Now there are big musicians with cool Marian Hill stuff happening on the internet,” Lloyd adds. “You either have to do the conventional thing extremely well or try to do something new. We stayed true to our vision and had incredible people help us get there too,” Gongol says. Their sound is captivating and it has created a new platform not just for them but has paved the way for other jazz/pop bands to fill the niche. The duo has been working hard at it for about ten years and counting. Marian Hill isn’t just an overnight success. “As you get older you realize that everyone has a story to tell and a different point of view and you can’t really trust your memory,” says Gongol. “Was It Not” is the first single about the exploration of past relationships. The new EP is pushing our vibe to its fullest limits,” says Lloyd. “Was It Not” feels like a lot of jazzier. “No One Knows” is a proper R&B song that both of us wanted to write for a long time. I think we try to push ourselves with every release. “I think if you have always been a fan of our music, you would be comfortable. The duo’s upcoming new project sees them pushing boundaries. People are still using Shazam to find out what song that was,” Lloyd says. For it to get this platform and reaction that it has a year it after it was released, is really is a dream. We started our show and our album with it. People on our team and our label loved it, but it wasn’t the hit single that our label was expecting. It was a beautiful spot and we really felt lucky that it came together the way that it did,” says Gongol. We kept in touch through college and wrote our first song as Marian Hill.” states Lloyd.įollowing the massive success with their iconic single “Down”, which was featured and placed in the infamous Apple commercial, one would wonder what’s next? “It was really great for us. Ten years later they needed a name for their jazz influenced pop group and a combination of the characters’ names stuck: Marian Hill. Samantha Gongol and Jeremy Lloyd met in middle school and Gongol was casted as Marian Paroo and Lloyd played Harold Hill in their school play.