Switcheroo

Description

Gelli Haha exists somewhere between Studio 54 and Area 51, where dancefloors become playgrounds and cheeky aesthetics ignite imagination. A shapeshifter, a sonic acrobat, a performer with one foot in the cosmos and the other in a slapstick routine, Gelli Haha is a space for pure creative chaos.

For her opening trick, Gelli Haha presents Switcheroo, the debut album via Innovative Leisure, to be released in June 2025. With a shared taste for off-kilter pop and vintage gear, producer Sean Guerin (of De Lux) joined Gelli in turning freshly-formed demos into a high-voltage experiment, abandoning meticulous structure for something freer and more electrifying. Every song on Switcheroo makes use of a myriad of recording toys; wacky analog effects, such as the Eventide Harmonizer, MXR Pitch Transposer, and various Electrix units, fashion an intentionally flawed and strictly silly texture throughout the album.

Gelli Hahas music thrives on duality: playful but profound, tongue-in-cheek but sincere. Bounce House is the child-like innocence; Spit is the S-words-only underground-club grit. Piss Artist revels in tequila-fueled storytelling about an infamous party moment (involving a jar dont ask, just dance), while Normalize feels like youre stuck inPlay-Doh.

Its a practice in play – recording vocals mid-jump, translating drum fills into mouth sounds, granting your best friends wish for a song about them. A bear attack crashes through the happy-go-lucky Dynamite, Funny Music ends with a sudden BONK! because why not?
The emotional rainbow stretches beyond the positive Gelli pouts and wails on “Tiramisu”, demanding to know and feel everything, while “Pluto is not a planet its a restaurant” closes the album in a darker, heart-throbbing track with the repeated cry: “Im afraid.”

Switcheroo is the soundtrack to the Gelliverse, a sensory adventure sphere created by Gelli. This live revue is an invitation into a world of dolphin balloons, flutes, mini trampolines, and a stage bathed in the projects primary color, red – bold and full of mischief.

Gelli Haha isnt foolproof. Its by design. Switcheroo is an exercise in letting go, an inside joke turned theatrical spectacle. Participation is encouraged. Surrender is required.