Rosa Bordallo (fka Manett) is a singer-songwriter and a Chamorro from the island of Guam. She has been living in New York City since the age of 19, and has written, recorded, and released several albums and EPs as a solo artist and as a member of the indie rock band, cholo. Her second full-length solo album, Isidro, will be released in January 2025. Her new single ‘Crasseux’ is out now.

She says on the track, “The opening lyrics describe a scene I imagined from history, when Ferdinand Magellan arrived in the Marianas in 1521. It was the first known contact between Pacific Islanders and Europeans, and the clash of worlds was violent. The rest of the song is a reverie on someone I loved and lost. The feelings blur into other losses I grieve – like the elders that helped raise me and have passed on. Those memories and the accompanying ache, it all runs into each other. I started writing the groove with the guitar, and then I found that a marching beat made it more interesting and carried it forward. The dynamic – between conflicts, internal and external – is something I hoped to convey. Life is so complicated. Like you could still miss someone who also caused you tremendous pain. You could still appreciate what those connections gave you, even after you had to move on from them.”