Mya Angelique Peels Back Perfection with Her Luminous Debut ‘paper girls’
- Curious For Music Team
- Jul 7
- 2 min read
Mya Angelique’s paper girls is a debut that walks the tightrope between fragility and strength with exquisite grace.
Across seven tracks, the Puerto Rican singer-songwriter pulls back the glossy curtain of girlhood to reveal something more honest: the exhaustion of trying to be everything, the heartbreak of not being enough, and the quiet power of being real. In a sea of polished pop, paper girls feels like a breath — unfiltered, textured, and strikingly personal.
Raised on early 2000s teen movies and trained in classical voice from the age of six, Mya fuses her wide-ranging influences into something uniquely her own. You can hear echoes of Taylor Swift’s confessional storytelling and Lorde’s melancholy shimmer, but Mya’s voice — emotionally and literally — cuts with its own clarity. Her breakout track “sixteen” is a masterclass in yearning, while “the comedown” captures the echo of joy once it’s passed. It’s music that doesn’t shy away from emotional mess — it leans into it.
What sets paper girls apart is how well it understands the performance of girlhood — the poses, the pressures, the pretense. The title track distills this perfectly, likening the experience to something easily folded and easily torn. “teenage girl nationality” follows with sharp humor and even sharper insight, reminding us that sometimes surviving adolescence means being your own best joke and your own quiet hero.
Yet for all its emotional weight, the EP is filled with sonic lightness — sparkling melodies, infectious hooks, and just the right amount of distortion. Tracks like “the boy in the band” bring a playful sense of nostalgia, while “glitter” ends the record with a flicker of melancholy beauty. Mya has the rare ability to make music that feels cinematic but never overproduced — she lets the emotion lead.
With paper girls, Mya Angelique makes a bold first statement: vulnerability is not weakness, and honesty is its own kind of armor. It’s the kind of debut that feels like both a time capsule and a declaration — of feeling, of growing, and of arriving. Don’t just listen — feel it.
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