“CROSS MY HEART” By Michellar

Michellar’s new song “CROSS MY HEART” has been released on all streaming platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and Amazon Music. As a San Francisco native, Michellar combines the different aspects of her city into her creations, inspiring her to write deeply personal synth-pop songs that can captivate listeners. Michellar infuses her music with an authentic voice, and “CROSS MY HEART” serves no different, impressing listeners with the ambient textures intertwined with the heartfelt lyricism.

“CROSS MY HEART” revolves around a tale that showcases love put to the test with time, mixed with the blend of unfiltered honesty, pain, and strenuous emotional endurance. Michellar has provided emotion and sincerity throughout the track while she wrote the lyrics and the melody herself. From the perspective of a warm, distant, and at times heartbreakingly empty human connection, “CROSS MY HEART” is one of the songs that should be played during a quiet evening when you want to get lost in the world of imagination. Her soothing vocals flow beautifully with the lush soundscapes and rhythmic elements accompanying the song, making it the perfect late-night listen for those wanting to get lost in a reflective world.

Much of the song’s sonic brilliance comes from the cross-continental collaboration with Romanian producer “Marius,” who handled the production, mixing, and mastering. The polish of his contribution gives the track a modern synth-pop feel, with The Weeknd’s influence apparent in the ambient elements of this release. The arrangement is stripped down but rich in emotional complexity; percussive elements throb underneath the ambient layers like a heartbeat, capturing the tension and beauty of love that has weathered silence and storm. The production feels polished, but not to the point of over-engineering; Michellar’s vocals, tender and honest, remain strikingly vulnerable.

“Michellar recorded “Cross My Heart” during her time with the Women’s Audio Mission recording studio in San Francisco. “Ethos Bracelets” was also produced as part of a women-led studio. “This collaboration is more than just a creative choice, it's an alignment with community, equity, and upliftment.” Save the Music intersects with the women’s initiative was developed to help transform humanitarian aid into a measurable, tangible impact. 30 years as a business owner, spent so much of her life supporting women's women-owned businesses, which captures so compelling, this track has an even richer backstory than the music itself.

Michellar equally deserves recognition for an artistic vision which extends beyond the scope of her music. As a visual artist and painter, she creates all her cover art, which adds another dimension to her creativity. Her performances at the open mics in San Francisco show that she is truly interested in connecting with her audience. The blend of abstract shapes and emotive lyrics in her songs makes the audience not only hear her music, but feel it, unlike many artists in the modern world who focus on clicks and algorithms.

“CROSS MY HEART” is not just a track but an experience of sincerity, growth, and deep self-reflection. With emotional lyrics paired with corrosion and cough, lilting vocal artistry, Michellar creates a story that many people will be able to relate to. This song is a warm hug for those who have kept promises, broken them, or wished a phrase could carry the essence of love. As it is being streamed on new ears on Spotify and YouTube, this single marks an important milestone for Michellar, and, for her future releases, the world needs to hear this voice more.