Julia Michaels Is ready to play behind the curtain. For several years, her words have shaped the soundtrack of modern pop – from Justin Bieber on “Sorry” to Selena Gomez on “Lose you to love me.” But writing hits was never the same as owning them.
Now, with its upcoming EP SelfMay 23 via its own recently launched etiquette GFY Records, Julia Michaels recycles its voice and uses it to argue. The sex track project, with “Heaven II”, “Sessors”, “Try Happiness”, “Fool”, “GFY” and “Time”, marks a bold deviation from the side line to the center. It is the sound of a productive songwriter that finally gives herself the limelight she long deserved.
Instead of climbing the traditional steps with pop star, Julia Michael turns. She does not chase approval of industries, trend charts or studio-sanctioned, algorithm-friendly hits. Instead, she has chosen total control, everything from writing, producing and releasing her own terms. And it’s not just a move, it’s a message and creative power play.
“I have spent so much of my life to help others tell their stories,” says Michaels. “This time it’s just me. These songs are mine. This project is mine. And it’s the most liberating feeling I’ve ever had.”
The upcoming EP, Second self, Is not just an EP title-it is a turning point, which signals a clear interruption from the polished, regular pop world Michaels once operated in. With tracks like “Fool” and “GFY”, she leans to raw emotion and surgical honesty and draws no panses. With nail -biting texts and full creative control, Michael’s love, loss and liberation confronts, with the same pen that once helped define the votes from POP’s biggest name, including Nial Hora, Justin Bieber, Dua Lipa, Ed Sheeran, Selena Gomez, P! NK, Britney Spears, Keith Urban, Janelle Monáe, and more.
This time, that voice is unequivocally hers.
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