PinkPantheress and Danny L Harle just dropped a new track called “Starlight”, marking Danny’s first solo release since Harlecore came out back in 2021.
This time, Danny is working with XL Recordings, and he’s been hinting at this song online for a couple of weeks, using the mysterious name “__.ccccccccc.__.”. When talking about the new track, Danny said, “‘Starlight’ reaches for a kind of euphoric melancholy—a guiding light in all of my music. It’s shaped by my love of the melancholic songwriting traditions of Europe from composers like Monteverdi and John Dowland, all the way to ’90s Eurodance and the uplifting trance of the 2000s—artists like Gigi D’Agostino and Alice Deejay. PinkPantheress is the dream collaborator for this song, her love for ornamental melodies and hypnotic lyricism fit perfectly into my sound world.”
PinkPantheress just released her mixtape Fancy That in May, and soon she’ll be performing all over North America with her An Evening With PinkPantheress Tour. Danny has also been busy producing, helping out on Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism and Oklou’s Choke Enough not too long ago.
Sometimes, fans wonder how artists pick such unique names for their secret accounts, but it’s kind of fun to guess.
By the way, PinkPantheress’ song “Pain” even made it onto a list of the top 100 songs of the 2020s so far.
