The singer-songwriter draws on her pursuit of a music career in Los Angeles to offer encouragement to others following an uncertain path.
LOS ANGELES — Hollywood has long represented the promise of being discovered. For
singer-songwriter LANDA, it also represents the daily work of building a life around music — and finding the motivation to keep going when the outcome is unclear.
Released in July 2026, her single “Hollywood” connects that personal experience with a broader message of encouragement. As she pursues her career in Los Angeles, LANDA wants the song to support listeners who are working toward dreams of their own.
Born Polina Salionova, LANDA studied at Musicians Institute in Los Angeles, developing her craft in a city where emerging artists share stages, form collaborations and compete for attention. Her relationship with the city has continued through live performances and songwriting, making it both a professional destination and a source of material.
She has performed at venues including The Viper Room, The Peppermint Club, El Cid and Molly Malone’s, and held a Friday residency at Petit Ermitage. Those appearances have given her opportunities to bring her songs directly to audiences and develop her presence beyond recorded releases.
Her catalog includes “Last Waltz,” “So Complicated,” “Paranoia,” “Share My Love” and “Lavender.” Across her work, she returns to subjects such as love, uncertainty and the decision to move forward.
“Hollywood” brings that last theme into focus, connecting her ambitions as an artist with the emotional experience of pursuing them.
The release arrives during a period in which LANDA is again spending time in Los Angeles and working to expand her musical career. That gives the song a personal context: she is writing about a pursuit she is still living through.
For an independent artist, a release is one part of an ongoing process. Rehearsals, performances, creative relationships and the next song continue after a track becomes available. LANDA’s story offers a view of that work from the perspective of someone still building her place in the industry.
With “Hollywood,” she turns her attention toward the people making that same effort in their own lives. The setting is Los Angeles, but the hope behind the song reaches beyond it: that someone listening will find a little more courage to continue.
LOS ANGELES — For singer-songwriter LANDA, the memories behind her upcoming single begin in a Hollywood apartment. Written while she was going through a breakup, “I Close the Door” captures the difficulty of leaving a relationship when familiar surroundings still hold reminders of it.
Scheduled for release on October 16, 2026, the song draws from a personal chapter in the artist’s life. LANDA associates it closely with the apartment where she lived at the time — a place that remains part of how she remembers the separation.
That connection gives the title a particular intimacy. Closing a door is an ordinary action, but at the end of a relationship, it can carry the weight of a goodbye. The song explores that moment and the feelings that continue after it.
Its six-eight rhythm gives the music a swaying pulse, accompanying a story rooted in the uncertainty of letting go. For LANDA, the apartment is more than a setting: it anchors the song to a specific place and experience. Performing it brings her back to that chapter of her life.
Hollywood also provides a personal backdrop to the release. The neighborhood is part of the Los Angeles where LANDA has studied, performed and pursued her music career, while experiencing the relationships and changes that inform her writing.
Born Polina Salionova, LANDA studied at Musicians Institute in Los Angeles. Her live performance experience includes appearances at The Viper Room, The Peppermint Club, El Cid and Molly Malone’s, as well as a Friday residency at Petit Ermitage.
In 2024, she received the Music Box Award for Best New Artist in the Female Category, a milestone in her career as a recording and performing artist.
“I Close the Door” follows her July 2026 release, “Hollywood,” offering a more intimate perspective on a place that has become central to her story. Where “Hollywood” reflects her pursuit of a dream, the upcoming single returns to a private experience within that same city.
Through the new release, LANDA shares a memory that is distinctly her own, yet familiar to anyone who has said goodbye and found that a room, a home or a doorway still brings it all back.
