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Lisa Heller has never been one to play it safe—and with her latest EP HELLO, MY NAME IS, she’s inviting listeners to stop playing it safe, too. Forget the polished, one-note personas pop artists are often boxed into. Heller’s new project smashes the mold entirely, offering six emotionally charged, genre-defying tracks that feel more like alter egos than songs.
Each one arrives with its own emotional armor—some soft and reflective, others sharp and unbothered—and together, they form a fierce lineup of inner voices that Heller isn’t afraid to let speak. And sing. And scream.
The EP’s title feels deceptively simple at first—like the beginning of an introduction. But Heller flips the idea of a “Hello, my name is…” name tag into something much deeper: an ever-shifting mirror reflecting the many versions of who we are and who we’ve had to become. Through unapologetically honest lyrics, alt-pop chaos, and melodic catharsis, she introduces us to the parts of herself that have long been edited out of the narrative.
There’s “The Independent,” the self-liberated heroine torching the past in THIS IS THE END. There’s “The Hopeful Romantic” in LOSER!, falling headfirst into love with reckless abandon. There’s “The Giver,” exhausted and fed up in people pleaser, finally stepping away from chronic over-functioning in the name of peace. And there’s the wild, no-filter chaos of SO FUCKING WHAT?, a full-body shrug to societal expectations wrapped in a dancefloor-ready meltdown.
But the beauty of HELLO, MY NAME IS doesn’t just lie in its explosive soundscapes and perfectly unhinged choruses—it lies in its soul. Heller lays it all bare. The heartbreak, the nostalgia, the comedy, the burnout. These songs aren’t just tracks—they’re diary entries with volume knobs.
Speaking on the most emotionally charged track, Heller admits that people pleaser was the hardest to write: “It felt like opening a diary I didn’t even know I had been keeping.” That kind of self-confrontation is the backbone of this project—and the exact reason why it hits so hard.
And it’s not just in the music. The EP’s concept is visualized through a “Choose Your Fighter” theme, where each song is given its own persona, as if plucked from a retro video game or comic universe. The idea stems from Heller’s childhood fascination with games she wasn’t allowed to play, where every character had a backstory, a mission, a secret strength. “That’s what this felt like,” she explains, “stepping into different parts of myself and seeing what they could do.”
What they did was break the alt-pop internet. The lead single LOSER! exploded across platforms, racking up international chart placements and flooding TikTok feeds with videos of fans embracing the song’s hopelessly romantic chaos. It’s a win made even more powerful by Heller’s status as an independent artist. No major label machine. Just real people connecting with real emotion—and screaming it back at her in sold-out venues.
And that’s where Heller thrives—on stage. Her live shows are nothing short of emotional theatre. “I let myself be completely unhinged in whatever emotion that song carries,” she says. “It’s not about performing the song—it’s about becoming it.” Whether it’s the cinematic firestorm of THIS IS THE END or the chaotic joy of LOSER!, her performances feel like full-body experiences—part therapy, part mosh pit.
Fresh off a national tour with Echosmith and having shared the stage with artists like COIN, Hippo Campus, Yung Gravy, and Bryce Vine, Lisa Heller has carved out a space that’s uniquely hers: emotionally explosive, defiantly honest, and sonically dynamic.
Now signed to United Talent Agency and riding the momentum of a rapidly growing fanbase, Heller is gearing up to take HELLO, MY NAME IS on the road in a way that invites her listeners to step into their own complexity, too.
Because if Lisa Heller’s EP teaches us anything, it’s that we’re not just one thing. We’re all the fighters. All the feelings. All the versions of ourselves that deserve to take up space.
