MAGI MERLIN’S DEBUT ALBUM, POWER HOUSE,
OUT TODAY VIA BONSOUND
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“Magi Merlin Is All Things All the Time on 'POWER HOUSE'" Exclaim!
“Welcome to Magi Merlin’s House” RANGE
“So Smart is a sweet love letter to oneself; a reminder to be kind and gentle. ...ethereal yet empowered." CBC Music ‘Songs You Need To Hear’
“‘So Smart’ maps out a constellation of radical empathy in a world that practices individualism and narcissism.” Clash Magazine
LISTEN TO MAGI MERLIN TALK ABOUT “POPSTAR” AND POWER HOUSE ON CBC Q WITH TOM POWER
Photo Credit: Sophia Perras // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES
With her debut album POWER HOUSE, Magi Merlin said screw the soft launch. Built from layered, distorted production and vocals that resist form, it's an exploration of the internal architecture we all inhabit: the conflicting rooms of anger, fear, vanity, and ultimately, a reclaimed sense of power. It is a recognition that each person contains multitudes, and they can all live in harmony at the same time.
Written from her bisexual/ENM perspective and her broader experience of existing as a woman in systems designed to flatten her, the album navigates the contradictions of seeking validation in both platonic and romantic contexts, deconstructing the "plastic confidence" we're taught to wear. POWER HOUSE isn't just an album. Merlin operates as co-producer and creative director—ensuring the visual world with high-concept cinematography and armoured aesthetic—mirrors the music's refusal to soften. It's designed as a ‘living universe’ where every element, from sound to image to performance, is intentional and self-defined. This is her philosophy: real change starts small but sounds immense.
Throughout POWER HOUSE, Magi refuses to be flattened. She buries self-kindness under distorted synth. She won't resolve tension into a chorus. The armour she wears is declaration, not defence. Her music splinters—jungle breaks bleeding into futuristic synth, '90s house fractured by raw vocals. Her visual world is industrial, deliberate, refusing the consistency that makes things recognisable. She operates entirely outside of categories, including the alternative ones. POWER HOUSE is what it sounds like when someone refuses every uniform.
In addition to being available on all platforms, POWER HOUSE will be released on vinyl in five different versions: the Magi Merlin edition (Bandcamp), Rough Trade (USA & UK), HHV (Germany), and the Bonsound edition, all available for pre-order now.
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The road to POWER HOUSE began with "POPSTAR", followed by the visceral choreography of "SpiceKick", its video directed by Félicie Diaz and Noshirt, then "So Smart". Culminating with "pixxxie", a liberation of women from the male gaze sung ironically from the perspective of the "manic pixie dream girl". These singles have garnered international acclaim from BBC Radio 6 Music, BBC Radio 1, Clash, Stereogum, Brooklyn Vegan, KCRW, KEXP, Wonderland, Libération, France Inter, FIP, CBC, Radio-Canada, Exclaim! and RANGE. This June also saw Magi as one of the cover stars for Glamcult’s Noise Issue.
There's a special kind of kindred spirit that Magi Merlin makes music for; her fellow obsessives. Magi sings directly to the listener, face pressed up against the other side of the screen's glass. Through her propulsive, avant-garde form of pop and "Broken" R&B, she explores life's deep existential truths, tearing through imagination and genre like outfits ripped off a garment rack.
WATCH / SHARE “SPICEKICK” HERE
WATCH / SHARE “POPSTAR” (VISUALIZER) HERE
Over the last few years, she has written and co-composed largely alongside Funkywhat, a collaborator with whom she has built a shared musical language. Her 2022 EP Gone Girl sent her on tour with Noga Erez and on an electric performance in Mexico City in support of Omar Apollo.
A surprise EP in 2025, A Weird Little Dog, brought a deepened emphasis to her experimental style and gave rise to "Broken R&B", a genre she named and owns entirely. Since then, she opened for Nubya Garcia across the US, with festival appearances at Osheaga, Festival d'été de Québec where she opened for Ty Dolla $ign, and a European support run with Yaya Bey. Outside of music, she made her acting debut in 2026 with Chandler Levack's Mile End Kicks, alongside Barbie Ferreira, Devon Bostick and Juliette Gariépy, which screened at TIFF and SXSW.
Magi Merlin will be touring both Europe and North America this summer and fall, with headline dates in London (UK), Montréal, Toronto (CAN) and a performance at Rock En Seine sharing the Wednesday line-up with Sombr and Tyler The Creator.
LISTEN TO MAGI MERLIN TALK ABOUT “POPSTAR” AND POWER HOUSE ON CBC Q WITH TOM POWER
TOUR DATES
Sat, Jul 11 - Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, FR - Pete The Monkey Festival
Fri, Jul 17 - Dour, BE - Dour Festival
Sat, Jul 18 - Belval, LUX - Flow Festival
Sat, Aug 22 - New York, NY - Bryant Park Emerging Music Festival
Wed, Aug 26 - Paris, FR - Rock En Seine Festival
Sat, Sep 12 - Burlington, VT - Otis Mountain fest
Thu, Sep 17 - Montréal, QC - Les Foufs
Wed, Oct 14 - Toronto, ON - Adelaide Hall
Thu, Oct 22 - La Rochelle, FR - Swim Festival
Wed, Oct 28 - London, UK - Colours
Sat, Oct 31 - Bruxelles, BE - Weekender Festival
Thu, Nov 19 - Chicago, IL - Sleeping Village
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LP Artwork Credit: Sophia Perras // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES
POWER HOUSE TRACKLIST
01 Welcome Home
02 SpiceKick
03 EAT!ME!OUT!
04 So Smart
05 Thank You!!!
06 WHIP
07 Crawl
08 pixxxie
09 Workout
10 Salt
11 POPSTAR
12 Wtvr
