Kristin Hayter Ending Lingua Ignota Project Early 2023

Karan Singh November 2nd, 2022 - 11:10 AM

Multi-instrumentalist prodigy Kristin Hayter has announced that she will be retiring Lingua Ignota, the experimental alias and project she is best known for, early next year. This morning, she put out a statement explaining that her decision is driven by a need to preserve her mental health and keep herself from being “mired in the past.” Read the full Instagram post below:

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Hayter also shared the following statement with Pitchfork:

“I have been making a lot of changes in my life, and my music needs to change in tandem. So while I may continue as Lingua Ignota—if I can transform the project in a way that makes sense for my health and healing—I will be retiring all music I’ve made up till now after my upcoming tour and a few unannounced special performances in spring of 2023. This music has been excruciating to perform, and I know that what is healthiest for me is to stop performing it. I am proud of what I have accomplished so far and I look forward to what the future holds, I am in no way leaving music behind and will continue to build this world, but this world will look different.”