Fresh from a successful UK and European tour, musician, singer, and songwriter A.A. Williams — renowned for her atmospheric and emotionally charged sound — returns with a new video single, "Hold It Together". The track is taken from her upcoming third album, Solstice, due for release on 5 June via Reigning Phoenix Music.
"Hold It Together" explores the fragile tension between resilience and internal collapse. With her signature blend of haunting atmosphere, immersive sonics, and emotional intensity, the London‑based artist captures the experience of carrying deep feeling while presenting calm on the surface.
Speaking about the song, A.A. Williams explains: "Silence exists where you long for answers, a bleak fragility that you daren't disturb. Where beauty stood, only the faintest glow remains, afraid of smothering it, you shrink into a mould of your own making. Your edges dulled, your features disappearing, you put on that brave face, not knowing whether you do it to protect others or yourself. You smile, you carry on, feeling everything, showing nothing".
The track unfolds with quiet intensity, balancing vulnerability and restraint while drawing listeners into its immersive and emotionally rich soundscape.
Solstice finds A.A. Williams standing at the threshold between shadow and renewal, shaping songs that feel carved from storms and starlight. Known for her haunting vocals, cinematic dynamics and emotional clarity, Williams expands her sonic world with music that moves like a ritual through shifting seasons. Moments of stark intimacy rise into surging crescendos as guitars swell and crash like gathering weather, anchored by a formidable sense of weight and scale. Strings glow with fragile warmth before giving way to waves of heavy distortion and all-encompassing catharsis, while her voice rises from quiet confession to commanding intensity. Drawn from years of global touring, acclaimed collaborations and boundary-pushing reinterpretations, Solstice captures an artist in full command of her craft — intimate yet immense, delicate yet thunderous — guiding listeners through darkness towards a distant, resolute dawn.
For the previously revealed two singles, follow the links HERE, and check out A.A. Williams' upcoming live dates below. Link
* A.A. Williams - Live 2026:
09/05 - DK Copenhagen, A Colossal Weekend
23/05 - DE Leipzig, Wave Gotik Treffen
03/06 - PL Gdansk, Mystic Festival
06/06 - FI Tampere, Ankea Festival
13/06 - IT Ferrara Summer Fest w/ A Perfect Circle
18/06 - HR Zagreb, SRC Salata w/ A Perfect Circle
23/06 - NL Tilburg, 013 w/ A Perfect Circle
24/06 - NL Amsterdam, AFAS Live w/ A Perfect Circle
07/08 - CZ Jaromer, Brutal Assault
22/08 - UK Bristol, Arctangent Festival
29/08 - NL Maastricht, Pelagic Fest
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