Seven Letters to the Soul: JILIAAN’s debut EP "L"

June 23, 2025

Seven Letters to the Soul: JILIAAN’s debut EP "L"

In a world that yells but barely ever tunes in, "L" arrives not only to be listened to but to speak to our very own being. Berlin artist JILIAAN, pianist and singer-songwriter with the poet's pulse, lays bare her inner being in seven piano-accompanied confessions. Rooted in the delicate torment of Chopin but blossoming through the modern soulfulness of Adele and Sam Smith, her debut EP drifts through the fog of trauma, the calm of isolation. "L" isn't just a collection of songs; it's a pulse in an empty room.

Each tune unfurls like an unsent letter, all of them beginning with the same consonant—L. From "Lullaby", in which the piano surges and swoons like a mother's whisper within the night, to the uncovered torment of "Lonely" and the thoughtful wander off in fantasy land of "Like A Movie", JILIAAN creates a world of sorrowful beauty. Her arrangements are pared down to the bone: a piano, a string moan, a voice that cracks just enough to allow the truth to reveal itself. When honesty is the tool, nothing else is needed.

Recorded in her hometown of Hamburg, these tracks are like memories tied to a place that no longer applies. There's a sense of intimacy here that can't be manufactured—each note rings with the reverberation of an empty room, each verse clings like a thought you can't shake at three o'clock in the morning. Inside these seven letters, JILIAAN stands as a voice for the more shy aspects of ourselves.

"L" is a reflection, it's a mirror we dare to stand in front of. It reminds us that we all want something genuine, something blemished and familiar. It requests nothing but your calm consideration and attention and guarantees in return a haven of feelings. When the final note has faded, it leaves us with that one letter—a portal to loneliness, love, loss, and the enduring trust that we are not alone in feeling so deeply.