HVN: You better believe 'Heaven Can't Save You' but it sure sounds nice-nice

The time to shine brighter than ever is now for HVN in 2023. The hip-hop artist is keeping all eyes on his non-stop grind courtesy of the newly released Heaven Can’t Save You studio release and needless to say? It slaps.

HVN delivers with his new ‘Heaven Can’t Save You’ album

With the replay value sky-high, it’s safe to say the newest audio offering from the Texas native is start to finish solid. No over the top guest features, just pure audio flames on the 15-track release.

Today, multi-talented Houston rapper HVN (pronounced “heaven”) pulls back the curtain on HEAVEN CAN’T SAVE YOU, his intimate new album. It includes the critically acclaimed singles "MESSY" and "BOOTED" as well as more than a dozen new tracks. Throughout HEAVEN CAN’T SAVE YOU, HVN flexes the sort of vocal, thematic, and even spiritual elasticity that makes him not only one of the most magnetic artists in music today—but one of the most nuanced. On “LOW LIFE” he slinks through delightfully off-kilter drums, while on songs like “PRODUCT OF SINS” or “SEX, MEDS, MUDD” he seems to sink into the heavy low end as if it was quicksand.

Above all else, HEAVEN CAN’T SAVE YOU is a record about finding both the beauty and the pain in the muck and grime of everyday life, here represented by the bass, distortion, and sophisticated arrangements. Produced and mixed mostly by Broadday and Anthony Kilhoffer, a frequent collaborator of Travis Scott, Kanye West, Jay Z, and Kid Cudi, the album also cuts close to the bone in terms of personal writing. 

“They don’t know the pain I’m going through,” he reveals on the shimmering “SCREWED UP.” “Mixing the drugs missing the love, missing the love mixing the drugs” as if he can’t tell anymore what the difference would be in prioritizing one over the other. HEAVEN CAN’T SAVE YOU also features “MESSY,” HVN’s hypnotic comeback single from this April. “MESSY” was HVN’s first release since ALL GIRLS GO TO HEAVEN, his acclaimed EP from 2021. 

That eight-song set showcased his versatility, from the yearning “4AM” to the poise of “HELLSCAT,” the electronic buzz of “HISNEYLAND” to the patient swing of “SOUTH.” At first, music was an afterthought. But when he began writing and recording in earnest, he was similarly all-in, tapping his veins to write some of the most incisive, evocative songs of his generation, earning co-signs from the likes of Don Toliver, Omar Apollo, Kevin Abstract, and the late Virgil Abloh. While he’s been absent for a minute, it sounds as if the rest of the industry has yet to catch up to HVN’s last round of sonic innovations.

HVN hits the green light on dropping 'All Girls Go To Heaven' EP

Truthfully? This post should really be in the ATC Previews, Reviews + More column but there are sometimes artists worthy of sneaking into the main stage - the NEWS. Fortunately for Houston’s HVN, he’s worthy of getting the spotlight courtesy of dropping his new All Girls Go To Heaven EP.

HVN hits the green light on dropping new EP

After mounted anticipation, HVM dropped the project to the masses just in time for Hump Day. The project comes with nearly 10 songs and all of them are hard-hitting anthems.

Houston rapper and creative HVN releases his brand new EP, ALL GIRLS GO TO HEAVEN overnight. ALL GIRLS GO TO HEAVEN is a stacked project featuring eight head swivelling tracks that contemplates the young artist’s troubled past while wrestling with the future ahead. Tracks like “HELLSCAT” and “HISNEYLAND” hits hard teetering on digicore sounds and glitchy production value while HVN comes off philosophical on “MARINE” and “SIMPLE”; which comes paired with an incredible electric guitar outro. For a full tracklisting, see below, and to listen to the project, visit: https://HVN.lnk.to/allgirlsgotoheaven.

In just the past few months, HVM has built himself a massive following and ample accolades outside of strong ATC co-signs.

The new EP is a play on the artist’s own name and the follow up to his debut project Welcome to Heaven (2020) which spawned breakout hit “Backhand.” Earlier this year, HVN came hot and heavy with single “Draco” as well as a fiery feature on “Smoke” off of Don Toliver’s Life Of A Don alongside SoFaygo. The young artist who has received cosigns from Virgil Abloh, Kevin Abstractt, Taco Bennett has also been spotlighted as an ‘artist to watch’ by the likes of Rolling Stone, Pigeons & Planes, Houston Chronicle, Hypebeast and more, further establishing himself as a creative force coming out of Houston.

HVN drops ‘MARINE’ music video

A few days ago, HVN came through with his must-see “MARINE” music video.