NEW ME IS ABOUT HAVING FUN BEING NAUGHTY.

LAVA OPENS THE EP WITH LYRICS ARE EQUAL PARTS POP-TROPE AND PLAYGROUND-TAUNT. IT TEASES THE RULE-MAKERS; THE PEOPLE WHO DECIDE WHAT BAD IS WHAT GENDER IS ARE LIKE KIDS DECLARING WHICH PIECES OF FURNITURE ARE MADE OF LAVA. I AM LAVA! CAN'T TOUCH ME!

I MAKE UP THE RULES! I MAKE UP THE RULES! I CAN HAVE A KICK-SOLO IN MY SONG IF I WANT! SOME OF THE KICK-PATTERNS WERE MADE USING BPM-AUTOMATION. GOOD LUCK DJING THIS ONE. ALSO, GOOD LUCK LEARNING THE HAND-CLAPPING GAME ONCE IT HITS THE PLAYGROUND.

FAKE DETAILS THE DIFFICULTIES OF DATING WHEN EVERYONE THINKS YOUR GENDER IS MADE UP. ALL IDENTITY IS MADE UP, LOSERS. THERE IS NO SELF. ONCE THIS IS UNDERSTOOD IT'S POSSIBLE TO ACCESS THE SECRET WORLD BEHIND THE WATERFALL. I KNOW THIS BECAUSE MY FAIRY GODFATHER LED ME THERE IN A DREAM.

FAKE'S PERCUSSION IS COMBUSTIBLE AND METALLIC. A SQUEAKING MATTRESS SINGS THE CHORUS. MOST OF THE SOUND DESIGN IS BY THE BRILLIANT STRACHKVAS. FAKE IS MY VERSION OF STRACHKVAS' VERSION OF MY OLD DEMO.

NEW ME IS ABOUT ENDURANCE.

NIGHT BUS REVS THE BPM UP TO 195. YOU HAVE TO GO HARD TO WITHSTAND THE VIOLENT NIGHT. LYRICS ARE BASED ON TRUE STORIES, SUCH AS THE TIME ORCHID-KILLERS CAME FOR ME, TOOK ALL MY MONEY, AND BURNED MY DIARY. SYNTHS ARE WOVEN FROM ANGEL VOICES, WHICH ACCOMPANY A BEAT OF TUMBLING GRAVEL.

NEW ME CLOSES WITH ITS TITLE TRACK, WHICH IS DENSE WITH HOT, COMFORTING NOISE. SOME SOUNDS ARE FIELD RECORDINGS (WOODSTOVE), SOME CLICKS AND GROWLS FROM VINTAGE BUCHLA & SERGE (THANKS TO A RESIDENCY AT ELEKTRONMUSIKSTUDION STOCKHOLM!), MORE SYNTHS ARE MADE WITH PITCH-SHIFTED AND SMEARED LAYERS OF MY VOICE AND FINISHED WITH ABLETON STOCK INSTRUMENTS DRENCHED IN SYRUP.

DON'T WANNA BURN OUT AT THE STAKE. DON'T WANNA BE AFRAID. JUST BE. JUST DANCE. A NEW ME SNAPPED INTO MY SPINE AND I LOVE THEM.

NEW ME IS ABOUT CONSTRUCTING, DESTROYING, AND BECOMING ONESELF.

- M

SONGWRITING, PRODUCTION, & VOCALS BY M LORE WINGREN
FAKE PRODUCTION BY M & STRACHKVAS
MASTERING BY TIM ROTH AKA SIN MALDITA
RELEASED ON UNGUARDED

NEW ME

Finnish artist M (@m_lore) announces a debut EP of devilish experimental pop on the Berlin label Unguarded.

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PREMIERE: M - NEW ME (Unguarded)

IT WAS WALK OR TAKE THE NIGHT BUS
IT WAS RUN OR GET ASSAULTED
I GOT AWAY THIS TIME
BUT I DON'T ALWAYS
NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRY
NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRY
NOW MATTER HOW HARD I TRY

THE FIRST TIME I WAS ASSAULTED
I HAD TO ESCAPE
I TURNED INTO AN ORCHID
MORE RECENTLY
ORCHID KILLERS TRIED TO GET ME
THEY TOOK ALL MY MONEY
AND BURNED MY DIARY
SO I DON'T HAVE TO BE ME
I DON'T HAVE TO BE ME
I DON'T HAVE TO BE ME
ANYMORE

NOW THAT I'M NOBODY
I GO OUT TO DANCE ALONE
AND I GO SO HARD
YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW
I'M BRUTAL AND NASTY
MY BODY BECOMES THE MUSIC
AND THAT'S ALL THERE IS
BUT WHEN THEY HARASS ME
IT'S LIKE A COLD WIND
BLOWING THROUGH THE CLUB
AND I WISH I HAD FRIENDS TO HEAT IT UP

SEND ME AN ANGEL
SEND ME AN ANGEL
RIGHT NOW
RIGHT NOW

NIGHT BUS

FUCK EVERYTHING THAT’S FAKE
EXCEPT ME
ACTUALLY DO FUCK ME
LET ME BE REAL
LET ME

FUCK EVERYTHING THAT’S FAKE
EXCEPT ME
ACTUALLY DO FUCK ME
LET ME BE REAL
LET ME

FUCK EVERYTHING THAT’S FAKE
EXCEPT ME
ACTUALLY DO FUCK ME
LET ME BE REAL
LET ME BE REAL
LET ME BE REAL
LET ME BE REAL
LET ME BE
LET ME BE
LET ME BE
LET ME BE
LET ME
LET ME
LET ME
LET ME
FUCK

IF YOU WANNA
GET WITH ME
YOU GOTTA
KNOW I’M REAL
I’M ALIEN
I’M MYTHICAL
BELIEVE IN ME

I’LL LEAD YOU THROUGH A WATERFALL
INTO A LUSCIOUS SECRET WORLD
WHERE SIRENS LOUNGE OUT IN THE NUDE
I’LL LET YOU EAT MY FAIRY FOOD
AND WHEN YOU TASTE IT
THERE’S NO GOING BACK
NO GOING BACK
TO THE REAL WORLD NOW

FAKE

I MAY BE A BAD GIRL
BUT I DON’T KNOW WHAT BAD MEANS
AND I AM NOT A GIRL
I MAY BE A BAD BOY
BUT I DON’T KNOW WHAT BAD MEANS
AND I AM NOT A BOY

I MAY I MAY I MAY
I MAKE UP THE RULES
I MAKE UP THE RULES
ARE THE RULES ARE MADE UP
ALL THE RULES ARE MAKE BELIEVE

I DON’T PLAY BY THE RULES BECAUSE
THEY WEREN’T MADE FOR ME
I DON’T PLAY GAMES
BUT I ALWAYS WIN

I MAY BE A BAD BOY
BUT I DON’T KNOW WHAT BAD MEANS
AND BOYS ARE MAKE BELIEVE
I MAY BE A BAD GIRL
BUT I DON’T KNOW WHAT BAD MEANS
AND GIRLS ARE MAKE BELIEVE

I MAY I MAY I MAY
I MAKE UP THE RULES
I MAKE UP THE RULES
ALL THE RULES ARE MADE UP
MADE UP MADE UP








WORDS ARE WORDS ARE 
M-M-M-M-MADE UP
ALL THE WORDS ARE
MADE UP MADE UP
ROLES ARE ROLES ARE
M-M-M-M-M-M
ALL THE ROLES ARE
MAKE-MAKE-MAKE-MAKE-MAKE-MAKE
ME ME ME ME ME ME
MAKE ME MAKE ME
YOU CAN’T MAKE ME
MAKE-MAKE-MAKE-MAKE-MAKE-MAKE
MAKE BELIEVE

NA NA NA NA BOO BOO
I AM RUBBER YOU’RE GLUE
WHATEVER YOU SAY
BOUNCES OFF ME
AND STICKS TO YOU
THE COUCH IS LAVA
SO’S THE FLOOR
I AM LAVA
CAN’T TOUCH ME