Music
Gabrielle Manna Breaks the Mold with “Typecast”
Actress-turned-folk-pop singer-songwriter Gabrielle Manna isn’t just wearing her heart on her sleeve in her new single “Typecast,” she’s setting it on fire. In a dark, brooding, and melancholic ballad that seems as private as a whispered confession in a dark room, Manna dissects the emotional labor behind being a people-pleaser and the thrumming pain of shaping oneself into someone or something the other would like better.
Inspired by her acting career, “Typecast” is a clever wink at a life spent playing roles and a full-throated reckoning with the toll of living behind masks, even in love. It’s the ache of fawning, the suppressed yearning not to be just loved but loved for who you are when the show is over.
“Typecast” hovers somewhere between the raw emotional honesty of Cat Power’s “Metal Heart” and the icy vulnerability of Phoebe Bridgers at her most morose. Manna‘s delivery has a ghostly edge, similar to early Evanescence’s haunting power. Lyrically, she sorts through Lana Del Rey’s deep, mournful, and cuttingly poetic terrain.
“Typecast” is an intentional, slow-moving dirge that sinks its teeth deep into the psyche of anyone who’s ever felt the desire to earn affection through erasure. Each line feels lived-in like pages ripped out of a diary, personal but universally bruising.
Not more than a couple of years removed from Manna‘s limited early attempts at a music career in July 2024, “Typecast” presents her as a promising musician and a storyteller with layers, scars, and an honest-to-God point of view. In a world of fabricated personas, her willingness to stand in the mess of her truth is quietly revolutionary.
With “Typecast,” the actor Gabrielle Manna steps out of the wings and into her spotlight, not as someone else’s idea of herself but as the artist she has always been underneath the roles. And it’s a show that everyone has to see.
Artist Spotlight
Lisa Boostani creates a mesmerizing tidal realm in “Ocean”
Lisa Boostani’s “Ocean” takes you deep into a sensory world where body, spirit, and myth come together, beyond the surface of genre. Boostani makes a soundscape that is both ethereal and deeply human by combining the broad essence of psychedelic pop with the strong appeal of alternative rock.
Her voice rises as if it is coming from deep within her, shaped by emotion rather than action. She intentionally channels the intangible, turning weakness into strength rather than a source of pain, and “Ocean” tells people to get involved in this inner world, not just watch it. This release is an integral part of her first EP, “One,” which will come out in March 2026 and is based on love, sensuality, and unity.
If “Ocean” is any indication, the EP will show sensuality not as something pretty, but as a kind of spiritual intelligence, a way to know yourself by connecting with others. The song’s textures and structure have an aquatic quality, moving between clarity and delirium, rhythm and freedom. Its emotional focus is on immersion instead of resolution.
The striking quality of “Ocean” is the blend of the mystical worlds. Boostani understands that strength often shows up as gentleness and that deep feelings are better expressed through frequencies than words. She wants people to see consciousness as immediacy, sensation as truth, and openness as an undeniable strength.
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NOAH. captures the unspoken signals in enchanting R&B track “That’s Bless”
“That’s Bless” captures the unspoken late-night message, the smile that was exchanged from afar, and the feeling you sense but are afraid to say. NOAH. offers a song with a smoky R&B feel and lyrics that capture unspoken tension, firmly in the realm of emotional ambiguity, where connection is clear but not defined.
This piece concerns the subtle discomfort of mixed signals and quiet longings, when looks say more than words ever could. NOAH. handles the theme with restraint, letting the chemistry simmer rather than explode. NOAH.’s delivery shows a confident gentleness, recognizing that some feelings don’t need strict definitions to be real.
In “That’s Bless,” he captures the essence of connection and the compelling allure that endures, even when both parties pretend it is not there. The composition is based on real-life events, and it acknowledges that specific attachments endure in the heart long after one has persuaded oneself of having progressed.
“That’s Bless” is at the crossroads of closeness and distance, clarity and confusion. The song doesn’t resolve the tension it talks about, and that’s what makes it so powerful. It sums up the connection we say we don’t want but keep coming back to in memory, rhythm, and pulse.
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