Malu Pierini swerves away from love on playful new single / Libera Me
Danish-Corsican artist Malu Pierini blends humour in her dreamy anthem of fear of self-sabotage.
Our website always takes you to the soulful side of Scandinavia, however once here you still need your passport as Malu Pierini continues to expand that horizon. With Libera Me, the Danish-Corsican singer once again transports us beyond the north to Corsica and a Mediterranean dreamscape. This time, she pairs her soulful warmth with humor, intimacy and self-sabotage.
Libera Me (meaning “Free Me” in Latin) borrows its name from an old Corsican church hymn Pierini remembers from childhood summers on the island. Symbolising release from fear and old patterns, it becomes an awakening from the past in her hands.
“It’s an ultimate self-sabotaging anthem about standing face to face with a love that is kind of generous and unconditional, and yet still feeling the overwhelming urge to push it away and run,” Malu explains.
And that’s exactly what she does. With a sense of humour, she sings – she’d rather fling herself off a cliff, crash her dad’s station wagon, and break every bone in her body – than surrender to something that might just be too good to be true.
You can sense charm in her sensual tone as she reveals the nonsense of thoughts that we all know too well — this love is perfect, so obviously I’ll ruin it.
Sonically, Libera Me weaves her French finesse, soul and Nordic melancholy. The track opens with a recorded conversation between Malu and her 95-year-old uncle, while Corsican church bells echo through the chorus, adding a nostalgic pull. The organic production wraps everything in a dreamy glow, like unscrewing a bottle of sunlight.
As we’ve seen with her earlier singles Souvenir and Just For Us, Malu Pierini has become a symbol of how her soulful blend of influences can cross borders and still feel personal.
So let’s hope she doesn’t actually crash her car. Because we’d rather keep falling in love with Malu Pierini again and again.
PS: The press photos by Julie Montauk are simply gorgeous too!
