Vanessa Marie King makes a striking debut with Eterna, released on September 30, 2025, through her family label KINGBYDESIGN. Hailing from Mission, Texas, King delivers a deeply personal, emotional journey through love, loss, and the undying spirit of human resilience. Each track on Eterna feels like a page torn straight from her diary. Mind you, her diary is poetic. The album, inspired by her own life story, reflects moments of grief, growth, and gratitude, with Kingโs soulful, authentic grain touching the most sensitive core. Recorded in her hometown for that added touch of authenticity, Eterna feels as intimate as it is universal, bridging pain and healing in one graceful sweep.
The album opens with โEstoy tan orgullosa de ti,โ a tender ballad dedicated to her father, Guadalupe Rodriguez. The soft piano intro immediately draws you in, and Kingโs breathy, vulnerable vocals float like a confession whispered in the dark. As the drums begin to thump and cymbals splash, the track swells into an exhilarating emotional release, that turns into a heartfelt ode to love, legacy, and the unspoken bond between parent and child.
Later, โNo estaba listaโ becomes the albumโs emotional anchor, written for her late mother. The song begins with King humming softly, her thick, tender tone steeped in melancholy. Then the beat glimmers through, delicate yet infectious, as she belts with staggering soul. When her voice surges high up itโs like sheโs releasing pent up pain and agony, wailing as if to get a closure. You can almost hear her heaving grief between lines, the breaths falling heavily with sincerity.
Finally, the title track โEternaโ ties everything together strongly. Opening in gritty acapella over an airy soundscape, the song soon bursts into crisp, marching drums. Kingโs rich and defiant voice soars, transforming sorrow into triumph.
Eterna is a living, breathing diary of the heart. Vanessa Marie King turns pain into poetry and loss into light. At the end of the day, itโs art that eternalizes our souls, refilling the hearts that once emptied through broken edges.
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Review by: Naomi Joan