Moniah steps back into the spotlight with her new single โWhat If I Cry About It,โ released October 29th, 2025, marking a confident next chapter after the success of her debut EP ANYWHERE BUT HERE. The London-born singer-songwriter, already turning heads at venues like House of Koko and Battersea Power Station, leans deeper into her emotional candor here as she threads her indie-pop beside R&B warmth, making room for the sharp contemporary pop instincts learned from influences like Beyoncรฉ and Raye.
โWhat If I Cry About Itโ revolves around the tightrope of wanting someone intensely while fearing the end before it even begins. Itโs vulnerable without collapsing, emotional without melodrama. The production sets the mood first, with a catchy, clean beat underneath mellow strums and a rounded, pulsing bassline that gives the track its heartbeat. Moniahโs voice is what makes it glow. Rich, creamy, slightly grainy around the edges, as she sings as though the feeling is still sitting in her chest. Her harmonies layer in like waves, wailing and sighing behind her lead, amplifying that familiar push-and-pull between composure and emotional overflow.
She pleads without losing her footing, asking to be seen as she is in her most messy, present, overwhelmed, but loving deeply state. The chorus melts into something both anthemic and intimate, hooking you to keep you humming when your chest gets tight for no reason. And yet, the song never tips into sadness. Thereโs movement in it, chin up, eyes forward, heart open even when it stings. Itโs a graceful acknowledgement of how hard it is not to self-sabotage when your feelings hit like weather.
Moniah isnโt just singing about cryingโsheโs turning emotional honesty into rhythm, groove, and something danceable. Vulnerability, as she frames it, isnโt a weakness. Itโs the whole point of caring at all.
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Review by: Naomi Joan