Since her debut Download Festival set in 2024 – which not only etched HARPER into its history books as the festival’s youngest ever performer but marked her first ever live show – today the astonishing 13-year-old vocalist releases a brand new track, ‘Thorn In My Side’. HARPER first took the internet by storm with her mind-blowing cover of Spiritbox’s ‘Holy Roller‘ and captured the hearts of millions as a contestant on America’s Got Talent. Over the three years since, HARPER has gone from strength to strength, releasing multiple singles and racking up fans. Having been widely tipped as one of the acts not to miss at Download, her set was a triumph all round. Kerrang! promptly declared afterwards, “she’s easily going toe to toe with artists three or four times her age, ” and more simply, “This is awesome.” New single ‘Thorn In My Side’ delivers a warning punch to the powers-that-be and the ever-depressing news cycle and scaremongers in a doomed world. Harper enthuses, “‘Thorn In My Side’ was written when there just seemed to be a lot of bad things happening in the world. Whenever I’d be in the car and the news came on the radio or even watching TV there was just nothing positive happening. Lyrically it’s pretty dark and just a statement of frustration. I also really wanted to push myself on this song, I’m still learning so much about my voice and what It can do so it’s been really fun challenging myself to become a better vocalist.” Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVfVkiBWRCg Get ‘Thorn In My Side’ here: https://palechord.lnk.to/ThornInMySide | 
