Lily Fitts
Singer/songwriter Lily Fitts has just released her debut album Getting By. It’s rare that I take the time to really listen to a record without skipping any song. Lily Fitts definitely delivered one of the best albums of the year in my opinion. Exploring the highs and lows of life on this record, Fitts wrote from a place of vulnerability and honesty.
"If listeners take anything from this album, let it be this: it’s okay to not have it all figured out, it’s okay to break, it’s okay to feel like you’re just surviving some days,” Lily shares. “But even in the chaos, there’s still strength, there’s still beauty in being vulnerable, and there’s always a glimmer of hope that can pull you through.”
This July, she’ll open for Noah Kahan at BST Hyde Park in London.
Fitt’s first-ever headline tour, The Getting By Tour, is also on sale now with dates across the U.S., plus a sold-out UK debut at The Grace in London on July 3. She’ll also join Willow Avalon and Max McNown on select U.S. and EU dates this summer and fall.
“Getting By” is now available everywhere !
Photo credit: Ryan Simmons
Hi Lily - how are you? What's your story?
I’m doing great! I’m a singer-songwriter from Boston, Massachusetts. I’ve been singing for forever and started playing the guitar when I was 9 years old. I was infatuated with Taylor Swift and her writing style from the moment I heard “Our Song” and became obsessed with writing music and recording videos. I posted my first YouTube video at 10 years old covering Green Day’s “Good Riddance” and never looked back since. I always knew I wanted to help others in some capacity, and in middle school and high school, I really liked math and science, especially the medical world. So, I thought I’ll become a doctor! I went to college and studied biochemistry and microbiology on the pre-med track and graduated from UMass Amherst. I posted a Tik Tok re-writing “Stick Season” by Noah Kahan and it went viral. After that, I continued posting and people kept coming back. At that point, I was about to enter my Senior year of college at UMass Amherst, and I didn’t think much of it. I continued posting covers throughout the year that got the attention of Zach Bryan who invited me out to LA to perform with him, and also had the opportunity to work with co-writers and go into recording studios for the first time. I think after those moments I thought to myself, I can do this and the rest is history.
You're about to release your debut album Getting By, how does it feel like to release this first record ever?
It’s such an exciting but scary feeling. You work so hard on these songs for over a year and then finally it’s just out on a random Friday of the month and you just hope and pray that people love it as much as you do. My writing is very honest, sometimes brutally honest I like to say, and I pour my heart out in every lyric. It’s my truth and I am so excited for people to hear it, and I hope that they can resonate with it in one way or another, or they just enjoy it!
Could you describe the songwriting/production process behind this album? Who helped you create it? When did you start working on it?
This album has some songs written on it almost 2 years ago, so this has been a process of over 2 years of creating this record. I worked with many collaborators and it was produced mainly by the incredible David Baron up in the Catskills of NY, as well as with Ryan Linvill, Jeremy Schmetterer, Josh Bruce Williams, and Alex Koste. I also worked on these songs with amazing songwriters like Mags Duval, Peter Fenn, Grant Averill, Morgan Nagler, Jackson Morgan, Griff Clawson, Nicky Youre and Victoria Zaro!
What different topics are you talking about on this album?
There are so many different topics discussed, but it goes into my experiences with heartbreak, anxiety, depression, toxic relationships, grief, anger, self-doubt, self-sabotage, and reflecting on all of it.
What message do you want to deliver through this first record?
Getting By is a deeply personal reflection, a journey through the emotional highs and lows I’ve faced over the past years. Life hasn’t been simple or straightforward, it’s been chaotic, messy, and overwhelming. Through the heartbreak that hollowed me out, the shadows of anxiety and depression, toxic relationships, grief, anger, self-doubt, and self-sabotage, I’ve learned how to keep moving forward even when it feels impossible.
Each song is a piece of that process, a moment I needed to confront, express, and then release. It’s honest, and it’s the kind of truth I used to be afraid to speak out loud. It’s about reclaiming my voice and my power, and choosing to own my story rather than let it own me.
If listeners take anything from this, let it be this: it’s okay to not have it all figured out, it’s okay to break, it’s okay to feel like you’re just surviving some days. Even on the days you can’t see it, know that you're healing, and that’s a quiet kind of strength no one can take from you. I hope you find comfort in some way.
You're getting ready to go on your first ever headline tour, and you will also join Willow Avalon and Max McNown on tour, how do you prepare yourself for big tours like these?
Practice, practice, practice. As someone who is still fairly new to the live side, it’s so important for me to understand every aspect of what’s going on, all of the parts, rehearse, and make sure I feel comfortable on the inside and out.
What does performing make you feel?
Performing lights me up, it pushes me to let my guard down and let the music speak for itself. The energy you feel up there is like no other. I also love meeting people before and after the shows, putting faces to names of my supporters I constantly see online and
What biggest life lessons have you learned so far?
Don’t let others' opinions distort your vision of who you are and who you want to continue being. People will always have something to say, and not everyone is going to love or even like what you do. But let them talk, and let the music do the talking. Take the jump, take the risks because nothing ever grows in comfort.
In your opinion, what would make the world a BETTER place?
We're all experiencing life for the first time, trying to find our way through a complicated and often overwhelming world. If we made the effort to truly understand one another—to see the person behind their choices, the struggles behind their silence—we might be slower to judge and quicker to show compassion. A little more understanding could go a long way in creating a better world for everyone.
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