McFly

Paired with Population III, this track continues the story of the universe’s earliest awakening. Where Population III sings of the first stars—bright, brief, and nameless—First Pulse captures the very moment before them: the first motion, the first breath, the shockwave through the void that made light possible. A visceral surge through silence and stillness, it is the sound of creation taking its first step. The universe blinked, stirred, and began to burn.

Population III

First Pulse

This one’s for anyone who’s ever apologized for being a person.

I’ve watched people I love shrink themselves — make their pain more palatable, their joy more polite. Afraid of being too emotional, too intense, too loud, too much. And I get it. I’ve done it, too. But damn, we weren’t made to be perfect. We were made to feel.

Messy & Alive is a celebration of the unfiltered moments. Crying in public. Laughing in the wrong place. Saying the wrong thing and still being loved. It’s not about spiraling — it’s about letting go of the need to constantly self-edit.

I didn’t write this from a place of chaos. I wrote it from a place of respect — for the ones who are trying to heal without pretending they’ve got it all together. For the ones who are showing up fully, flaws and all.

If this song does anything, I hope it gives someone permission to stop hiding the most honest parts of themselves.
Because messy doesn’t mean broken.
And being alive isn’t always clean — but it’s always worth it.

Not Alone

McFly

Related tracks