Ben Hazelwood Strikes Once Again With 'Another Day In Paradise'

Ben Hazlewood’s ability to weave the familiar into timeless storytelling strikes once again — this time through his own reimagining of Phil Collins’ “Another Day in Paradise.” 

Rather than leaning on nostalgia alone, Hazlewood reframes the classic as something deeply present, allowing its message to breathe in a modern emotional landscape. The result is a cover that feels less like a tribute and more like a conversation across decades.

To Ben, “Another Day in Paradise” is a quiet study in empathy. The song’s core — that small shifts in awareness can radically change how we love and treat others — resonates deeply in his hands. By approaching the track with openness and restraint, he bridges nostalgia and contemporary musicianship, revealing how a song written decades ago still holds urgent relevance today. Hazlewood doesn’t overwrite the original; he listens to it, then responds.

“I worked on this track in my NYC apartment with my friend and co-writing partner,” Ben shares. “I have loved this song since I first heard it and have wanted to cover it ever since.” There’s an added layer of resonance, too: “Another Day in Paradise” was first released in 1989 — the same year Ben was born. Releasing this cover becomes a full-circle moment, tying his personal journey as an artist to a song that has quietly followed him his entire life.

The release is accompanied by a striking music video created in partnership with Lulu Shing, which recasts the track as a fever-dream tableau. Moving through tattoo artists, red rooms, housewives in crisis, and masked figures painting the mundane, the visuals unfold like fragmented acts in a neo-noir world. Each scene peels back another layer of the song’s emotional core — ink before intimacy, the veil and the fury, and the divine mess of everyday life — transforming familiarity into something uncanny and electric.

Ben Hazlewood is a firebrand vocalist and fearless storyteller, turning personal trauma into anthemic, soul-stirring pop. Rooted in raw emotion and cinematic power, his music lives where vulnerability meets rebellion. Blending rock’s grandeur, pop’s pulse, and alt-soul introspection, Ben fronts identity, heartbreak, and resilience not for spectacle, but survival. Openly queer and unapologetically honest, he isn’t chasing trends — he’s building a movement for the misfits, the dreamers, the broken, and the rising.