Setting the scene with momentary compressed vocals fused with sampled conversation, Mia Mormino opens her new single, Alternate Reality with the powerful lyrics, “live in a prison, buy nobody knows, I keep it hidden too afraid to let it show…”
The song is exciting and fully transportive in message and soundscape. We are obsessed with the strings in the production, giving it that 2000s dimensionality fused with a contemporary vocal and futuristic twist.
Are you ready to jump into Mia’s Alternate Reality? We are! Mia sings, “I’m a bad bitch in my alternate reality, built myself a throne so that I can feel like royalty, if I’m not enough, I can live inside my make-believe…”
Speaking on the track, the queen of disassociation says, “When shit hits the fan in my present life, I create alternate realities for me to escape to. Some call it dissociating, but I call it storytelling. Is it the healthiest coping mechanism? No. Has it single-handedly carried all inspiration for my music? One thousand percent.”
“Although each reality I create has a slightly different theme (being a flight attendant, a princess, a boxer, a burlesque dancer, an office employee), the underlying feeling is the same: I’m a bad bitch. Therefore…I’m a bad bitch in my alternate reality.”
We have been immersing ourselves in Mia’s wider discography and Alternate Reality is featured on our New Music Spotlight playlist.