Rating: ★★★★★ (5/5)
Domi Hawken, the indie alt‑rock force emerging from London, is unapologetically telling her story - and she’s not whispering it. “Break My Heart Again” is a guitar‑driven pulse of defiance, where Hawken’s vocal sits right at the intersection of eerie and electric. She sings like someone who has written a message on the mirror in lipstick, only this time the words won’t wipe away. It’s a lyrical tattoo: you don’t get to break my heart again; you don’t get to say ‘I’m sorry.’
Just in time for summer - the season of new romances, new risks, and new boundaries - Hawken delivers a female‑empowerment cry for emotional sovereignty. She is unmistakably herself, and that selfhood is the backbone of the track.
What made me really lean in to this record is the originality in her vocal. There’s a rawness there, a human tremor that today’s hyper‑processed soundscapes often sand down. This song refuses the artificial. It breathes. It bleeds. It tells the truth even when the truth is inconvenient. I heard the reality, the human, the pain - and that is what made this an easy five stars.
Listen to the track by going here. And, watch her perform “Break My Heart Again” live here.
Until next time,
I listen. I lead. I write the culture.
The Original KiKi