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Mali Mae turns inner battles into power with “Throne”
Alternative pop artist Mali Mae is kicking off 2026 strong with her new single “Throne”, an anthem about taking control of your own mind.
Built on pulsing alt-pop production, sharp hooks, and raw vocals, “Throne” sits right in the space between vulnerability and power. It’s honest, intense, and impossible to ignore.
Written during a difficult period marked by anxiety and panic attacks, the track became a way for Mali Mae to process what she was going through and turn it into something empowering.
“‘Throne’ is the anthem for not letting your mental health get in the way of you becoming the best version of yourself”, she says.
At its core, the track uses the idea of a “throne” as a metaphor for the mind; your own inner world, where you either lose control or take it back. Instead of hiding the hard moments, Mali Mae leans into them, turning struggle into strength.
With momentum building through 2026, “Throne” stands as another defining step for an artist turning emotion into strength and pain into power.
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Spanish singer-songwriter Francisco, now based in the UK, returns with his latest release “Passing Fix”, a raw, fast-moving standout from his new album Open Letters.
If heartbreak had a soundtrack while it’s still actively happening (and not yet processed), this would be it.
Blending alternative rock, folk, and indie-experimental production, Open Letters explores emotional dependency, longing, and the messy space between connection and collapse. But “Passing Fix” is where things get especially unfiltered; a spiralling mix of humour, bitterness, vulnerability, and brutal self-awareness.
It’s the sound of overthinking in real time.
The song started with a single, very honest chorus line:
“If I’m still single by 28 I’ll drown myself in liquor, be a spinster…”
From there, Francisco built a track that feels like emotional overload in motion: part diary entry, part breakdown, part ironic commentary on his own thoughts.
Wanting it to feel like the emotional aftermath of his earlier track “21/7”, Francisco leans fully into obsession, self-sabotage, and the way we sometimes blame ourselves just to make sense of hurt.
“Passing Fix” doesn’t just describe heartbreak; it lives inside it, spirals through it, and somehow turns it into something strangely cathartic.
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