Self portrait by Hannah Diamond
With the news that PC Music is winding down after 10 years of changing the pop landscape, each new release from the label is bound to come with a new poignancy. That’s certainly the case with “Affirmations,” the new song from Hannah Diamond. Extraterrestrial mall-pop built for blasting away melancholy, “Affirmations” makes the struggle for positivity sound like a battle worth fighting.”
Diamond said of the new song in a press statement: “This one particular day we were on Zoom and my carefully placed camera angle in my bedroom had accidentally shifted to reveal my ‘wall of self-esteem.’ It’s a wall of affirmations I put together when I was at a really low point and had a really negative view of myself. I decided that I would every day when I was struggling write five good things about myself and add them to my wall.
“Through the window of the Zoom, I became aware that my wall might look like a wall of madness,” she continued, “so I explained to Dave what it was. He was super supportive and after a long chat he said, ‘hey, “Affirmations” – great song title.’”
