Reetta Hotti has been releasing music under her own name for the past few years – but Longing Louisa explores a different side to Reetta’s music. The debut album Waterphile – to be released at the end of October 2025 – is a self described “ode to water.” Reetta continues “For me, water is the most fascinating and intriguing element, and I’m always somehow drawn to it wherever I go. That’s how the term waterphile came to my mind. I also found out that in chemistry there actually is a term hydrophile, which implies  “a molecule or other molecular entity that is attracted to water molecules and tends to be dissolved by water” (wikipedia). Water of course serves also as a symbol – of what, I won’t explicate here. This album for me is kinda like the Mermaid’s tale in reverse. It’s dedicated to all you other waterphiles out there.”

Longing Louisa bio
“I’ve always been prone to the feeling of longing. I think I’ve spent most of my life living someplace else than the present. I’ve longed for the past, the future or an alternative reality. It’s probably a way to escape anything uneasy happening in real life. Melancholic feeling, or the Japanese idiom “mono no aware” to be more precise, is what Longing Louisa is about. The music has all the shades of blue, there’s fog, blurriness, some city lights, hollow and dull-like sounds, but also slowly growing intensity, small changes that every now and then lead to a massive gathering of clouds.”