Behind the bricks and mortar, a house offers shelter and safety. And yet, this solitude can manifest into resentment, a once familiar residence becoming saturated with hostility.
Brighton-based Mia Milla articulates this dichotomy on her latest release "Little Red House", inspired by her family's cottage in the Forrest's of Sweden.
"I wrote the track a really long time ago in my teens and the inspiration behind it was imagining someone being trapped in a house on their own with a sort of love/hate relationship with being trapped, but also feeling safe from the outside world. The Little Red House is her haven but also her nemesis. It's almost as if the character can feel others' pain from the world."
Her voice soars effortlessly over shattering drum beats and shuddering synth lines, seeping into the very foundations of the house in which she resides.
The accompanying visuals are dappled in pastel pink hues, Mia surrounded by blunt, concrete constructions. The architectural structures billow around the solitary figure, released from the red cottage's stone prison into a surrealist world of infectious opportunity.
"Little Red House" is out now via Hooker Songs.
