Brett Ashby approaches music like an artist expanding his canvas. Known internationally since his 2009 Obama collage caught fire at Art Basel Miami, Ashby has spent years moving between large-scale visual art, billboards in Miami and New York, live performance painting, and film. Now, with “La Luna,” he extends that universe into sound—less a standalone single and more a chapter in his evolving multimedia world, tied to his forthcoming six-track project Always Neo and his 2026 feature film Bliss.
“La Luna” unfolds like a slow inhale. The opening is meditative and immersive, a soft atmospheric wash that feels almost weightless before the rhythm quietly asserts itself. Rustling beats begin to smack and pulse with a subtle catchiness. The production leans pop-adjacent, yet it feels cinematic, like it was always meant to sit behind moving images.
The vocal glides in smoothly, charismatic and high, delivering each line with an effortless flow. There’s a sense of intention in the phrasing, nothing rushed, nothing thrown away. As the track builds, the falsetto lifts off, soaring with a bright, almost celestial tone that reinforces the song’s lunar metaphor. It’s about elevation; the voice rises the way a thought does when it shifts from doubt to clarity.
Lyrically and emotionally, “La Luna” embeds itself in gratitude and alignment. The moon becomes a symbol of guidance and interconnectedness, reminding us that what we seek externally often already hums within us. The track feels grounding yet uplifting at once, suggesting manifestation not as fantasy, but as awareness.
Toward the end, glinting strings shimmer into view, with a final touch of elegance before the soundscape gently recedes.
With “La Luna,” Ashby moves into music as a continuation, with different medium, same language.
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Review by: Naomi Joan