Fresh from receiving an OAM for her contributions to music and disability advocacy, Eliza Hull has returned with her first new music in three years. New single ‘Hotel Room’, finds the multi-award-winning songwriter entering a striking new chapter, one defined by fragility, sensuality and emotional reckoning. Stream it HERE.
Written during what Hull during a stay in a London hotel room, ‘Hotel Room’ captures the uncertainty and transformation that accompany womanhood and midlife. Recorded at Knight Time Studios with producer James Knight and mixed by longtime collaborator Pip Norman, the sparse alt-pop track allows Hull’s voice and words to occupy centre stage, accompanied by understated piano, minimalist beats and the warmth of Knight’s saxophone.
“‘Hotel Room’ is probably one of the most vulnerable songs I’ve ever written, me at my most exposed and unguarded,” Hull says. “As a mother and at this stage of my life, I feel more driven than ever to express myself honestly. We rarely hear stories or songs about women moving toward midlife, especially women who are unraveling, becoming undone, questioning everything.”
The accompanying video, directed by Keiran Watson-Bonnice, marks perhaps Hull’s most liberating visual statement to date. Revisiting a creative partnership that previously sparked important conversations around disability representation with 2023’s ‘Running Underwater’, the clip explores sensuality, intimacy and self-acceptance through a lens rarely afforded to disabled women in popular music. Through visual effects, Hull embraces another version of herself, culminating in a powerful and unexpected final image.
The release arrives at a significant moment in Hull’s career. Last month, the Dja Dja Wurrung Country-based artist was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for her work in music and disability advocacy, further cementing her status as one of the country’s most important cultural voices. Alongside her acclaimed songwriting, Hull has become a leading figure in conversations around accessibility and inclusion within the music industry.
Her reputation as an artist of emotional precision has been built over years of critically acclaimed releases, including 2023’s Here They Come EP, which featured collaborations with Gordi and Odette and saw Hull publicly write about living with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease for the first time. Beyond music, she is also an acclaimed author and advocate whose work continues to challenge assumptions around disability, identity and representation.
In recent years Hull has shared stages with Sarah Blasko, Jen Cloher, Gordi and Katy Steele, while her haunting interpretation of Silverchair’s ‘Tomorrow’ for the television series Playing Gracie Darling drew praise from Daniel Johns himself, who famously declared it “better than the original”.
