In her new single “Sculpture,” Cat Serrano breathes renewed life into a timeless Greek myth with the throbbing heartbeat of modern-day longing. Beneath the original story about a sculptor objectifying and creating his ideal woman, Serrano upends the traditional tale, speaking for the speechless, as it were, and giving life to God. Sculpture reimagines the myth in an empowering ode to self-discovery, empowerment, and identity from Aphrodite’s perspective.
“This track has warmth from the first beat. The sound is multitracked and rippling, with layered percussion undulating like waves beneath a bright, sun-drenched melody, and altogether it feels both on trend and outside of time. The fierce, teenage vocals from Serrano match the production with a confidence that demands attention. Each line feels deliberate, a reappropriation of the story, an insistence on not being still. Her voice is both fragile and bracing, a raw transmission of someone coming into their independence.
Produced, mixed, and mastered by Paul “Echo” Irizarry and engineered by Johnathan Ramos Capellan, “Sculpture” marries Serrano’s story of triumph with lush Latin pop textures and sparkling harmonies. There’s a heartbeat in the rhythm, a feeling of movement that reflects the change at the song’s center. Behind its enthusiasm and bright skin, it carries a message of resistance and rebirth, creation not as simply shaping but as becoming.
In a world in which so many tales continue to be told from the male desire side, “Sculpture” imagines we can get an ending right this time. Serrano gives her power, and by way of Aphrodite, regains the right to create, to feel, to exist outside the gaze. It’s a masterclass in storytelling by way of sound, mythic, melodic, and splendidly alive.
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