Erin Hartsfield makes music on her phone and laptop from her home in upper Texas. She doesn’t have much choice. The twenty-year-old, who records under the name https://www.tiktok.com/@eriettiefawn, lives with dysautonomia and POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome), conditions that make walking difficult and keep her largely homebound. “I’m chronically ill, and can’t walk well, so I’m mostly homebound,” she says. On January 15, she released “atypical,” a seven-track debut that sounds like it came from someone with years of studio experience rather than a newcomer working within significant physical limitations.
The title fits. There’s nothing typical about making a polished electronic pop record from your bedroom while managing chronic illness, handling every aspect of production yourself, and ending up with something that holds together as a cohesive artistic statement. Yet that’s exactly what Eriettie has done.
The album clocks in just under twenty minutes, but Eriettie covers a lot of ground in that time. Opening track “i know” establishes the template: dreamy vocals floating over a prominent bass line with enough atmosphere to fill a small venue. It’s the kind of track that takes most bedroom producers several projects to figure out. Eriettie nails it on her first official release.
The first four tracks maintain that ethereal electronic pop mood before “need me” arrives and changes the equation entirely. The fifth track drops into darker territory with harder percussion and a rap-influenced instrumental bed. It’s a genuine surprise, and Eriettie’s voice adapts to the shift without losing what makes it distinctive. Where the earlier songs let her vocals drift, “need me” goes somewhere more adventurous and intense.
The closing track “far from here” moves in the opposite direction, bringing in acoustic guitar and ending the album on a higher note. Both tracks stand out as highlights precisely because they pull away from the dreamy center of the album in different directions. “need me” goes darker and harder while “far from here” goes brighter and more organic. Together they reveal an artist whose voice works across a wider range of production styles than the first four tracks might suggest. For a debut, that kind of range is notable.
Eriettie has been singing since she was five, performing in churches and talent competitions throughout her childhood in upper Texas. Music has been part of her life from an early age. She cites Billie Eilish as her biggest influence, having discovered the singer at twelve through the “don’t smile at me” EP. Pastel Ghost and Sofia Isella round out her current rotation. Those reference points come through in “atypical” without feeling like imitation. The ghostly vocal textures and atmospheric production owe something to those artists, but Eriettie is building her own sound rather than copying someone else’s.
She started releasing music in 2023 before reorganizing her catalog into this debut album. “I made my music by myself on my phone and laptop,” she says, a fact that makes the production quality even more impressive. Looking ahead, she dreams of performing live someday. “Even a small venue of just a hundred people would be a dream come true.”
Whether that happens will depend on factors beyond her control. What she can control is the music itself, and “atypical” makes a strong case that she knows exactly what she’s doing. A phone, a laptop, a bedroom in Texas, and a set of health challenges that would sideline most people. That’s what Eriettie had to work with, and she turned it into one of the more impressive debut projects you’ll hear from a new artist this year. Nothing typical about it.
You can find Eriettie on Instagram, TikTok, Spotify, and Apple Music.
