’11:11’ is the third release by London based singer Dalia and details a toxic relationship fuelled by both her partner’s reliance on drugs and her own temper. She moves away from the more traditional pop sound of her two previous singles (‘Pink Clouds’ and ‘Nothing But Pain’, both also written about unhealthy love) and instead experiments with different sounds as the backing track transitions between what seems like a muffled radio, clapping, and harmonising throughout the song. 

It begins with a soft piano accompanied by distorted vocals, the juxtaposition of the two matching the tone of the lyrics as she lovingly describes someone who won’t treat her well. There are a couple times where she switches to her native Spanish as she describes her frustration with the way they’re both slipping into darkness: ‘no puedo dejarte fingirlo mas, y no puedo dejar de hundirnos en esta oscuridad’. 

Dalia cites Billie Eilish as one of her main inspirations and there are definitely elements of her debut album “don’t smile at me” in this release with the vocal effects and emotional lyrics but Dalia adds her own European, bedroom pop spin as to not just be an Eilish clone. 

This and her previous two singles are all part of her upcoming EP ‘every beginning ends’ which is set to release in November.  On Instagram she writes that the project “has been a dream of mine ever since I was litch in nappies & I’m so so grateful I finally get to do it”. She’s also just dropped a music video for the song, directed by Hans Hansen and co-starring fellow musician Elliott Herrington.