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Today, acclaimed singer-songwriter mxmtoon treats listeners to new single ‘rain‘. The song will feature on her upcoming third album, liminal space, out everywhere November 1st via AWAL. A mellow, delicate track driven by precisely layered vocals and acoustic strumming, ‘rain’ explores the bittersweet feeling of change and yearning for what you don’t have. The stripped-back instrumentation allows mxmtoon’s vulnerable lyrics to truly shine as she muses, “I said I’d go back home, but I don’t really know where to go.” Alongside the release, mxmtoon has recently hit 1 billion all time streams across her discography.

On the track, mxmtoon shares, “I thought I would live my whole life in California until I moved to New York in 2020. Four years later, I was hit with deciding if I wanted to move back to my hometown, and initially I thought I would. ‘rain’ was about navigating the feeling of not being ready to give up what you just discovered. When I moved to the east coast my world expanded in ways I never expected to happen. Living in a different state was terrifying, but it challenged me to grow and learn in so many ways that I never anticipated. I became a new person, and the idea of moving back to the west coast felt like sacrificing a version of myself I’d grown to love. It’s easy for people to romanticise what they don’t have, and no matter where I am in the world, I’ll always miss the idea of a different place. If I was in California, I’d always miss New York, if I was in New York I’d always miss California, and the cycle repeats.”

liminal space sees mxmtoon further stepping into the signature confessional songwriting that has earned her millions of listeners and devoted fans across the globe. Exploring themes like the uncertainty of growing up, all through a carefully-crafted indie-pop lens, liminal space is proving to be mxmtoon’s most introspective project thus far.

Furthermore, the album was also a chance for mxmtoon to work exclusively with an all-female team of producers, writers, engineers, and even in the wider creative visual process working with female photographers and designers including visual artist KangHee Kim. For mxmtoon, having an all-female creative team made the process of reckoning with these decisions much more impactful. liminal space is an album for people struggling to understand agency, who bathe in the bittersweet and lose themselves wandering in their own endless hallway with no ending.

mxmtoon first gave fans a taste of the forthcoming album with single ‘i hate texas‘ in August: a fiddle-laced track co-written with underscores about a post-breakup escape fantasy. The second single, ‘the situation (feat. Kero Kero Bonito)‘ was released last month. The track is a reflective, existential track masqueraded as an upbeat pop anthem, a clever commentary on feeling like you’re past your prime. The two songs gave fans a small yet diverse taste of what they can expect from the upcoming record: reflective tracks with clever lyricism wrapped in stunning melodies.

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About mxmtoon:

Since she was 17-years-old, mxmtoon has made exquisitely catchy pop songs that capture the kind of complex and tender feelings we often keep hidden from the world. Over the years, the Oakland native and now Nashville-based artist’s unguarded self-expression has earned her a devoted global following, led to collaborations with the likes of Carly Rae Jepsen and Noah Kahan, and propelled her through an expansive career that’s also included hosting a podcast and authoring a graphic novel. 

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‘rain’ 
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liminal space 
ALBUM OUT 1 NOVEMBER
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liminal space
tracklist

1. dramatic escape
2. i hate texas
3. rain
4. elevator
5. just a little
6. vhs
7. number one boy
8. passenger side 
9. the situation (feat. Kero Kero Bonito)
10. god?
11. now’s not the time (feat. Luna Li)
12. white out

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