โStep by Stepโ is the new single from 12-year-old pop-rock singer AMELINA (Amelina Philippenko), a Spain-based young artist already wielding more conviction than many adults. Written from the perspective of someone whoโs had to start over in a new country, language, and life, the song doubles as self-pep talk and open invitation: everything can be achieved, but only by moving forward in small, determined steps. Sitting comfortably between teen indie-pop and sleek pop-rock, it nods to Olivia Rodrigo and early Avril Lavigne while still sounding like a kid figuring the world out in real time. Released September 3, 2025 via LANDR, it plants AMELINA firmly in that emerging lane of young artists who use vulnerability as fuel rather than weakness.
The track opens with melodic, emotional, melancholic electric guitar riffs like a confession under streetlights. AMELINAโs husky, light voice comes in soft and introspective, with the weight of doubt sitting just behind each line. She sounds young, sure, but also oddly grounded, with that feeling of being a little overwhelmed and still refusing to back down. Before long, the drums start to thump steadily underneath, and the guitars grow thicker and grittier, pushing the song from reflection into resolve.
Verses lean into that somber, searching mood, as she sounds like sheโs talking herself through the hard parts, with new places, new faces, not quite fitting in yet. Then the chorus blows the doors open, turning the emotion into an explosive, optimistic hook built for shouting along in bedrooms and school hallways. She is trying to relay that everything is possible to achieve, step by step, that part is what makes it sound more doable, like a lesson sheโs herself actively learning as she sings it.
By the final stretch, โStep by Stepโ is a small coming-of-age movie in under four minutes, with unsure beginnings, stubborn middle, and a defiant ending that promises this is just the start.
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Review by: Naomi Joan