture-kid) upbringing. Definitively rooted in R&B and Neo-soul, she has cultivated her sound and writing style based on soul-to-soul connection — in turn, enabling her to exchange energies through lyrics and textures. She unapologetically conveys nostalgia in its most honest and raw form, allowing her audience to resonate and create a personal connection to breathe and let go. Evoking her stylistic influences from the likes of Kehlani, Erykah Badu, Yasiin Bey, Jasmine Sullivan, Ashanti, J Dilla and Aretha Franklin, HANISA portrays a complexity of layers left for her audience to receive and uncover. Prior to HANISA’s upcoming release, she has previously collaborated with artists such as King Kofi, K.Waltz and A. Nayaka. Leading up to the release of her first EP in 2024, her audience can expect a palette of songs reflecting different sides of the artist. HANISA’s debut single ‘Passion’ represents the first of these sides. It is a letter encapsulating the early stages of love in your twenties — to fall, to feel and to come together. Here, ‘Passion’ is about reconciling the complications behind the desire to love but without any expectations.