This segment features artists who have submitted their tracks/videos to She Makes Music. If you would like to be featured here then please send an e-mail to helen@shemakesmusic.co.uk. We look forward to hearing from you!
Wrené
Wrené is an artist, producer, and vocalist who defies conventions in her music. Her work invites listeners into deep emotional terrain through intimate vocals, original sound design, and raw, immersive storytelling. Passionate about the way music heightens and deepens your emotional experience, she creates spaces where beauty, discomfort, and truth collide.
Set against a backdrop of textured sound design and spectral synth work, ‘ARCHANGEL’ dives into the psyche of a narrator torn between longing for connection and fearing the mirror that love can become. Its ethereal rhythm pulses beneath a charged vulnerability, asking: what does it mean to surrender to love when the self you offer is fractured and unfinished?
Lines like “I fear me in you” and “the space between who I am and who you love” sketch a portrait of emotional exposure- poetically veiled, half-buried beneath a hypnotic beat. On the surface, it’s sultry and addictive; beneath it, a quiet ache persists- a cry for true recognition, disguised as a club track.
“This is not just another love song or a breakup song- it’s a reckoning. A whispered confession from a collapsing heaven. Not just music for background noise, ‘ARCHANGEL’ is both an escape and a confrontation. Something you feel in your bones before you fully understand why,” says Wrené.
Witkin
Los Angeles-based guitarist, songwriter, and glam-rock alum Witkin is stepping into her own spotlight with ‘Last Year’s Ashes,’ the fiery first single from her solo debut album Things I Might’ve Said, out October 10.
‘Last Year’s Ashes’ is a power-pop anthem that channels the wreckage of personal reinvention into soaring hooks and jagged guitars. Produced by Grammy-nominated Bruce Witkin, the track blends the crunch of Cheap Trick and the heart of The Lemon Twigs with a confessional edge all her own.
“This song came out of a moment that felt small—just me, finally cleaning after a long stretch of avoiding everything. I looked at this overflowing ashtray and thought, better clean out last year’s ashes. And right then, I knew it had to be a song,” says Witkin. “It captures what it felt like to start becoming something new—not polished or perfect, but real.”
ROMÆO
Showcasing her trip-pop sensibilities, singer-songwriter/producer/mix engineer ROMÆO returns with new single ‘All of Now’ off her upcoming EP Eternal Recurrence due in late August. ‘All of Now’ evolves from downtempo trip-hop to raging drum and bass as ROMÆO laments “I’m not asking for forever, only all of now”.
ROMÆO elaborates “Dredging through the liminal, I wrote All of Now at the collapse of a relationship. When everything is uncertain and impossible to know, I reach towards all that is possible now. By creating a long, slow-evolving song, I wanted to stretch my own capacity to sit in the expansive present.”
Mo Moon
London based indie pop artist Mo Moon returns with single ‘Text Me When Ur Home’. With haunting harmonies and poignant lyrics, ‘Text Me When Ur Home’ is a stirring commentary on the lived experience of women in the modern world.
Fuelled by the ever present urge to scream into the void, Mo Moon uses her alluring vocals and enchanting melodies to embrace the listener before we are hit with the galvanising power of her lyrics. The track hopes to illuminate the resilience of women and the strength of female friendship. “The song’s message is pretty heavy so I wanted to do it justice with raw vocals and a earnest sound”, Mo says of the track, that she recorded at Roundhouse, Camden. “I also hope people get a feel for what it’s like to hear me live. I promise to never stop bringing that sad boy energy… but I’m fun I’m swear”.
Yeija
Alt-pop artist Yeija releases her debut single ‘Spell on You’, marking the start of her artistic journey. The track leans into a whimsical, Disney-inspired pop sound, supported by orchestral textures, layered vocal arrangements, and an airy, dreamlike atmosphere. She chose it as the starting point for its sense of blossoming, both sonically and emotionally. While the music to follow will explore a wide range of moods and genres, this song offers a heartfelt first glimpse into Yeija’s upcoming debut album.
“I wrote this when I was in a relationship with someone who I wanted to change. He also wanted to change, so I stayed but I lost myself in the process,” Yeija shares. “This song is like waking up from a dream. I want it to feel like a hug, because it is okay to keep trying and fighting for love over and over again… but its also okay to leave.”
Through its lyrics, ‘Spell on You’ begins with compassionate understanding and a deep desire to help someone heal, but gradually unravels into hurt, frustration, betrayal, denial and ultimately a bold acceptance that embodies a sense of self-liberation.
Katie Nicholas
UK songwriter and producer Katie Nicholas returns with her long-awaited Chemistry EP. This 4-track collection of country-pop bops and ballads are songs the artist herself has reworked and produced, celebrating the music that kickstarted her career. Written between ages 16 and 19, these are her earliest and most cherished tracks by fans. In a bid to not leave them behind as she charges forward with her prolific catalogue of music, Katie vows that this is “the record my younger self would have dreamt of making”.
Katie says of stand out track ‘In Your Shadow’: “I’d say this is a song where the music alone tells the story of exactly how I felt when writing the song. Written when I was much younger, I revisited it as the producer I am today because the feelings remain simple and pure – and still cut through. “In your shadow I will fall – I’ll fall for the boy who doesn’t even call…” ending with “Please don’t call me yours, if you can’t call me at all”.
Olina
Olina is an indie songwriter whose work sits somewhere between sarcasm and sincerity. Originally from Greece, she moved to the UK in her early 20s, and her music blends punchy rock with existential dread. Her upcoming EP documents the fragmented experience of growing up in a foreign country, with a wry, poetic lens.
She says of her new single: “‘Newspaper Smell’ is a tongue-in-cheek coming-of-age anthem about dead-end jobs, underwhelming adulthood, and the weight of first-gen immigrant imposter syndrome. It’s upbeat, honest, and a little bit feral!
“Lyrically, the song explores what it feels like to “start over” in a new country, questioning your worth, your degree, and the strange jobs you end up in. But musically, it leans into big, catchy guitar lines and sarcastic self-awareness — like dancing around your bedroom while the world’s on fire.”
TIAHN
A defiant indie-pop anthem driven by hooky melodies and gritty guitar riffs, ‘Woman (On My Own Terms)’ is a sonic middle finger to the tired expectations placed on women to be quiet, pretty, and agreeable. Instead, TIAHN leans into her feminine rage and reshapes the narrative, encouraging listeners to unapologetically own who they are—on their own terms.
“I was literally asked what finishing school I graduated from,” TIAHN recalls. “That moment stuck with me. I realised how often women are told to shrink themselves or behave a certain way to be acceptable. This song is me saying: I’m done with conforming to those outdated expectations.” Produced by Harry Verity, the single blends rich pop textures with touches of R&B and soul, building a soundscape that is both fierce and emotionally resonant.
The track’s infectious energy—blending indie pop with fierce lyrical honesty—cements TIAHN as a fresh voice with something important to say. Whether it’s playing on repeat in your car or echoing through festival speakers, ‘WOMAN (on my own terms)’ isn’t just a song; it’s a movement.
Check out more of our recent submissions via the playlist below!
