Hemlocke Springs
Isimeme "Naomi" Udu (born November 17, 1998), better known as Hemlocke Springs (stylized in all lowercase), is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. She first gained attention in 2022, when her song "Girlfriend" achieved viral popularity on TikTok. She released her debut extended play, Going...Going...Gone!, on September 29, 2023. Early life and education 
Isimeme Naomi Udu was born on November 17, 1998, in Raleigh, North Carolina, to two Nigerian immigrants. She grew up in Concord, North Carolina. She took an interest in electronic music in middle school, listening to artists such as Calvin Harris and Tiesto. She also began to use GarageBand to create electronic music. She graduated from Spelman College in 2021 with a bachelor's degree in biology, and is currently working on a master's degree in medical informatics at Dartmouth College. Career

2022–present: Going...Going...Gone! On May 24, 2022, Springs released her debut single "Gimme All Ur Luv". The song gained over a million streams through Spotify and was named as "the best bedroom pop" song by Complex. She released the song "Girlfriend" on November 2, 2022, and it also surpassed one million Spotify streams with people calling it the "awkward Black girl anthem". In an interview with Rolling Stone, Springs said that she was "happy people are listening to it". She released her third single "Stranger Danger!" on January 13, 2023, and was named one of the "essential emerging artists for 2023" by New Musical Express. From May to August, she collaborated with English producer, Burns, and released three more songs. Springs released "Enknee1" on August 21, on the same day she announced her debut extended play, Going...Going...Gone!, and was released on September 29, 2023. While touring in from North America, she was an opening act for one show in Muna's Life's So Fun Tour (2023). In early Winter, the indie artist is also set to be an opening act for Ashnikko's Weedkiller Tour in Europe. Artistry

Influences 
In her middle school years, Springs was influenced by many EDM artists, primarily Swedish artist Avicii and his 2011 song "Levels". She told Alternative Press that she came up with her stage name from a random name generator and added the letter "e" to the end of "Hemlock" in honor of New Zealand singer Lorde. Music style 
Springs' style distinctly draws from lo-fi music and indie pop. With the release of "Girlfriend", Heven Haile from Pitchfork described the song as "an ideal rom-com song" that "channels the bratty bravado of Family Jewels-era Marina and the springy falsetto of Kate Bush". Many of Springs' fans compared her debut song to Canadian singer Grimes' style, with Grimes also commenting on it. Discography

Extended plays

Singles

Music videos

Tours

Supporting 
 Muna – Life's So Fun Tour (2023)
 Ashnikko – Weedkiller Tour (2023)

Filmography

Podcasts

See also 
 List of people from North Carolina

References

Further reading

External links 
 

1998 births
21st-century African-American musicians
21st-century African-American women
21st-century American singers
21st-century American songwriters
21st-century American women singers
African-American women songwriters
AWAL artists
Living people
Musicians from Raleigh, North Carolina
Singers from North Carolina
Spelman College alumni
Songwriters from North Carolina