The Spanish-born, Brighton-based artist breaks their silence with a vibrant reflection on toxic love, marking the first release from their debut EP
After a five-year hiatus, Spanish-born singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Luan Luan emerges with Nonsense—a charged, emotionally complex single that signals both a personal reckoning and a bold new era in their music. Released on May 23rd, 2025, Nonsense is the first track taken from their forthcoming debut EP, marking a moment of cathartic re-entry into the independent scene after 2020’s Yellow. It’s an arrival worth waiting for: musically bright and rhythmically bouncy, yet thematically steeped in the painful dissonance of romantic toxicity and the journey of confronting it.
Written during a formative and turbulent moment—between leaving Madrid and relocating to Brighton at the age of 18—Nonsense carries the weight of transition, both geographically and emotionally. The song began as one of Luan’s earliest compositions, conceived in the heart of an unhealthy relationship. Its final form took shape only years later in 2024, when Luan recorded it with a full band in Brighton. Here, for the first time, listeners are introduced to another key element of their sound: the saxophone, played by Luan themself and now a defining feature of their artistic identity.
Despite the trauma that anchors its lyrical core, Nonsense delivers a paradoxical sense of optimism. It’s a track that doesn’t wallow in the wreckage but instead rises from it. With vibrant instrumentation and a pulsing energy, it becomes a kind of reclamation—a sonic victory lap over past pain. In the verses, Luan sets the stage with poetic precision: “It was a winter evening when I saw your face / Changing through all the seasons, I couldn’t pretend.” This illusion of instant love, born from projection and fantasy, quickly unravels as the song moves toward its emotional apex.
The chorus is both confrontational and heart-wrenching: “Are you gonna sing that song? Be that wrong? Are you gonna let it through the night?” Luan’s voice rides the edge between vulnerability and defiance, questioning not only their partner’s actions but their own tolerance. As the bridge arrives—led by the interplay of soaring saxophone and melodic guitar—the narrative sharpens into truth: “They’re fading away all these feelings, don’t you see it?” Here, clarity cuts through the chaos.
Raised in a household filled with music but no formal musicians, Luan was immersed in a mosaic of genres from an early age—rock, flamenco, indie, bossa nova, soul. That eclectic palette informs their approach today: instinctive, poetic, and rich with synaesthetic textures. From a young age, they translated emotional complexity into lyrics, poetry, and eventually melody—anchoring every song in deep personal meaning and metaphor.
Nonsense is more than a comeback—it’s a reintroduction. It captures Luan Luan’s evolution, not only as a musician but as a person confronting patterns, breaking cycles, and refusing to stay silent. The track also sets the tone for their debut EP, set to arrive later in 2025 and produced, mixed, and mastered in Brighton by Paul Winstanley. If this single is any indication, Luan’s full project will be a dynamic and fearless meditation on love, self-awareness, and healing.
In a world quick to romanticize chaos, Nonsense stands apart. It asks hard questions, rejects easy answers, and does so through vibrant soundscapes that invite listeners to dance—while thinking twice about who they’re dancing with.
