Ben Hazlewood revisits Phil Collins’ classic Another Day in Paradise with intent, choosing presence over reverence.
The accompanying video, created with visual artist Lulu Shing, extends the tension further. Fractured vignettes and domestic unease unfold like a neo-noir fever dream.
Refocused on visibility, small mercies, and the everyday choices that shape how we show up for one another.
There’s quiet symmetry in the timing. Another Day in Paradise first arrived in 1989 — the year Hazlewood was born — turning this release into a subtle full-circle moment.
Recorded in his New York apartment, the cover favours restraint and emotional clarity. For Hazlewood, it’s a lesson in perspective, how attention and small shifts ripple outward, honouring the original while grounding it firmly in the present.
Coming off SPIRAL, which tackled mental health and recovery head-on, this release fits cleanly into Hazlewood’s wider arc. An openly queer artist, he favours truth over polish, blending pop, rock, and alt-soul with intention rather than trend.