New Audio: Mila Degray Shares Earnest and Anthemic “Masculine Charm”

Mila Degray is a Broward County, FL-born singer/songwriter and actor. Inspired by the likes of Pretty Sick, Alex G. and Melanie Martinez, Degray’s pairs brutally honest lyrics with a sound that blends elements of indie rock, alt rock, bubblegum grunge, streetgaze and pop rock. Her work reminds the listener that there’s power in self-discovery and vulnerability.

As an actor, she’s appeared in Re6ce’s “is suicide too much,” Charli XCX and Billie Eilish‘s “Guess (remix)” and in A24’s MaXXXine.

Degray’s latest single, “Masculine Charm” is anchored around a hazy, lo-fi production, dusty and skittering beats, a fuzzy New Order-like guitar hook and the Floridian’s coquettish yet achingly tender delivery. While seemingly nodding at Soccer Mommy and Pom Pom Squad, “Masculine Charm” reveals an artist, who can craft an earnest, lived-in song with big, rousingly anthemic and catchy choruses hooks and choruses.

“‘Masculine Charm’ is about an experience I had with an older famous singer when I was 18 in a nice NYC hotel… He said I had ‘Masculine Charm.’. Later, Harry Teardrop and I made the original demo in Brooklyn, just an iPhone voice memo, which is actually still used for the whole intro of the song – then we created a huge guitar hook. After going back and forth from different producers, Richard Orofino from Sex Week layed [sic] down drums and we all realized something special had been created. The rest was up to me. So I wrote the verses of the song and layed [sic] down vocals and harmonies!”