Today, mxmtoon has shared the new single, “Rain,” which will be featured on the artist’s upcoming third album, liminal space, out everywhere on November 1, through 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.” As for the visualizer, each scene shows the artist going through her honest emotions.
While talking about the track, mxmtoon says: “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.”
The singer adds: “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 romanticize 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.”