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Love Yourself, the lead single of my next album, is out!

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Love Yourself, the lead single from my upcoming album, will be out this Friday, June 5th. Synthpop for nostalgic dreamers.

Last Friday, my new single, «Lonely Night,» was released. It’s a preview of my upcoming album, which, if all goes well, will be released next month with its lead single.

I think this song perfectly embodies the sound I want to create from now on, a sound that defines me very well: a fusion of synth-pop and soul, which I call synth-soul.

After «Make Me Free,» I believe this is a logical step forward and the perfect preparation for an eight-song album that will feature a variety of styles (the result of my initial vision for the album, a soul-oriented project, which then evolved into R&B and later synth-pop). These styles will blend seamlessly together and will serve as a prelude to everything that’s to come, which I’m already working on, as I’ve already recorded three songs for the next album.

For me, music is a refuge, a journey, an expression… Music is me, my life, and everything I’ve ever wanted to do. I feel privileged to be able to do it, because it allows me to fulfill one of my greatest dreams: to sing.

Last Tuesday was quite eventful. In the morning, I was in the recording studio once again to record a new track. It’s a ballroom song, possibly the most house-influenced track on the album that will be released next year (if all goes well this year, the new album will be out in June, so it’s just around the corner).
The recording session was one of the fastest, most agile, and smoothest I’ve ever done. The song suits me perfectly, and I felt very comfortable during the session. I didn’t have to do many takes because everything came together quite well the first time. The only minor issue was occasionally making mistakes with the lyrics, which is normal.
I’m really enjoying this new musical phase, where I’m creating songs of a much higher quality than anything I’ve done before, although I’m very proud of my last album, I’m OK I’m Not, which is still my best work to date. I always say the best is yet to come, and I’m convinced that’s true, especially with this new door that has opened in my life, which will allow me to experience a rebirth. Yes, it’s not my first rebirth.

The release week begins. This coming Friday, my new single, «Lonely Night,» comes out as a preview of my upcoming album, which I hope will be available in June.

Everything is ready, and the music video is finished too. In the end, I used the footage we shot a few months ago (I usually shoot music videos well in advance so I’m not caught short on time). I wanted to shoot a different one (because I appear with crosses, and I don’t wear them anymore), but I haven’t had the time, and frankly, I haven’t felt like it either. It’s getting harder and harder for me to shoot music videos, and I’ve decided to always opt for simplicity and ease. I’ll be wearing crosses in the video, but when I filmed it, it represented me, so that’s also me. It’ll be like the breakup video.
The next single is also almost ready; I just need to prepare the photos and edit the music video. This time, very little time will pass, and I hope it will be released only a month after «Lonely Night.» That’s because I’m behind schedule with the initial plan due to personal reasons. The new album should be out already, but it’s okay. June isn’t a bad month either. The wheels are in motion.

In this whirlwind of feelings, emotions, changes, and everything that’s been happening all at once lately, I’m experiencing an earthquake of sensations inside that I can’t quite explain, but which will soon have an explanation. I’ll finally know who I am, if I’m what I always thought I was, or something so different that it will be a new beginning. This uncertainty is eating me up inside, but I have to keep going day by day.
That’s on top of Mina’s death, the delicate moment the Wiccan community is going through, and, honestly, I still don’t know how I’m managing it all without going crazy or starting to walk on the ceiling.
Meanwhile, we have to keep going; the world keeps turning, and I’m not going to stop for myself.
This week I started receiving the demos of what will be the new song we’re going to record, the ballroom song, and I’m really excited. The producer and I have been communicating these past few days to polish the details. I’m minimalist with the beats, and he’s creative, so we always try to find a middle ground. It’s almost finished, and we’re still deciding whether to record it this Tuesday or next. I think doing it next week would be too soon, and it still needs some polishing, but it’s going to be amazing.

I hope the new album comes out in June, and this one we’re working on will be for next year. And (including the English version of «Mi Jaula,» titled «My Cage»), with this song, we’ll have three.

My next single is already scheduled for May 8th. It’s going to be called «Lonely Night,» and initially, it was going to be a very ’80s-style soul ballad, but in the end, the synth-pop remix version we recorded recently will be the main version because it’s very much in line with where I want to go now, and it connects perfectly with «Make Me Free,» which will be the album’s lead single and also its title track. I’m really looking forward to everything being released after the delay with my initial plan.

Regarding literature, I’ve revisited an idea I was working on while developing the novel I just finished. It was a story set in the early seventies about a gay boy who wants to be a singer. After much thought and reviewing all my outlines, I’ve decided it might be a good idea to move the setting to the early eighties, during the height of the Movida Madrileña cultural movement, and also revisit an idea I had some time ago about writing a story about an Alaska fanatic. Everything would be connected. Preparing this novel will take me at least a few days (or weeks), and I’m eager to start writing it.

These days my head is a whirlwind. So many things are happening at once, and sometimes I don’t know how I manage to seem like I can handle it all when inside I’m about to break down, because I think it’s too much, that I can’t take it all, and that I need to rest.
Going to the recording studio is like therapy for me, because there I leave my own world and enter another where I fit in, I can be myself, and I do something that makes me happy: sing.

This morning I had an appointment and I was able to disconnect from the real world for a while. We weren’t going to record any new songs yet, so it was time for the Spanish version of «Make Me Free,» titled «Hazme Sentir». The recording went really well, and I felt comfortable. Since I love this song so much, I really enjoyed it. I’ll keep recording Spanish versions because the idea is to eventually have a Spanish album.
Afterward, I showed the producer the song we’re going to record now so he can start producing the backing tracks. This is a song I composed inspired by ballroom culture, and it’s sure to be very catchy.

Although my new album hasn’t been released yet, having the next one already started gives me a lot of peace of mind to work at a relaxed pace, knowing I have enough material to release another album next year.
In the meantime, I’ll keep working.

In a somewhat impromptu way, we filmed a new music video today, or at least we tried. I say «we» because I don’t know what will come of it. We didn’t film much footage, and some of it won’t be usable because of the lighting. I hope I can salvage something from the rest. If not, we’ll come back another day to film more. Anyway, the music video format is a bit outdated since TikTok, Reels, Shorts, and other short video formats won the battle (I remember the Vine days. Everything comes back around). Now a music video is more of an excuse to upload content to social media and short videos. That was the idea today: not to make a music video, but to create a montage of images that could be used on social media, with minimal playback and a lot of content that could grab attention. Besides, today’s song (which will give the album its name) is the most upbeat one I’ve ever made, and it calls for a bit more dynamism and fewer typical music videos with people lip-syncing in front of a wall.

I don’t know if we succeeded, but we tried. With two looks (one with a Wednesday Addams-style shirt and another with a sleeveless t-shirt and skeletons, more punk), you could say I’ve just been messing around a bit. Let’s see what happens. We also went back to a place that was legendary in my early music videos, Roma Park, where we filmed two versions of «Invítame A Volar» (Invite Me to Fly). Today I discovered that the place has less potential than I remembered.
As for the other single I re-recorded last week, I was debating whether to use the footage we shot a few months ago (which made me hesitate because I’m wearing crosses) or do a new one. But, since it’s getting harder and harder for me to go out and film (laziness mode on, ideas mode off), this morning I did a test with the footage we shot and the new version (which I don’t have the final mix for yet), and the playback works. That way I confirmed that both versions have the same tempo and the footage works. I’m considering using that footage, since I look pretty good in it, despite the crosses. Anyway, the crosses represent a huge stage of my life (and one I don’t know if it will ever return), and we shouldn’t deny who we are or who we’ve been. It’s very likely I’ll use them.

Now I have to decide whether this single will come first, or the one that will give the album its name. I’ll decide in the next few days, as my mind is elsewhere and I need to sort out some other ideas first…

Now, the new album is finally finished. It happened last Tuesday.
As I feared, when I received the full demo of the remix of what was originally going to be the next single, I liked it so much that I decided that version should be the main one, leaving the ballad as if it were a soul remix or something like that. The production and the new feel of the song are too much me to leave it as a remix. For me, it surpasses the original ballad and it’s worth waiting a little longer for the single to come out. It doesn’t matter. I need this version as the main one.
The bad thing is that the music video I already shot probably won’t work, since I think the tempo is faster. Almost better, that way I continue on my path of getting rid of the crosses, since in it you could see my classic crosses in my ears and another black one hanging from my neck. Aren’t I experiencing a rebirth, an encounter with my path? Well, let’s fully rebirth, even if everything takes a little longer to arrive.

The recording went really well, very smoothly, and I’m convinced that the final result will be nothing less than something that truly represents me and the sound I want for the future.

If everything goes according to plan, after this single will come the title track and the album, hopefully before summer. I’m creating my best songs and I don’t want to rush things. I’m just starting to find my way, discovering myself after realizing that I’m not who I thought I was (or maybe I am, I don’t know, I’ll find out soon), so everything is a bit up in the air because I have other things on my mind.

The important thing is that I’m moving forward, with a firmer step than ever before.

Things seem to be taking shape. Last Monday I went back to the recording studio to record a new song, «Redes,» and it went quite well. The recording was very smooth, and the truth is, the song suits my voice, even though it sometimes feels a little flat, but I think it’s going to be very catchy with the synthpop production.
While I was there, I took the opportunity to tell the producer about a couple of changes to the English version of «Mi Jaula,» which we recorded in January and which was still waiting to be mixed. I told the producer I wanted to discuss it better after listening to it. We also talked about some volume adjustments on the house remix of «Make Me Free» and agreed on what the next step would be: another remix for one of the songs on the new album.

Yes, things are coming together. I’ve already received the finished Spanish version of «Mi Jaula» (titled «My Cage») and the remix of «Make Me Free,» which will be released next week. Just yesterday the producer told me he’d send me a sample for the remix of the next song today, and that’s going to be the next step. I’m considering not releasing the lead single with the album right now, but waiting and releasing what was supposed to be the third single after the album’s release.
The lead song is just too good, and I’d rather have something else that influences the algorithms first. I’ll also wait to see how the remix of the new song goes, since the synth feel we want to give this ballad might mean that the remix ends up being the lead version, and the other one a soul remix.
The important thing is that after the break, things are moving again.