Tamzene grew up in a small coastal town in the Highlands, and was discovered

through a faceless TikTok account, filming herself dancing round the kitchen to her

own demos. That same instinct for the personal and the unpolished has never really

left her music. She writes with the lyrical wisdom of Laura Marling and the light,

easy melodic sense of Olivia Dean.

Of mixed Irish and Jamaican heritage, her earliest musical world was Aretha

Franklin and Nina Simone, before she later found her way to Hozier, HAIM and

Lianne La Havas. What's stayed constant through all of it is a soulful, direct kind of

pop songwriting, about love, growing up and finding your way home.

That sense of return runs right through her new chapter with 10K UK. This

collection feels like coming home, built from a pull back towards the sounds and

textures she grew up on, especially the gentle aliveness of the Scottish folk music

she played as a young musician. She's written it from a deeper place of knowing

herself and a little more of the world around her, and the songs carry that : stories,

lessons, moments to turn around and enjoy the view.

That spirit opens the era with harbour. The track sits in the space between wanting

to move forward and needing the comfort of where you come from, both a

launchpad and a safe return. It's a song about yearning, growth and everything in

between.

The release arrives alongside real momentum. Her Spotify monthly listeners have

reached 137.2K, up 88.7% in 90 days and her TikTok has crossed 2M video views.

Alongside her main channels, her madwitheworld burner account, continues to

build intrigue around the new music through something more intimate and

unfiltered.

With ‘that's not love, babe’ releasing August 28, Tamzene is building a body of work

that's distinctly her own: rooted in where she comes from, looking firmly forward.