French-Chinese-American artist Cybèle takes a daring step into the spotlight today with her latest single, “In Another Life.” The song is a taste of what to expect from her debut album 'Paradise', which is set to drop in January 2026.
A sweeping love song infused with full-bodied jazz harmonies, cinematic strings, and classic soul, “In Another Life” transports you to a place where music and memory are the same. At its core, the moment when someone feels new yet familiar, enchanting yet ghostly. Cybèle makes that universal sentiment into a timeless ballad that manages to be both intimate and grand.
The single comes with a deeply personal origin. Penned on a crucial hiatus from college, “In Another Life” was born from a place of creative defeat. Cybèle remembers playing looping classics by Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson through the night when the inspiration hit. For her, Michael was not so much a distant legend but a guiding muse, sitting beside her, urging the melody along. That spark of fantasy developed into the luxurious, soul-revealing cut they hear now.
Cybèle has already been called the “real-life Hannah Montana” for her knack for seamlessly swiveling through cultures and sounds. On her debut, she demonstrates that she’s more than a new-music A-listing, someone who upends and changes rather than stands in some continuum that she’s a kind of storyteller, building your worth of personal memories into wider, more general sonic environments. ‘In Another Life’ is a sign of what looks to be a deep and artistic, emotional and evocative debut album.
In the opening chapter of Paradise, Cybèle welcomes listeners into her world as past, present, and possibility collide. ‘“In Another Life” is a cinematic experience that will imprint itself on your soul.
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