Montreal-born singer-songwriter Melina returns with her most intimate and self-examining body of work to date on the forthcoming EP A London Way Back To Me. Marking a decisive shift in both sound and spirit, the project traces a quiet but unflinching journey through emotional excavation, where healing is neither linear nor gentle, but necessary. It is less a reinvention than a return: to voice, to memory, and to the self that exists beneath the noise.
Melina’s musical foundation was laid early, shaped by a household where music was less a pursuit than a constant presence. Classically trained in piano from the age of four and later in voice, she developed an instinct for structure before she ever wrote a lyric. That instinct soon gave way to expression when a guitar gifted for her fifteenth birthday became her first true writing companion, an instrument through which early songs began to form a private language of their own.
Her trajectory into the public ear came through a series of formative stages that revealed both range and resilience. While still in high school, she joined an award-winning a cappella group, refining her ear for harmony and collective performance. Years later, her appearance on the 2014 season of La Voix brought her national attention, advancing to the quarterfinals through audience vote and establishing her as a voice capable of carrying both technical precision and emotional immediacy.
Following her 2017 debut EP and her 2024 full-length album Revival, Melina entered a new creative chapter defined by distance and reflection. In 2025, she began work on what would become A London Way Back To Me, recording between Montreal’s Studios OPUS and London’s Abbey Road Studios. The geography is not incidental; it mirrors the emotional terrain of the project itself; two cities, two versions of self, and the space between what is remembered and what is being rebuilt.
The EP has been gradually unveiled through a series of singles that read like fragments of a larger reckoning. “(Back To) Square One,” released in late 2025, set the tone with stark clarity, later echoed by a live piano-vocal rendition captured at Abbey Road in early 2026. “Who’s To Blame” and “Worth It Soon” deepen the narrative, each track peeling back another layer of accountability, loss, and reluctant forgiveness. Accompanying the music is a documentary series on YouTube, offering a rare window into the creative process as it unfolds in real time.
Now based in London, Melina stands at the threshold of a quieter kind of confidence, one not built on resolution, but on acceptance. A London Way Back To Me ultimately frames healing as an ongoing negotiation rather than a destination, where letting go and reclaiming are part of the same breath. “These songs hold the moments I didn’t always know how to talk about,” she reflects. “If you’ve ever felt like you were losing yourself, I hope this feels like a reminder that you can always find your way back.”
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