London-based, Australian-born producer, songwriter and DJ, HAAi (aka Teneil Throssell) has shared the latest track from her eagerly anticipated new album – HUMANiSE – out on 10 October 2025 via Mute on limited edition clear double gatefold vinyl and limited-edition CD in eco card packaging.
The new album – an immense evolution from her acclaimed debut – reckons with what it is to be human in an increasingly digital world, as AI threatens to eclipse everything and our screens separate us from each other.
Talking about the new track, Teneil explains, “‘Hey!’ is dedicated to the unmatched human connection we feel on the dance floor. The repeated lyrics “can’t live without you” is a nod to my love for the club and the people in it.”
‘Hey!’ follows recent tracks ‘Satellite‘ (feat. Jon Hopkins & Obi Franky & ILĀ & TRANS VOICES) and ‘Can’t Stand To Lose’, both A-listed by BBC Radio 6 Music, plus her collaboration with KAM-BU, ‘Shapeshift’. With a busy summer ahead (and behind her: recent DJ sets include Coachella, Movement, Glastonbury, helming her community-focussed night in London, UNiSON, as well as a drop in on Glamcult TV to record this intimate version of ‘Can’t Stand To Lose’), keep an eye out for dates in Ibiza, at Body Movement and across the States – full details below.
In all of her work, Teneil has always sought to conquer new frontiers in electronic music, and on the new album, she’s drilling deeper into the grid to deliver an ambitious and thrilling epic: embodying a sonic step up, exploring the sweet spot between machine-led dystopia and emotion-filled utopia.
“Throughout the album, I kept thinking about a machine with a human heart,” she says. Where previously she’s been hidden by a laptop, or obscured behind the decks, more recently she was, “inspired to return to my songwriting roots and use my voice more in my own music.” “Throughout the album, I kept thinking about a machine with a human heart,” she says. Vocals are front and centre, stunningly delicate and giving a newfound dimension to her kinetic productions. “It took a long time to get there, it’s such a vulnerable thing to do,” she continues, “but for this album, it was important for me to allow this ‘human heart’ to be front and centre.”
The human heart has another focus on the album: unity and community. HAAi explains, “Even though HUMANiSE is about how the world is starting to change beyond our control, it’s important to keep a sense of togetherness and hope.” These ideas of community and a sense of belonging is of utmost importance, and she has returned to work with friends including Jon Hopkins, Alexis Taylor from Hot Chip, singer Obi Franky and rapper KAM-BU, artist Kaiden Ford, as well as poet James Massiah, who guests on ‘All That Falls Apart’, and two choirs: TRANS VOICES with choir leader ILĀ and a gospel choir led by Wendi Rose. But this is no clique, the community she surrounds herself with is inclusive, with ample space for the listener on a journey where you are suspended in dreamlike euphoria, drawing the most human part of you to the surface – the part where nothing matters more than family, friends, and togetherness.
HUMANiSE tracklisting (cat # STUMM520)
- Satellite (feat. Jon Hopkins & Obi Franky & ILĀ & TRANS VOICES)
- All That Falls Apart / Comes Together (feat. James Massiah)
- Stitches
- Can’t Stand To Lose
- Shapeshift (feat. KAM-BU)
- Voices
- Go (feat. Kaiden Ford)
- HUMANiSE
- Hey!
- Rushing (feat. ILĀ & TRANS VOICES)
- New Euphoria (feat. Alexis Taylor & ILĀ & TRANS VOICES)
- HQ (feat. Kaiden Ford)
HAAi DJ DATES
26 July – Malta (MT), UNO
27 July – Bloemendaal aan Zee (NL), Woodstock ’69
29 July- Nice (FR), Plage de l’Hotel Amour
1 Aug – Waterford (IE), All Together Now
6 Aug – Ibiza (ES), Hï
9 Aug – Gothenburg (SW), Stay Out West, Surr Arena
14 Aug – Ibiza (ES), Amnesia
16 Aug – Zeebrugge (BE), Wecandance
22 Aug – Lincolnshire (UK), Lost Village
24 Aug – London (UK), Body Movements
27 Aug – Ibiza (ES), Pacha
29 Aug – Chicago (US), ARC Festival
30 Aug – Miami (US), Skate Rave
