With her third album, New Woman, singer-songwriter lúisa finally steps into the light: the album tackles grief and social activism with stirring and emotional pop. lúisa has condensed all of her life experiences to craft a powerful and personal record that was produced in Berlin by Tobias Siebert.

It's about the search for identity, in life and in music. "The feminist movements of the last few years have totally encouraged me to talk about these things," says lùisa. "It's about the technician who can't imagine me programming my own loops. Or about all the people who ask me if I don't want to do something 'sensible' someday. Male musicians never get asked that kind of thing."

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