horsegiirL announces her new EP HARDCORE HEALING

horsegiirL announces her new EP HARDCORE HEALING, will drop on October 30th via horsegiirL/RCA Records. Along with the news, the DJ, producer, has released the lead single, “c*ntry girl rock,” featuring Dylan Brady (100 Gecs), the track celebrates country girls everywhere.

“I really wanted to do a puzzle piece that completes the album and can sit more in the club space,” says horsegiirL. “It still has the hopeful, euphoric energy of the album, but translated into a dancefloor anthem record.”

For horsegiirL, hardcore is about more than just BPMs. “Hardcore is a term that’s quite multifaceted,” she explains. “It’s intense music, but it’s also a profound love, loyalty, and appreciation for something. Paired with healing, these two things seem opposite at first, but they actually belong together.”

“Part of healing is embracing anger and rage and releasing that in a productive way,” she explains. “We aren’t always calm, collected, zen beings. Nature isn’t either. The ocean can become wild and stormy before returning to calm. We need that duality.”

The EP also marks horsegiirL‘s continued exploration of the hardcore lineage that has influenced her work since the beginning. Drawing inspiration from the utopian spirit of 1990s and early-2000s European rave culture, HARDCORE HEALING looks back to a time when dancefloors were built around connection, euphoria, freedom, and collective dreaming.

“It’s inspired by the era of Love Parade and what felt like the age of ecstasy,” she says. “People dressed in colorful outfits, and it was really about love, connecting, and dreaming up a better world.”

NATURE IS HEALING, includes collaborations from  A.G. Cook, Casey MQ, Nomak, Margo XS, Elof Loelv, FREE Jimi, Suena, and Luvhunter, the album earned praise for its blend of euphoric dance-pop, hard club music, balearic grooves, and new-age experimentation.

horsegiirL 2026 Tour Dates

10/16 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall
10/17 – Miami, FL @ iii Points Festival
10/21 – Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern $
10/23 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore $
10/24 – Washington, DC @ Bertha ^
10/27 – Toronto, ON @ History $
10/29 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5 ^#
10/30 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5 ^#
10/31 – Boston, MA @ Roadrunner $
11/13 – Austin, TX @ Concourse Project
11/25 – Berlin, DE @ Huxleys $
11/27 – Paris, FR @ Élysée Montmartre $
11/30 – Antwerp, BE @ Trix $
12/01 – Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg $
12/04 – London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton $