✩₊˚.⋆ Stella Hannagan Music ✩₊˚.⋆
✩ Discover my journey ✩
A little bit about me:
Hi, I'm Stella! I'm a 20-year-old singer-songwriter from the NSW Central Coast. My music showcases a unique fusion of acoustic and synthetic / electronic elements, coupled with soul-crushingly honest and deeply melancholic lyricism.
I was the winner of the 2022 Y4Y eMergent Sounds Song Competition for my original composition ‘Cassie’, and in 2023, was nominated for Encore Showcase for outstanding HSC Music 1 performances. 2023 also saw me placed as the opening act for my first festival – Central Coast Council’s ‘Light up the Lake’ in The Entrance – notably headlined by Australian duo Royel Otis. I have since received 2 Bouddi Foundation of the Arts grants, as well as the Graeme Anderson Encouragement Award, in the lead up to releasing my debut E.P. in 2025.
I am now living in Melbourne and undertaking a Bachelor of Performance at the Australian Institute of Music, in which I aim to immerse myself in the city’s vibrant music culture and make important industry connections.
My sound wouldn't be what it is now without the last 3 years of truly introspecting and figuring out not only who I wanted to be, but who I could be as an artist. I'm eternally grateful that I waited until the right time - until I was ready.
Above all, I am immensely excited and hopeful for what is to come.
✩ My first release, 'The House' ✩
Behind the song:
The song originally used the house symbol as a reflection of my intense anxious spirals, in which I didn't feel 'real'. I was not in control of my brain and I felt completely at the mercy of my own emotions (I'm still working on this). A couple of years after writing it, we had to sell our beloved family home, and the lyrics took on a whole new devastation - I often joke that I may have accidentally manifested this. Nowadays, I think the song pays homage to building and losing homes in people you once loved, and the pain of having to walk away from that stability because you know it's for the best.
