Lusaint has released her new EP The Apothecary (Pt. 2), completing a project that has documented a pretty important period of change in her life.
And at the centre of the new release is Tib Street, a gorgeous love letter to Manchester and the place Lusaint will always call home.
Growing up in Stretford, Greater Manchester, the singer-songwriter spent her early years listening to her parents’ jazz and blues records before eventually singing covers of Ella Fitzgerald and Nina Simone in local bars.
So naming a song after one of Manchester’s most recognisable streets feels particularly fitting.
“Tib Street is about growing up in Manchester — the same people, the same streets, and the memories that stay with you no matter how far you go,” Lusaint explains. “It will always be my home.”
Musically, Tib Street brings together the jazz and soul influences that have been there since the beginning with the pop sound that has become an increasingly important part of Lusaint’s own music.
The track leads The Apothecary (Pt. 2), which follows the first half of the project released in August 2025.
Together, the two EPs have already amassed six million streams and will now be brought together on a special 12” vinyl release, including previous singles Lie To Yourself, Summertime and Love Bites Back.
The latter has become another particularly big moment for Lusaint, approaching two million streams and picking up support from BBC Radio 2 alongside radio and playlists across Europe.
But The Apothecary itself comes from a much more personal place.
“This EP came from a place of emotional healing,” Lusaint says. “Through making it, I realised how much I’ve grown — not just as an artist, but in understanding who I want to be. The Apothecary reflects a chapter of my life that feels very different to where I am now.”
It’s been quite a journey to get there.
Lusaint’s breakthrough came in 2019 when her cover of En Vogue’s Don’t Let Go became the UK’s most Shazamed song in a single day. Her version of Wicked Game followed and has since been viewed more than 45 million times on YouTube.
But it’s her own music that has really allowed us to get to know her.
Debut single Dark Horse arrived in 2023, followed by Self Sabotage in 2024, an EP which has now passed 15 million streams. Since then there have been festival appearances at Boardmasters, The Great Escape and Neighbourhood Festival, alongside support slots with RAYE, Tom Grennan and Nia Archives.
And this year Lusaint has been taking things a step further with her first headline tour.
After completing 13 shows across four European countries, she returns to the UK this month for shows at London’s Oslo and, appropriately, Manchester’s Band on the Wall.
With The Apothecary (Pt. 2) now out in the world, that Manchester homecoming on 23 September feels like a pretty special way to celebrate.
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