โTruth Over Liesโ is a soaring, impassioned protest anthem from San Francisco-based artist Michellar, released October 31, 2025. The track was born during a songwriting retreat in Idyllwild, California, where Michelle Bond, Michael Levine, and Matthias Schmidt shaped the songโs lyrical and sonic foundation. Drawing unmistakable influence from U2 and Coldplay, the track leans into widescreen emotional grandeur, thatโs designed to mobilize listeners. Recorded across continents, California, South Africa, and Hollywood, the single carries the urgency of a fractured world that hopes that unity is still possible.
It opens with melodic, slowly building guitars shimmering under lightly sparkling cymbals, the atmosphere thick with cinematic tension. Over this rising swell, the vocalist enters with a rich, deep tone, carrying her notes carefully and powerfully, as though sheโs suspending them in air. You can imagine the beacon being lit, as it ignites and soars steadily, in its luminous and unshakeable way. Harmony layers enter quietly behind her, like a distant choir forming just over the horizon.
As the song progresses, the percussion drops in with rumbling weight, tumbling beneath her voice as she sings with controlled, graceful strength. The emotional crest comes in waves, as each refrain pushes the message forward with conviction and chooses truth and unity, as it chooses rise. The crescendo is where everything converges with vocals widening, guitars climbing, harmonies blooming into something almost cathedral-like.
The chorus lands anthemically,
ย โThe light on the hill / Stirs us to rise / Stand upโฆ for we choose / The truths over lies.โ
Itโs not subtle. Itโs not trying to be, because โTruth Over Liesโ is a call to gather, to refuse silence, to believe that voices, together, can still break through the noise. Because otherwise, itโs complicity, and complicity is a form of violence against the soul.
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Review by: Naomi Joan