Feral & Fearless: Lace Mine’s New Single ‘Haunt’
Alone with a tent and pack, Aotearoa-born artist Lace Mine walked 450km across Europe – and returned with a raw edge awakened. When she stopped hiking, Haunt was the first song to emerge, revealing a more volatile side to her voice.
The single follows her debut release Wolf, whose song and accompanying footage have been viewed more than 16 million times online. Where Wolf introduced a quiet interior world, Haunt steps outward and questions what happens after rupture.
Lace Mine wrote the track while housesitting in the UK after finishing her hike. “I knew I wanted a week to document everything I felt,” she says. “I found a house-sit that had instruments, and Haunt was the first song I wrote there.”
Rather than offering closure or emotional collapse, Haunt dwells in lingering memory. Its sparse, unsentimental lyrics trace arrival and rupture, letting grief persist and intimacy haunt.
“I’ve felt like parts of my autonomy were taken without permission before,” Lace Mine explains. “This song is a pushback against that. There’s nothing better than going completely feral after years of believing you had to remain palatable to be loved.”
Walking alone recalibrated her sense of self. Carrying only what she needed sharpened her understanding of space: who claims it, who creates it, and who is expected to shrink.
Sonically, that reclamation translates into scale. Dark, resonant piano chords anchor the track before unfolding into a looping, cathartic chorus. A subtle folk lineage threads through the track, from Enya and Clannad records she grew up with. The result is an intimate vocal that’s unafraid of occupying space.
For listeners drawn to the emotional intensity of Daughter or the atmospheric weight of London Grammar, Haunt deepens Lace Mine’s sonic world. Together with Wolf, the track forms part of her forthcoming EP, out May 27, recorded in London with producer JMAC. If Wolf opened the door to Lace Mine’s interiority, Haunt steps out, unapologetic and unafraid.
