Maya Hawke previews debut album with new single "Generous Heart"

"Generous Heart" is the fourth track to be shared from the Stranger Things actor's debut album, after previous singles "So Long", "Coverage" and "By Myself".

A new interview with i-D reveals that "Generous Heart" is one of Hawke's favourites from her record, and was created from a poem about love that she wrote as a senior in high school.

Hawke also revealed the inspiration behind her debut album title to i-D, "I am a person who really struggles with embarrassment and shame, but it’s such a weird thing to talk about. There’s something embarrassing about even talking about being embarrassed. And the word blush, or blushing, to me is this sort of feminised take on embarrassment. Someone will be like, 'Oh it’s so cute, you’re blushing!' But on the inside, you’re dying. I liked the idea of taking this feminised word for shame, and making it the album title - because I struggle with both the feminisation of it, and the thing itself."

She adds of the album, "Something that feels really important to me - and the record is sort of all about this - is how, even as you grow up and start to go through more 'adult' experiences, you’re still a kid. You’re still the same person that you always were. And so there’s the need to remember that throughline of your own humanity. I wanted to have those children’s voices to add a reminder of 'this might sound like a woman’s voice, but this whole childhood life is connected through all these stories'."

Hawke will also be donating a portion of proceeds from album sales to the NAACP, and a portion from the Blush merch to the Food Bank for New York City.