With a sophomore album that’s already been hailed as a genre-bending triumph and an enormous enviornment tour alongside pop royalty The Sugababes, LUNA is clearly not right here to play in 2025. On this unique interview, the rising star opens up about their whirlwind 12 months thus far – from religious conversations backstage to sweaty, theatrical reveals – and the way her music, visuals, and wild creativeness are all a part of one fantastically stressed universe…
Your 2025 has already been off to an unbelievable begin – with the discharge of your acclaimed sophomore album ‘No Relaxation’, US stay debut, a sold-out tour alongside Eurovision winner Loreen and even a Spotify billboard in Instances Sq.. What has been your proudest second thus far?
It’s been such an unbelievable begin to the 12 months, and I’m past grateful for all the pieces that’s occurred. But when I had to decide on my proudest second, it will undoubtedly be releasing No Relaxation and seeing how deeply individuals join with it. This album got here from such a private place and the truth that listeners have discovered their very own which means in it, that it resonates with stressed souls everywhere in the world, means all the pieces to me. Seeing individuals sing the lyrics again to me at reveals, sharing how the songs replicate their very own experiences—that’s essentially the most rewarding feeling on the earth.
‘No Relaxation’ is described as, “an album for stressed souls”, vibrantly mixing pop and electronica. Had been you anticipating such an unbelievable response from followers?
I all the time pour my entire coronary heart into my music, however you by no means actually know the way individuals will react till it’s out on the earth. No Relaxation was such a private album—it’s about motion, longing, and that feeling of all the time chasing one thing, whether or not it’s love, objective, and even simply your self. The truth that it has linked so deeply with individuals makes me really feel seen in a method I by no means anticipated. It’s been wonderful to see how listeners interpret the songs in their very own method and make them their very own.
What has your expertise supporting Eurovision winner Loreen been like? Are you able to share any fond reminiscences or anecdotes from the tour?
Loreen is such a pressure of nature, each on and off stage. Touring along with her is an unbelievable expertise—not simply due to the audiences, who had been past wonderful, however as a result of I obtained to witness her artistry up shut. I didn’t anticipate we could have a lot in widespread. Her power, spirituality and life philosophy could be very inspiring. I’m very grateful to be round her. I keep in mind our first dialog about music as a religious expertise and time portal, and it actually caught with me. She has this lovely method of seeing efficiency as one thing greater than simply leisure.
Subsequent up, you’re becoming a member of the legendary Sugababes on their UK enviornment tour in April. What was your preliminary response once you found you’d be supporting the pop icons?
I screamed! Actually. Sugababes are legendary. They’ve been such an enormous a part of pop music historical past, and their harmonies, their songwriting, their power – it’s all simply iconic. The truth that I get to share a stage with them is past thrilling. I can’t wait to deliver my world into their universe and hopefully win over some new followers alongside the way in which. I’m additionally tremendous excited to point out my completely different candy and sugar facet. I’m getting ready a brand new set particularly for this tour.
To anybody who’s by no means seen you reside, how would you describe your efficiency?
It’s theatrical, intense, and emotional – but in addition an area the place you’ll be able to fully let go. I need my reveals to really feel like a fever dream, like entering into one other dimension for an hour. There’s quite a lot of motion, quite a lot of uncooked emotion, and undoubtedly quite a lot of sweat! I all the time need individuals to go away feeling one thing, whether or not that’s empowerment, nostalgia, or simply the fun of being within the second. Once I’m on stage with my band, we simply step into completely different actuality and take individuals with us. The reference to individuals is pure magic.
You might have a definite model and flamboyant persona, exploring an eclectic array of outfits and otherworldly make-up. How did you create your signature look and do you hope to maintain exploring your model?
My model is all the time evolving, however I feel it comes from this need to create a world round my music. I like blurring the strains between fantasy and actuality – trend and make-up are simply one other technique to inform a narrative. My inspirations vary from surrealism to sci-fi to baroque and classic couture, and I’m always experimenting. I by no means need to keep in a single place too lengthy, so that you’ll undoubtedly see my model shifting and rising with every new period of my music. I get impressed by locations I go to, feelings and emotions I’m going by way of.
How do you assume your persona displays the lyrical themes in ‘No Relaxation’?
‘No Relaxation’ is about motion, transformation, and need – issues that I additionally categorical visually by way of my persona. I feel the stressed power in my music is mirrored in my efficiency model, my visuals, and even my aesthetic. I like creating contrasts: one thing delicate however highly effective, ethereal however uncooked. The album is all concerning the pressure between desirous to belong and desirous to run, and I feel that power is current in all the pieces I do. I’ve ADHD and I’m a really stressed soul. I’m always shifting and flowing with moments. The world simply by no means stops for me.
You’re really on the highway to superstardom. While you’ve already made some wonderful achievements this 12 months thus far, what’s subsequent for you? Any new music within the works?
Thanks! It’s been such a loopy 12 months already, however I’m undoubtedly not slowing down. The Sugababes tour is subsequent, after which…let’s simply say, there’s much more music on the way in which. I’m already deep into writing the following venture, and it’s taking me in some actually thrilling new instructions. There are additionally some dream collaborations within the works, however I can’t say an excessive amount of but. All I’ll say is: keep tuned. That is just the start.
Stream and obtain ‘No Relaxation’ right here.
