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After asking the producer for several changes to the demo of the new song (which will be the first of the era immediately following the one that just started) to make it sound less ’80s and give it a more modern feel, it seems we now have the final demo, just a couple of tweaks we can make in the studio during recording, such as lowering the tempo, raising the key, and adding an intro. I also want to change the lyrics to make the chorus less tongue-twister-like. This is the song «Redes» (Networks), and I think it’s going to be very catchy.

If all goes well, we’ll record it next Monday, and that will mark the beginning of recording the songs for the next album, which will follow the one coming out this spring.

This time, I’m going to take things more calmly without putting pressure on myself to finish an album every year, given the delays and things beyond my control. When this era that has just begun (and it will be short) comes to an end, singles will be released individually for a while until the album comes out next year. This will be a more conventional way of releasing it, like how it’s done now, where albums are more like compilations of previously released singles with a few new songs than new material. We have to adapt to how things work, as much as I prefer to do it the more conventional way, for reasons of romanticism and nostalgia. These are different times, and if we don’t move with them, we’ll be left behind.

Estar estos días centrado en escribir ha dado sus frutos. La escritura para mí ha sido siempre una necesidad y, a la vez, una vía de escape. Cuando necesito que mi mente esté activa, no piense en cosas que no son importantes y deje de dar vueltas, escribir es una gran terapia.

Ayer puse el punto y final al primer borrador de mi nueva novela. Comienza el proceso tedioso de la corrección, el que menos me gusta, pero de los más necesarios. Esta historia tiene que estar muy bien pulida para que enganche al leerla de la misma forma que a mí me ha enganchado escribirla.

Ha sido la primera vez que creaba una historia de fantasía gótica juvenil y la verdad es que me ha gustado mucho hacerlo. Puede que repita en un futuro. Ahora estoy preparando la que será la próxima: una historia ambientada a principios de los setenta. Va a ser algo que mezcle estilos que me apasionan y con los que disfruto escribiendo. Será un crossover con protagonista joven, pero escrito desde perspectiva madura. No será drama en sí. Estará escrita en la clave que ya usé en novelas como “Piensa en mañana” o “Me llamo Anabel”, que yo creo que es el estilo que mejor me define y en el que mejor me desenvuelvo.

No sé cuándo empezaré a escribirla, porque primero quiero prepararla bien y acabar de corregir la que tengo entre manos.

Sigo sin saber qué va a pasar. El futuro no lo sabe nadie. Solo somos conscientes del pasado y del presente y, como gasto demasiadas energías en el pasado, ahora quiero centrarme en el presente y disfrutar de esta etapa literaria en la que me dejo llevar por el proceso de creación. Como digo muchas veces, lo demás no está en mi mano y las energías debemos invertirlas en lo que podemos cambiar, no en lo que no podemos cambiar. Yo todavía puedo cambiar muchas cosas, así que aún me queda camino por recorrer.

Here you can find news about my work and the entries to my blog. You just have to choose the language and you will be welcome.

Aquí podrás encontrar noticias sobre mi trabajo y las entradas a mi blog. Solo tienes que elegir el idioma y serás bienvenido.

Después de un pequeño paréntesis para centrarme en la salida del nuevo single, Make Me Free, estos días retomo la escritura para continuar con la novela que tengo entre manos. Estoy en la recta final y tengo que pensarlo todo y cuadrarlo para que todo quede perfecta. Me está resultando muy divertido escribir esta historia, ya que el personaje está lleno de sarcasmo y humor negro todo el tiempo.

Es la primera vez que escribo fantasía gótica juvenil y me está gustando la experiencia. Fuertemente inspirado en personajes que a lo largo de mi vida me han influido por lo que representan y por su forma de ser, como Miércoles Addams, Charlotte Usher (Ghostgirl, de Tonya Hurley) o Emily The Strange, el protagonista, un joven de dieciséis años, es muy yo. Bueno, en realidad la mayoría de los protagonistas (por no decir todos) de mis novelas son muy yo. No lo puedo evitar.

Estoy deseando acabar este manuscrito para pulirlo bien y ver qué pasa con él. Está claro que, pese a todo lo que he escrito sobre mi carrera literaria y lo parada que está ahora mismo, con cierres de editoriales que me publicaban y el cambio tan grande que ha dado el mercado literario, sigo teniendo dentro a un escritor que espera volver a publicar pronto. 

El que la sigue la consigue.

A seguir trabajando.

Make Me Free, the first single of my new era, is out!

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There are songs that are written to be released, and others that are written to be survived.

Make Me Free belongs to the second kind.

This song did not come from a strategy, a trend, or a need to be visible. It came from a moment where staying silent was no longer an option. From the quiet exhaustion of carrying old versions of myself that no longer fit. From the need to let something breathe, even if it hurt.

For a long time, music was about proving something. About polishing, correcting, controlling. Somewhere along the way, I forgot that it was also supposed to be a place of truth. A place where scars are not hidden, but understood.

Make Me Free is not a celebration. It is a threshold.

It is the sound of learning to stand still inside my own skin. Of accepting fragility without turning it into drama. Of choosing honesty over protection.

This song opens a new chapter called Love Yourself. Not as a slogan, not as self help, but as a slow and sometimes uncomfortable process. One where freedom is not given, but allowed.

On January 30, Make Me Free arrives quietly. No fireworks. Just a door opening.

And this time, I am ready to walk through it.

Not louder
Not bigger
Just truer.

This is not about chasing trends or fitting into frames that were never built for me.
It is about sound becoming honest.
About silence having weight.
About songs that breathe instead of begging for attention.

I am entering a phase where music is no longer a performance.
It is a place.
A language.
A pulse.

What is coming is slower in some moments, darker in others, and clearer than anything I have done before.
Less explanation.
More truth.

This is not a reinvention.
It is a return.

Make Me Free. Jan 30

I have spent a long time moving in silence. Not silence as emptiness, but silence as preparation.

Over the past year I have been rethinking my relationship with my own art, why I create, how I show it, and what I want it to represent. Less noise, fewer distractions, and a clearer sense of purpose.

Music has gradually become the centre of my life again, not as a role I play but as the most honest way I know to exist in the world. I am stepping into this next chapter with more intention, more clarity, and less need to perform for anyone but myself.

In a few weeks, Make Me Free will be released. It marks the beginning of a new era that will unfold through my next album, a period of renewal, emotional openness, and creative freedom. It is both a door opening and a promise of what is yet to come.

Here, in this space, I want to document that journey: slowly, thoughtfully, and without spectacle. Sharing what feels meaningful rather than what feels strategic. Leaving traces of the process rather than chasing trends.

If you are reading this, thank you for being here.
If you are new, welcome to a darker, softer, and more deliberate chapter of my work.

This is not a comeback.
It is a continuation, finally aligned with who I am now.

Javier Herce

Twenty years. Twenty years, no less. It sounds like nothing, but today marks twenty years since the publication of my first novel, which means my literary career has reached that same milestone.

It seems like only yesterday that I first held a copy of «Bruno’s Notebook» in my hands. I remember it perfectly, and it was the beginning of countless experiences and first-time adventures. That novel opened doors for me and marked the start of a period I remember with great affection and nostalgia. A few years later came frustration, but that time was full of adventures, discoveries, and dreams coming true.

Now everything has changed so much. The literary world is no longer the same, so my career can’t be the same either. I’m still writing, and more books are coming, that’s for sure, although I’m very focused on music. I’m going to show the world a great album. The first single comes out on January 30th, and there are only a few days left.
Twenty years, Javier. Wow! I can only congratulate myself, because I’ve proven to myself perseverance, strength, and a tenacity I didn’t know I possessed. There have been tears, many tears, but also smiles. Many smiles.

Now, here’s to another twenty years.