Today, Toronto musician Abigail Lapell released the lyric video for “Hazel,” featuring fellow Canadian artist Jill Barber.
The track serves as the lead single from Lapell’s upcoming album Shadow Child, set for release on May 8, 2026 via Outside Music.
“Hazel” is a beautiful indie folk-pop tune, showcasing warm, intimate songwriting and delicate vocal harmonies that highlight both artists’ expressive styles.
About the track by Abigail:
“Part lullaby and part elegy, “Hazel” is a gentle love letter to an unborn or future child, or one that may never be.
The song’s soft plucked electric guitar floats beneath sweet childhood imagery; sandcastles, snow angels, sunshowers, and a name carried off on the ocean breeze.
The single arrives with a visualizer created by Lapell “using old super 8 footage I filmed as a teenager and recently rediscovered.
Shot at a melancholy yet hopeful time in my life, the film features birds in flight and at rest, often shaky, scratchy or out of focus.
I feel like this stuttering footage has its own fragile beauty that resonates with the song’s sweet message of a nascent love, half-formed but all-consuming.”
Hazel gets: 📷📷📷📷📷📷📷/10.
Abigail Lapell – Hazel (feat. Jill Barber) [Music Video]
