.MagiMerlin pop is unpredictable and exciting 🎵
. When the Montreal-based musician came onto the scene in 2019, she was hammering out woozy, psychedelic neo-soul tracks that leaned left. Since, her sound has gradually morphed, incorporating rap, elements of electronica, and dance, creating one ever-shifting sonic palette. Her latest release, “No Ego” — premiering on NYLON below — is even more slippery to define.
Opening on peppy cheerleading chants in the vein of “Hey Mickey,” the song slowly morphs into a funky, pulsating thing with a soulful pop center. Merlin’s voice, appearing on the track as energetic chants and soulful crooning, and at times compellingly overlapping, keeps everything unpredictable and exciting. It’s all in line with the message of the song: make up your own rules in life as you go along.
“I go through these phases in my life where I am obsessed with various topics and I research them like crazy. It’s super cyclical,” Merlin tells NYLON of the song via email. “During the period where ‘No Ego’ was born, I was very entrenched in spirituality and astrophysics. I was reading Eckhart Tolle and books by Neil deGrasse Tyson and Carl Sagan and just absorbing a lot of content like that.
“During this period I came across the concept of Optimistic Nihilism. It was so refreshing to me to be able to find a sense of meaning in life that felt simpler than the previous meanings I had assigned to my life. Essentially, nothing matters, but that is so incredible because that means that the only job I really have is to have as best of a time existing as I can, help where I can, be less hard on myself, and love freely. To me, it’s a very liberating way of seeing my life.
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