Låpsley has opened up about being dropped from her label and launching her own label, sharing that “the future is bright”.

To kick off the new year, the singer took to her official social media accounts to reveal that she was dropped from her label home of Believe. “Contractually, I was meant to go straight into another album cycle after ‘Cautionary Tales Of Youth‘, but it didn’t sit right. I stuck to my guns and made a 5 track EP. It cost me my record deal but creatively was the best decision I’ve ever made,” she began.

She explained that her EP ‘A Guilty Heart Can Never Rest’ was “born out of a necessity to delve deeper into my artistry, visually as well as with my writing, on my terms,” adding that she wanted to “make a statement that was not defined by the metrics” she had be subjected to since she was a teen “for the sake of long term creative and business success, not short.”

“Through world building I met my visual soul mate director and photographer Jeanne Buchi and got to work with the incredible Crusoe Weston,” she continued. “Despite my relationship with Believe coming to an end, I’m grateful for the opportunity to have had funding and freedom in creating that EP, and trust from Johnny my A&R throughout my time there.

“Being dropped doesn’t get easier, and I’ve had my fair share. But l’ve worked on my self esteem slowly over the years and this knock was a light knock (I only allow 1 day of ugly crying now haha). Through this process I’ve now finally found the management and project management team of my dreams Happy Home Music and through that I’ve had the confidence to soft launch my own independent label Her Own Recordings at the end of this year with our first release, ‘Church’.”

She concluded her statement with: “We’ve had such an incredible amount of support with it across the board. The biggest thanks and appreciation goes to you, my fans, for listening and buying tickets and supporting me through these necessary transitions. There’s been times I’ve wanted to pack Lapsley in as a project, and I’m so glad I didn’t this time. The future is bright and there’s something on the wind…”

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Back in 2014, Låpsley was signed to XL Recordings after winning the “One To Watch” prize at Merseyside’s GIT (Getintothis) Awards that year. She also played the BBC Introducing stage at Glastonbury 2014 after her EP ‘Monday’ had earned more than half a million streams on SoundCloud.

She released her debut LP ‘Long Way Home’ and her second album ‘Through Water’ before signing with Believe for the release of 2023’s ‘Cautionary Tales Of Youth’. In a four-star review of Låpsley’s third album, NME shared: “It’s a personal collection that unfolds with each listen, revealing new intricacies – lyrical, instrumental and contextual – while finding beauty and balance in the quieter moments.”

Elsewhere, Låpsley also shared a photo of herself on Instagram with a caption that read: “I’m Back” and shared another post that has a snippet of what may be a new song with the word “Better” as the caption.

In other news, Låpsley has been announced as one of the performers at this year’s Dot to Dot festival in May.