As the eldest son of Paul Hewson — aka U2 singer Bono — Eli Hewson knew that choosing a career in music would leave him open to the inevitable ‘nepo-baby’ accusations that are often levelled at the offspring of the rich and famous.
Eli Hewson, son of Paul Hewson — aka U2 singer Bono and lead singer of Inhaler.
Billy (Yeah Yeah Yeah) sees Hewson reflecting on a romantic relationship in its tentative early stages — ‘If I come a little too close, should I walk away?’ — while Jenkinson’s fluent guitar work steals the show on A Question Of You.
Kid Harpoon, who co-wrote Harry Styles’s As It Was and co-produced Miley Cyrus’s Flowers, applies a similarly smooth, mainstream pop glaze to Even Though, suggesting that Inhaler have their sights set firmly on bigger things.
Inhaler began topped the UK charts with that first release, It Won’t Always Be Like This.