Belfast-based, Dublin-born singer-songwriter Daire Heffernan has released her new single, I Have The Fear, ahead of her appearance at Ireland Music Week 2024. We asked her the BIG questions . . .
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The song follows the release of her EP The Wolf Called Desire earlier this year.
Reflecting on the song, she says, "I wrote this song during a time last year when I was going out a lot and spending the entire next day being consumed by guilt and dread, which is pretty universal I think.
"The song is a personification of that dread, that anxiety, it scratches out your eyes and makes you word-vomit all the awful things you think about yourself. Like everybody hates me anyway so I hate everybody too.
"Flashing memories, piercing pangs of a headache... By the time you're reaching the end, it feels like the only option that remains is acceptance. Or murder. We all get it, it's torturous. I'm yet to learn my lesson."
Tell us three things about yourself . . .
I love video games and the beach. I'm a Sagittarius.
How would you describe your music?
Alternative folk. Haunting but peaceful.
Who are your musical inspirations?
Alex G, Sufjan Stevens and Adrianne Lenker are my main influences at the moment.
What was the first gig you ever went to?
The X-Factor tour that Wagner and Cher Lloyd were on. Whatever year that was.
What was the first record you ever bought?
The first CD I can ever remember listening to in the car was Now That's What I Call Music 72. I got really obsessed with Love Story by Taylor Swift to the point I wasn't allowed to play it sometimes . . .
What's your favourite song right now?
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Anthems For A Seventeen Year Old Girl by Broken Social Scene. It's so moving while just repeating most of the same lyrics over and over.
Favourite lyric of all time?
"The dog walks in and the crow lies in his jaw like lead/Everything eats and is eaten, time is fed" - Ingydar by Adrianne Lenker
If you could only listen to one song for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Heavy Metal Drummer by Wilco.
Where can people find your music/more information?
You can find me as Daire Heffernan on Spotify, and @daireheffernan on Instagram and Twitter!
Alan Corr
