Ella Hunt Turns The Page On New Single, "What a Relief"

Debut Album Blindspot Arrives June 5th

Live Shows Set For NYC's Le Poisson Rouge on June 8th & LA's The Airliner on June 11th, Following Premiere of Hulu's Not Suitable For Work on June 2nd

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 15, 2026: Today, with the release of new single "What a Relief,"singer, songwriter and actress Ella Hunt shakes off the numbness of loss, reassociates with her senses and finds a way forward. As the latest preview of her forthcoming album, Blindspot – a debut filled with big feelings and small details, fully in command of her power as a shapeshifting vocalist and striking pianist – "What a Relief" scales a stunning summit, building and breaking to a peak of cathartic optimism. "What a relief to get home," she admits. "Kiss my bruises and say that I love them dearly, it's not a game and I'll go where they steer me."

Listen to "What a Relief" via Historical Fiction Records: HERE

In "What a Relief," Ella Hunt uses images of home as a shield and a sanctuary. It was in the middle of the farmhouse where she grew up in the South West of England that she first began writing songs, spending much of her childhood seated at the piano. The family that surrounded her serves as the wellspring of Blindspot, composed around the loss of her sister Emily to brain cancer in 2023. But throughout these 13 tracks, Hunt confronts grief with poetic turns, keen observations and her clear-eyed, distinctively British wit, capturing acute moments of heartbreak just as easily as she is able to tear into a chorus about the "male gaze industrial complex."

Recorded in both her native London and adopted home of New York City, Blindspot was produced by close collaborator Jimmy Hogarth (ANOHNI, The 1975, Amy Winehouse), with contributions from a transatlantic community of her extended musical family members: Leo Abrahams (Brian Eno, Imogen Heap), Samuel Dixon (Adele, Sia), Chris Vatalaro (Laurie Anderson, Sam Amidon), Thomas Bartlett (Sufjan Stevens, Florence and the Machine), Oren Bloedow (Elysian Fields), Spencer Murphy (Nick Hakim) and Craig Weinrib (Sam Gendel).

Out June 5th on Historical Fiction Records – three days after the premiere of Ella Hunt's star-making turn in Mindy Kaling's upcoming Hulu series, Not Suitable For Work – Blindspot signals the arrival of a sharp, sneakily clever and delicately crafted new voice, soaring from a smoky contralto to a sky-high soprano with wide spectrum of colors and intricacies in between.

"I love that Blindspot is a time capsule," says Ella Hunt. "There are images and feelings in it that I wouldn't have remembered or had access to if I hadn't documented them in these songs. The vomit-inducing shock of discovering that the people you love are going to die, and that when they do, time's not stopping for you. You're still going to get hungry. The person you love is going to die, and then you're going to need to go and get a snack. We all know, and also nobody else knows."

"What a Relief" follows previous singles "Mother's Chair" and title track "Blindspot,"and Ella Hunt will celebrate the release of Blindspot with performances at NYC's Le Poisson Rouge on June 8th, and LA's School Night at The Airliner on June 11th, presented by KCRW and Make Out Music.

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About Ella Hunt

New York City based Ella Hunt is a British multi-hyphenate singer, songwriter and actress known for her roles in the film Saturday Night, Apple TV's Dickinson, and Mindy Kaling's upcoming Hulu series, Not Suitable For Work. Her debut EP trilogy earned acclaim and a spot on Spotify's The Most Beautiful Songs in the World playlist. A sharp, sneakily clever lyricist, and a powerful, shape-shifting vocalist, Hunt creates precise, delicately crafted songs, by turns poetic and bracingly blunt, filled with big emotions and small, keenly observed details. She recently released her singles "Mother's Chair" and the title track, "Blindspot," from her upcoming debut LP produced by Jimmy Hogarth (Anohni and The Johnsons, The 1975) and made her NYC headlining debut with two sold out shows at the legendary Café Carlyle.

Blindspot Tracklist

Three Times (Prelude)

Blindspot

White Knuckles

Subway Trash

Moral High Ground

Six Hours

Dove Grey

The Less It Hurts

Theory of Love

Mother’s Chair

What a Relief