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Metro
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
Este Haim reveals ex-boyfriend brutally dumped her over her diabetes
Haim are finally back with new music and for this era, they've put their relationships under the microscope, revealing some brutal breakups. The sister trio — Este, Alana, and Danielle — have mainly kept their romantic lives private, but bad exes are always great material for songs. While chatting to British GQ about their upcoming album, I Quit, Este revealed that one of her boyfriends shockingly broke up with her over her Type 1 diabetes. 'I had a guy break up with me because I said that there was a possibility that our kid would have diabetes,' the 39-year-old musician shared. To Este's surprise, he gave her a brutal response and said: 'Then why are we here?' to which she replied 'What?!' Este has regularly shared her diabetes journey with fans, and while at Glastonbury in 2022, revealed she had once passed out on the side of the stage. She is now engaged to tech entrepreneur Jonathan Levin, posting a snap of the engagement ring in February with a t-shirt which read 'I'm taken'. Her younger sister, Alana, 33, also shared a more recent dating disaster as a man tried to stand in the way of her career. 'I had a boyfriend that gave me an ultimatum between doing Licorice Pizza and staying with him,' she revealed. 'I obviously made the right choice…' The Wire hitmaker was nominated for best actress at the Golden Globes for her role in the film — definitely the right choice. Meanwhile, Danielle, 36, is 'happier than ever' while single and declared she's 'okay alone'. 'Not only okay, but so happy,' she continued. 'Sorry to be that b***h but I'm like, really having a great time being by myself. And now, unless someone's gonna make me so much more happy, I'm good.' Alana said her sister's 'sparkle' had returned as they prepare to release I Quit later this month. More Trending Haim explained the title is not meant to be a negative, instead, it's about quitting the things that no longer serve you. The trio have already dropped three singles from the new album and are heading on a UK tour later this year. They're also heavily rumoured to fill one of Glastonbury's surprise set slots, possibly the set listed as 'Patchwork', which is the name of a novel by a woman named Sylvia Haim. You can read Haim's full interview at GQ's website and on newsstands now Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: Talking Heads fans feel 'gaslit' after rumoured 50th anniversary announcement is finally revealed MORE: Miley Cyrus reveals deep regret about Sinead O'Connor spat MORE: Ross Lynch confesses he gets 'territorial' when hardcore fans misinterpret his songs
Perth Now
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Este Haim reveals relationship breakdown over her type 1 diabetes
Este Haim's boyfriend dumped her because she has diabetes. The Haim bassist - who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, where the body is unable to produce insulin correctly, when she was 14 years old - had advised her then-partner that there was a chance her future children could also develop the condition, and was stunned when his reaction was to end their relationship. In an interview with Britain's GQ magazine, Este said: "I had a guy break up with me because I said that there was a possibility that our kid would have diabetes. "He was like, 'Then why are we here?' And I was like, 'What?!'" The Haim sisters have been sharing their dating woes on TikTok in honour of their new single 'Relationships', and Alana Haim admitted one story she'd told was worse than she described on the platform, having ignored advice from her siblings and flown from Los Angeles to London for New Year's Eve to meet a mystery musician she'd been dating for a year, only for him to high-five her at midnight and for it to later emerge that he'd been cheating on her. She said: 'I was 20, and I was so in love with this guy in a band. Everyone thinks it's about another guy and it's not him, that theory is wrong.' Discussing flying over to the UK over the festive period, she added: 'And then he ghosted me the whole week. 'And then I found out he was cheating on me with his ex… I was devastated. Devastated!' Alana Haim, 33, also recalled another horror story, which saw her dump her boyfriend after he issued her an ultimatum when she was offered a role in 2021's 'Licorice Pizza', but she has no regrets. She said: "I had a boyfriend that gave me an ultimatum between doing 'Licorice Pizza' and staying with him. 'I obviously made the right choice ...' Singer Danielle Haim, 36, split up with the band's co-producer Ariel Rechtshaid in 2022 after nine years together, but she has learned she is more than "okay alone". She said: "Not only okay, but so happy. Sorry to be that bitch but I'm like, really having a great time being by myself. And now, unless someone's gonna make me so much more happy, I'm good." Este announced her engagement to Jonathan Levin in February. Sharing a selfie on Instagram at the time, she showed off a sparkly diamond ring on her wedding finger, and donned a blue t-shirt that read "I'm taken".
Sydney Morning Herald
6 days ago
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
Haim are everywhere right now. Even they don't know how they've managed it
Suddenly, Haim are everywhere. Open your browser and you'll be hit by one of their meme-inspired singles covers, lo-fi recreations of famous celebrity breakup paparazzi pics. Scroll TikTok and you'll see them doing a viral dance for lead single Relationships or new track Take Me Back. Head to YouTube and you'll see their cinematic video clip, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and featuring internet boyfriend Logan Lerman, or viral clips of them playing live onstage while pop icon Addison Rae cavorts louchely in front of them. For a band that's been around forever (specifically, 12 years), whose last album, 2020's Women in Music Pt III, was their biggest yet, a Grammy-nominated album of the year featuring a cameo from Taylor Swift, to drum up such anticipation for their fourth album, the upcoming I Quit, is an impressive feat. Whatever viral marketing strategy they dreamed up in their record label's boardroom has clearly worked. 'There's no strategy, it's just us,' says youngest Haim sibling Alana, who you might've also seen strolling the red carpet at Cannes last month for the premiere of Kelly Reichardt's The Mastermind, in which she stars with another internet boyfriend, Josh O'Connor. 'We grew up watching SNL and had the amazing experience of watching Molly Shannon, Cheri Oteri, Ana Gasteyer and Maya Rudolph, all these women that were so unapologetically funny. All we ever wanted to do growing up is make people laugh, so that's how we take on all these things.' It's not quite the answer I was expecting. In fact, I had about 15 questions prepared around the realities of marketing in pop, about how artists don't talk about it much even though it's such a significant part of the job, especially in the streaming era where culture moves so fast and attention spans are frayed. I figured they'd learned something from Charli XCX's 'Brat Summer', about the power of a viral TikTok dance, of flooding web-space with crowd-pleasing shenanigans and canny collaborations. I'd set aside at least half of our 30-minute interview slot for an enlightening backroom discussion about the modern business of doing pop. But no, Haim – Este (39, bass and vocals) in brown, Alana (33, keys and vocals) in tan, Danielle (36, lead vocals and guitar) in black, huddled across my screen from a 'random room in a hotel in London' where they just played a show for BBC Radio One – are telling me this whole thing is just a lucky accident? 'Just doing our thang,' laughs Alana. 'I've been asking them to dance with me since they were born,' says Este. 'There are so many family videos of Este teaching us choreography and being like, 'No, your hands go here!' Honestly, we've been Este's lab rats for dance class since I was like two years old,' says Alana, and Este nods. 'No strategy,' Danielle repeats. 'But if anyone else has the answer for that, I'd watch that video as well.' Even so, the buzz for I Quit is real. Is it difficult for an established band, a dozen years into their career, to make people excited for album number four? Is there more effort involved in convincing people to listen? 'We're still in the pinch-me phase of the fact we get to tour the world together and put out albums,' says Alana. 'And especially for this album, we were all single making this album. We were going out, we were going to bars, we were dancing, we were getting drunk together again like we were 16 years old. All we were put on this earth to do is bring happiness and play music, and the fact we get to do that together is the greatest gift of all time. We're just riding the wave.' It helps when your fourth album is this good. I Quit is Haim at the peak of their creative powers. Coming out of Danielle's split from a decade-long relationship with Ariel Rechtshaid, the hit songwriter and producer who helmed the first three Haim albums, it feels like a seminal breakup album. If the band's Stonesy-rock DNA and California harmonies underpin each song, there are also intriguing experiments, no doubt prompted by the fact noted knob-twiddler Rostam Batmanglij (formerly of Vampire Weekend) has taken over lead producer duties. 'Watching Danielle and him producing was like watching a ballet,' says Alana. 'They speak the same language. And I've said it from the beginning, this is the closest we've ever gotten to sounding like how we've always wanted to sound. On Women in Music Part III, we kind of half-opened the door, and then with this album it's definitely the most Haim-sounding album we've ever made.' If you Ctrl-F'd my album notes, the word that comes up most is 'freedom'. In its free-for-all playfulness and Danielle's songs attacking all stages of post-breakup relief and grief, the album emits freedom sonically, thematically and, to start, even literally. On the raucous opener Gone, the band samples George Michael's Freedom! '90. You can picture Danielle with arms out, head to the sky, yelling 'freedom!' , as a gospel choir praises her overdue release from a bad relationship. It's a ridiculous way to open a breakup record: hilarious, over-the-top, celebratory and self-skewering all at once. 'That was the last song we wrote for the album,' says Danielle. 'We didn't mean for there to be a through-line or a story to the album, but as it was shaping up we were like, 'This is feeling like a really powerful story' and it felt like we needed an intro.' Inspired by Beyonce's Cowboy Carter, which she'd been listening to on repeat, Danielle realised Haim had never used a sample. 'So we were like, let's try it. We're such huge George Michael fans, we thought why don't we try to do this sample justice and try to invite the listener in on this little journey.' The process of securing a George Michael sample involves sending his estate a heartfelt email and then letting the lawyers do their job. 'Honestly, I was like, I don't wanna know, just tell me it's cleared,' laughs Alana. 'I think getting the approval of that estate was a really big deal for us, because we obviously are such big fans,' says Danielle. 'It's the first sample we've ever used, and it was very nice.' Weirdly enough, the song that launched Haim's I Quit era – lead single Relationships – was written on a plane from Melbourne to Sydney back in 2017, during the band's promo tour for their second album Something To Tell You, a remarkable result for such a short flight. 'It's amazing, but a little frustrating, that I get these weird waves of inspiration right as planes are taking off,' says Danielle. 'I just plucked out a few chords, and the chorus – 'I think I'm in love, but I can't stand f—ing relationships' – came down as something fully formed into my head, which, as songwriters, is really rare.' She showed it to her sisters as soon as they landed, who agreed there was something to it but suggested Danielle tuck it away till they got home as they were literally walking into album promo. When they got home they showed it to collaborator Tobias Jesso Jr, fixed some lyrics, and then held on to it for years. 'I think some people didn't get it at the time, but we always knew it was special,' says Danielle. 'It wasn't until, like, a year and a half ago that we finally cracked it open. The response to it has been amazing. We were all like, 'See, we knew it!'.' Holding on to a track for years isn't unknown to Haim: the same thing happened with their smash The Wire, which was written in 2008 but released in 2013. It does bring up an uncomfortable elephant in the room, though. Danielle was barely into her relationship with Rechtshaid in 2017. Was she already feeling misgivings that far back? The band fumble silently; I catch Danielle and Este stifle a smirk. 'It's weird, sometimes you're writing something and it doesn't really feel like it's pertaining to your life at the time and then some time will roll by and you'll be like, wait, I was really going through it then,' says Danielle. 'Or maybe I was forecasting something, I don't know. The songwriting gods are very mystical. But we love them, please don't ever leave us.' The pop canon is filled with beloved breakup albums: Joni's Blue, Alanis' Jagged Little Pill, Beyonce's Lemonade, Ariana's Thank U, Next. Do Haim think of I Quit as part of the same tradition? Danielle scrunches her lip. 'We think of it more as a 'being single' album,' she says. 'Because that's where we were, we were all single and exploring the feelings of being that.' To get back to the meme-making of it all, the idea to recreate famous celebrity breakup moments for their ongoing singles cover art – the image of Nicole Kidman, arms raised in ecstasy, leaving the courthouse after signing her divorce papers from Tom Cruise (debunked, but still); the image of Scarlett Johansson warmly embracing Jared Leto while he stares off bored into his phone – are these not thematic nods to the fallibility of high-profile relationships? Loading 'All that stuff just goes back to getting a computer,' says Alana. 'That's what we would do as siblings when we first got the internet, you would see all these photos for the first time and it just made us laugh. There's such a plethora of funny photos on the internet, and we just wanted to recreate them. It's fun.' I tell them I appreciated the obsessive level of detail on the Keira Knightley and Jamie Dornan picture for new single, Take Me Back. 'We just did that, like, three days ago when we were in Manchester,' Danielle laughs. Are there any more in the bag? 'Who knows, we have no idea. This is all very rough and tumble,' says Alana. 'Again: no strategy,' adds Este.
The Age
6 days ago
- Business
- The Age
Haim are everywhere right now. Even they don't know how they've managed it
Suddenly, Haim are everywhere. Open your browser and you'll be hit by one of their meme-inspired singles covers, lo-fi recreations of famous celebrity breakup paparazzi pics. Scroll TikTok and you'll see them doing a viral dance for lead single Relationships or new track Take Me Back. Head to YouTube and you'll see their cinematic video clip, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and featuring internet boyfriend Logan Lerman, or viral clips of them playing live onstage while pop icon Addison Rae cavorts louchely in front of them. For a band that's been around forever (specifically, 12 years), whose last album, 2020's Women in Music Pt III, was their biggest yet, a Grammy-nominated album of the year featuring a cameo from Taylor Swift, to drum up such anticipation for their fourth album, the upcoming I Quit, is an impressive feat. Whatever viral marketing strategy they dreamed up in their record label's boardroom has clearly worked. 'There's no strategy, it's just us,' says youngest Haim sibling Alana, who you might've also seen strolling the red carpet at Cannes last month for the premiere of Kelly Reichardt's The Mastermind, in which she stars with another internet boyfriend, Josh O'Connor. 'We grew up watching SNL and had the amazing experience of watching Molly Shannon, Cheri Oteri, Ana Gasteyer and Maya Rudolph, all these women that were so unapologetically funny. All we ever wanted to do growing up is make people laugh, so that's how we take on all these things.' It's not quite the answer I was expecting. In fact, I had about 15 questions prepared around the realities of marketing in pop, about how artists don't talk about it much even though it's such a significant part of the job, especially in the streaming era where culture moves so fast and attention spans are frayed. I figured they'd learned something from Charli XCX's 'Brat Summer', about the power of a viral TikTok dance, of flooding web-space with crowd-pleasing shenanigans and canny collaborations. I'd set aside at least half of our 30-minute interview slot for an enlightening backroom discussion about the modern business of doing pop. But no, Haim – Este (39, bass and vocals) in brown, Alana (33, keys and vocals) in tan, Danielle (36, lead vocals and guitar) in black, huddled across my screen from a 'random room in a hotel in London' where they just played a show for BBC Radio One – are telling me this whole thing is just a lucky accident? 'Just doing our thang,' laughs Alana. 'I've been asking them to dance with me since they were born,' says Este. 'There are so many family videos of Este teaching us choreography and being like, 'No, your hands go here!' Honestly, we've been Este's lab rats for dance class since I was like two years old,' says Alana, and Este nods. 'No strategy,' Danielle repeats. 'But if anyone else has the answer for that, I'd watch that video as well.' Even so, the buzz for I Quit is real. Is it difficult for an established band, a dozen years into their career, to make people excited for album number four? Is there more effort involved in convincing people to listen? 'We're still in the pinch-me phase of the fact we get to tour the world together and put out albums,' says Alana. 'And especially for this album, we were all single making this album. We were going out, we were going to bars, we were dancing, we were getting drunk together again like we were 16 years old. All we were put on this earth to do is bring happiness and play music, and the fact we get to do that together is the greatest gift of all time. We're just riding the wave.' It helps when your fourth album is this good. I Quit is Haim at the peak of their creative powers. Coming out of Danielle's split from a decade-long relationship with Ariel Rechtshaid, the hit songwriter and producer who helmed the first three Haim albums, it feels like a seminal breakup album. If the band's Stonesy-rock DNA and California harmonies underpin each song, there are also intriguing experiments, no doubt prompted by the fact noted knob-twiddler Rostam Batmanglij (formerly of Vampire Weekend) has taken over lead producer duties. 'Watching Danielle and him producing was like watching a ballet,' says Alana. 'They speak the same language. And I've said it from the beginning, this is the closest we've ever gotten to sounding like how we've always wanted to sound. On Women in Music Part III, we kind of half-opened the door, and then with this album it's definitely the most Haim-sounding album we've ever made.' If you Ctrl-F'd my album notes, the word that comes up most is 'freedom'. In its free-for-all playfulness and Danielle's songs attacking all stages of post-breakup relief and grief, the album emits freedom sonically, thematically and, to start, even literally. On the raucous opener Gone, the band samples George Michael's Freedom! '90. You can picture Danielle with arms out, head to the sky, yelling 'freedom!' , as a gospel choir praises her overdue release from a bad relationship. It's a ridiculous way to open a breakup record: hilarious, over-the-top, celebratory and self-skewering all at once. 'That was the last song we wrote for the album,' says Danielle. 'We didn't mean for there to be a through-line or a story to the album, but as it was shaping up we were like, 'This is feeling like a really powerful story' and it felt like we needed an intro.' Inspired by Beyonce's Cowboy Carter, which she'd been listening to on repeat, Danielle realised Haim had never used a sample. 'So we were like, let's try it. We're such huge George Michael fans, we thought why don't we try to do this sample justice and try to invite the listener in on this little journey.' The process of securing a George Michael sample involves sending his estate a heartfelt email and then letting the lawyers do their job. 'Honestly, I was like, I don't wanna know, just tell me it's cleared,' laughs Alana. 'I think getting the approval of that estate was a really big deal for us, because we obviously are such big fans,' says Danielle. 'It's the first sample we've ever used, and it was very nice.' Weirdly enough, the song that launched Haim's I Quit era – lead single Relationships – was written on a plane from Melbourne to Sydney back in 2017, during the band's promo tour for their second album Something To Tell You, a remarkable result for such a short flight. 'It's amazing, but a little frustrating, that I get these weird waves of inspiration right as planes are taking off,' says Danielle. 'I just plucked out a few chords, and the chorus – 'I think I'm in love, but I can't stand f—ing relationships' – came down as something fully formed into my head, which, as songwriters, is really rare.' She showed it to her sisters as soon as they landed, who agreed there was something to it but suggested Danielle tuck it away till they got home as they were literally walking into album promo. When they got home they showed it to collaborator Tobias Jesso Jr, fixed some lyrics, and then held on to it for years. 'I think some people didn't get it at the time, but we always knew it was special,' says Danielle. 'It wasn't until, like, a year and a half ago that we finally cracked it open. The response to it has been amazing. We were all like, 'See, we knew it!'.' Holding on to a track for years isn't unknown to Haim: the same thing happened with their smash The Wire, which was written in 2008 but released in 2013. It does bring up an uncomfortable elephant in the room, though. Danielle was barely into her relationship with Rechtshaid in 2017. Was she already feeling misgivings that far back? The band fumble silently; I catch Danielle and Este stifle a smirk. 'It's weird, sometimes you're writing something and it doesn't really feel like it's pertaining to your life at the time and then some time will roll by and you'll be like, wait, I was really going through it then,' says Danielle. 'Or maybe I was forecasting something, I don't know. The songwriting gods are very mystical. But we love them, please don't ever leave us.' The pop canon is filled with beloved breakup albums: Joni's Blue, Alanis' Jagged Little Pill, Beyonce's Lemonade, Ariana's Thank U, Next. Do Haim think of I Quit as part of the same tradition? Danielle scrunches her lip. 'We think of it more as a 'being single' album,' she says. 'Because that's where we were, we were all single and exploring the feelings of being that.' To get back to the meme-making of it all, the idea to recreate famous celebrity breakup moments for their ongoing singles cover art – the image of Nicole Kidman, arms raised in ecstasy, leaving the courthouse after signing her divorce papers from Tom Cruise (debunked, but still); the image of Scarlett Johansson warmly embracing Jared Leto while he stares off bored into his phone – are these not thematic nods to the fallibility of high-profile relationships? Loading 'All that stuff just goes back to getting a computer,' says Alana. 'That's what we would do as siblings when we first got the internet, you would see all these photos for the first time and it just made us laugh. There's such a plethora of funny photos on the internet, and we just wanted to recreate them. It's fun.' I tell them I appreciated the obsessive level of detail on the Keira Knightley and Jamie Dornan picture for new single, Take Me Back. 'We just did that, like, three days ago when we were in Manchester,' Danielle laughs. Are there any more in the bag? 'Who knows, we have no idea. This is all very rough and tumble,' says Alana. 'Again: no strategy,' adds Este.
The Irish Sun
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Glastonbury fans ‘work out' HUGE US band's secret set at festival as mysterious band name appears on line up
GLASTONBURY fans say they have "worked out" that a HUGE US band will play a secret set at this year's festival. It comes just hours after organisers revealed the Advertisement 4 Glastonbury Festival fans think they have worked out who will play a secret set Credit: Getty 4 It comes as organisers revealed the full line-up - but have added a mysterious act to the schedule Credit: Getty With just three weeks to go, Glastonbury organisers have shared the complete schedule. However, there are still several 'TBA' slots that hint at secret sets on the Pyramid Stage and beyond. With this in mind, fans have a brand new theory about who could make a surprise appearance at the legendary festival. On the freshly released Glastonbury schedule, the Saturday 6.15pm slot has a mysterious band called "Patchwork", and fans have been trying to work out what it means. Advertisement read more on GLASTONBURY It follows a similar mystery in 2023 when ChurnUps were revealed to be the Foo Fighters. Taking to Reddit to discuss, revellers think they have worked out who it is - and One fan said: "Patchwork is a book by the author Sylvia Haim..." Another added: "Yep, that Patchwork book observation that people have made pretty much confirms that it's them in my opinion ." Advertisement Most read in Music This one commented: "It's Haim they have a gig the day before in Margate." American group Haim, who are based in Los Angeles are made up up three sisters - Este, Danielle, and Alana Haim. Recently reunited noughties pop band accidentally reveal secret Glastonbury set Known for songs like Summer Girl and Lost Track, the band have been thrilling fans since 2007. This year's headliners include The 1975, Neil Young and Olivia Rodrigo Advertisement The rest of the bill features big-name acts such as The festival kicks off on Wednesday, June 25, with two opening ceremonies. The bands will take to the stage from June 27 to June 29. 4 Fans think they have worked out that Haim will be playing at Glastonbury Credit: Getty Images - Getty Advertisement 4 The US band is made up up three sisters - Este, Danielle, and Alana Haim Credit: Getty Glastonbury: Pyramid Stage line-up 2025 FRIDAY THE 1975: 22:15 – 23:45 BIFFY CLYRO: 20:15 – 21:15 ALANIS MORISSETTE: 18:15 – 19:15 TBA: 16:55 – 17:30 BURNING SPEAR: 15:00 – 16:00 CMAT: 13:30 – 14:30 SUPERGRASS: 12:00 – 13:00 SATURDAY NEIL YOUNG AND THE CHROME HEARTS: 22:00 – 23:45 RAYE: 20:00 – 21:00 PATCHWORK: 18:15 – 19:15 JOHN FOGERTY: 16:30 – 17:30 THE SCRIPT: 15:00 – 16:00 BRANDI CARLILE: 13:30 – 14:30 KAISER CHIEFS: 12:00 – 13:00 SUNDAY OLIVIA RODRIGO: 21:45 – 23:15 NOAH KAHAN: 19:45 – 20:45 NILE RODGERS & CHIC: 18:00 – 19:00 ROD STEWART: 15:45 – 17:15 THE LIBERTINES: 14:00 – 15:00 CELESTE: 12:30 – 13:30 THE SELECTER: 11:15 – 12:00
