Søren Hansen, co-founder of the platinum-selling band New Politics, has undertaken a new path as a solo artist, first in Nashville, now in California. Following the release of his self-titled album in 2024, Søren is set to release a new EP this Spring, featuring raw, stripped-down acoustic renditions of five tracks.

The latest single, “Seventeen,” is a “heartfelt expression of gratitude, honoring his mother through emotionally charged, intimate lyrics.”

Hansen says:

Seventeen is the final stripped-down version from the album. The song is about my mom, and I’m grateful to be able to tell her story through my music. I wanted to focus on the lyrics and create an emotional space for the song to live in, and I recorded the song in Nashville right before I moved to California, so it has a bit of Tennessee in there as well. This one means a lot to me, and I hope you can feel it, too. Here’s Seventeen (Stripped)!

Hansen’s former Pop band New Politics released five albums, and toured globally for over a decade. After settling in Nashville, Hansen turned his focus to songwriting and Production, collaborating with a range of artists across genres. However, certain songs he created were “too personal to share with anyone but himself, inspired by reflections on his turbulent childhood, the loss of his mother, and the path he’s traveled.”

Those songs became his 2024 self-titled debut album, Søren Hansen (ENCI Records).

Hansen reflects:

I never thought I would be on stage ever again. Suddenly, I started getting the urge. I created some songs I really loved, and I was proud enough of this music to want to play it live. That was the whole reason for getting into this project—to process all of those thoughts. There were things I was sorry about and things I was happy about. Finally, there was a place I could put them. Even if it was merely a folder on my desktop, that was enough for me. It was incredible to go back and be an artist again.