Hana is the seventh studio album by English singer-songwriter Sophie Ellis-Bextor, released through Cooking Vinyl on 2 June 2023. The album is her third and final to be produced by Ed Harcourt, alongside Wanderlust (2014) and Familia (2016). Musically, Ellis-Bextor sought to create a fantastical world for the album, inspired by a trip to Japan shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. a b c "Albums: New music from Foo Fighters, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Rufus Wainwright and Noel Gallagher". The Irish News. 1 June 2023 . Retrieved 7 June 2023. Hana is an album exploring themes such as optimism, adventure and mortality. It was supported by the singles "Breaking the Circle", "Everything Is Sweet" and "Lost in the Sunshine". Reviewers praised the individuality of the album and found it a fitting addition to Ellis Bextor's discography, but held mixed opinions on the results of her continued collaboration with Harcourt. Williams-Chalmers, Jeremy (3 June 2023). "Albums: Sophie Ellis-Bextor Hana". The Yorkshire Times . Retrieved 11 June 2023.

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Ellis-Bextor was born in London to Janet Ellis, who was a presenter on BBC's children's television programmes Blue Peter and Jigsaw, and Robin Bextor, a film producer and director; they separated when she was four. [6] As a child, Ellis-Bextor occasionally appeared on Blue Peter alongside her mother who presented the programme. [7]

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Sophie Ellis-Bextor shares video for 'Breaking the Circle' & announces London album launch show at Lafayette". XS Noize. 1 March 2023 . Retrieved 9 June 2023. Sophie Ellis-Bextor to play with husband's band The Feeling at new Swiss festival as she teams up with DJ Armin van Buuren for new single". Daily Mirror. 9 December 2009 . Retrieved 17 August 2010.

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Harrison, Quentin (10 June 2023). "Sophie Ellis-Bextor Triumphs with Enchanting Hana". Albumism . Retrieved 11 June 2023. Trip the Light Fantastic, Ellis-Bextor's third album, was released in May 2007 and reached number seven in the UK. [2] The album produced three singles: " Catch You" (number 8 in the UK), " Me and My Imagination" (number 23), and " Today the Sun's on Us" (number 64). [23] The song "If I Can't Dance" was announced as a single but later retracted. [24] [25]

Premiered on Zoe Ball’s Breakfast show on BBC Radio 2, new single ‘Breaking The Circle’ follows Sophie’s Radio 2 A-Listed single ‘Hypnotized’ with Wuh Oh last year (currently at over 1.5M streams) and her most recent album ‘Sophie Ellis- Bextor’s Kitchen Disco: Live from the London Palladium’, which was also her first live album.