Helena Deland is back with new single “How Do You Like Me Now.” The song’s release comes before Helena joins her friend Hana Stretton for a handful of North American shows later this month. Helena Deland shares: “I wonder to which extent the authors of posthumously published diaries were writing with a vague audience in mind. Here, I’m convincing myself that a person I admire, very much still alive, has written everything down in their notebook in the hopes of it being found. When that day finally came, they’d say ‘That’s right. There I am. How do you like me now?””

“How Do You Like Me Now” describes an act of trespass. At a party, Helena Deland slips toward the edge of the room; no one sees her as she eyes a notebook which belongs to the party’s host. She insists she would never read it, then lets herself imagine being caught, only to learn that its owner had wanted to be discovered all along. The journal becomes a mirror of songwriting: private processing made public and left to the interpretations of strangers.

Helena Deland has played shows with Weyes Blood, Andy Shauf, Connan Mockasin, Soccer Mommy and Iggy Pop, and has toured her album Summerland around the globe.

Helena Deland 2026 Tour Dates

Sept 24 – FONO, Ottawa, ON
Sept 27 – Higher Ground, Burlington, VA
Sept 28 – TOURISTS, North Adams, MA
Sept 29 – Avalon Lounge, Catskills, NY
Sept 30 – Manny’s, State College, PA

w/ Hana Stretton (solo performance)

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