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A genre-blending maestro who’s growing for her sharp, aware sound that’s making the entire world feel seen, Antoin is a lyrical disruptor hailing from London, England. A thunderous force that’s rising independently with the label Circum Sonus, she’s an amalgamation of a sharp tongue and pen that comes off as raw, unhinged and unfiltered, and is an absolute force to be reckoned with! Her latest release, ‘Diss Tribute,’ invites passionate creative legends to join forces and create nothing but absolute magic!

A truth-spitting hip-hop banger that feels like it makes you see past the lies and attention-seeking tactics we’re falling into day by day, this shows reality a mirror.

A creative masterpiece that feels like a solid commentary on the state and behaviour of the society we live in, this uncovers all the hidden truths and atrocities we’re not just letting slide but also actively participating in, especially with the rise of social media and its devastating impacts on our attention spans. From mass-produced goods sold in the disguise of life-changing products to the audience that actively seeks to consume the bigotry and AI crap that’s harming our own home, this track is true in its every shape and form. In a society that asks you to follow its lead, this track will feel like a food for thought, and perhaps make you think about the consequences of humanity today. It’s an admirable banger in my opinion, and a must listen!

We had a chance to have a chat with the artist and here’s how it went-

1. You really seem to speak your mind in your music. What impact do you aim for your music to have?

I think the biggest impact I want my music to have is making people actually stop and think for a second. A lot of modern life feels automated now. Algorithmic attention spans, performative identities, outrage cycles, people consuming each other like content rather than human beings. My music tends to hold a mirror up to that.

I’m not trying to present myself as some all-knowing figure with answers. Most of my work exists inside contradiction, paradox, frustration, humour, grief, anger and observation all at once. If people walk away feeling entertained but also slightly uncomfortable because they recognised something truthful in it, then I’ve probably done my job correctly.

A lot of my tracks are emotionally intense, but they’re also intentionally layered. There’s satire, philosophy, world-building, social commentary, and dark humour woven into them. I like art that reveals more the deeper you look into it.

2. What inspired this release?

Diss Tribute was inspired by the strange relationship modern artists now have with platforms, algorithms, visibility and perception. We live in a time where art can reach the entire world instantly, but at the same time artists can feel more invisible than ever.

The track became a way of processing that contradiction. It’s aggressive, theatrical and confrontational on the surface, but underneath it is really about disillusionment with modern systems – not just music platforms, but society in general. The title itself is intentionally ironic because the song acts both as a diss track and as a tribute to diss culture, expression and confrontation itself.

I also wanted the production and delivery to feel relentless, almost like an overload of information and emotion crashing together. That chaos is very reflective of the current digital environment we all exist inside.

3. What made you start your journey as an artist? What artists do you look up to the most?

Honestly, music wasn’t some carefully calculated career plan for me. A lot of it emerged naturally from emotion, observation and needing an outlet for things I couldn’t really express normally. Over time, I realised the way I processed language, rhythm and concepts was naturally musical even before I consciously thought of myself as an artist.

I grew up listening to an extremely wide range of music across genres and even languages. I’ve always connected more to atmosphere, emotion and sonic identity than strict genre boundaries. Most music I listened to was from Japan and Korea (before the International boom), so this is where a lot of my influence comes from. Artists like BoA, DANA, Koda Kumi, to name a few – where I listened deeply to the music, the emotion, the production and where I didn’t understand the lyrics. This wasn’t essential, the artistic expression and musicality was so great that it allowed me to evoke the correct understandings that if I were to later check the translation, it would generally be pretty accurate. This is partly why I’ve been described as a ‘sonic architect,’ because musicality, atmosphere, production and expression come first for me. The lyrics matter deeply too, but they exist as part of a larger emotional and sonic experience rather than the sole focus. I t’s a collective package.

4. Name a song, either on your own or someone else’s, that you absolutely love and can listen to 365 days of the year.

Honestly, that answer changes constantly depending on where my head is at emotionally, which is probably the most truthful response I can give. I tend to connect more to atmosphere and emotional resonance than replaying one song forever.

But if I had to choose one artist whose music I can continuously return to, it would probably be BoA. A lot of her older work carries this emotional, cinematic and almost hypnotic quality for me that never really fades no matter how many years pass.

I think the reason it stays timeless to me is because the musicality and emotional expression communicate something beyond language itself. Even before understanding translations, I could still emotionally understand what the music was trying to say, and that shaped my own artistic perspective heavily.

Since she entered the industry at such a young age, I also grew up alongside her journey in a strange way, watching that evolution continue over the years. So rather than it being about one specific song, it became a much deeper artistic connection. Despite never knowing her personally, her music has always felt strangely familiar to me.

5. If your sound were a colour, which one would it be and why?

If my sound were a colour, it would definitely be the dark purple associated with Circum Sonus.

That colour has gradually become tied to my entire artistic identity because it represents the atmosphere my music tends to exist within — dark, cinematic, emotional, surreal and immersive, but still vibrant underneath the darkness.

Purple also naturally sits between opposites in a way that feels reflective of my work. There’s beauty and melancholy, aggression and vulnerability, chaos and elegance all coexisting together. A lot of my music lives in those contradictions.

Over time, that dark purple stopped feeling like just a visual aesthetic and started feeling more like the emotional space my music occupies.

6. As an artist, what keeps you going and motivated in this journey?

Honestly, I think most artists eventually realise the creative side and the industry side are two very different things.

The industry side can absolutely be exhausting at times. Algorithms, visibility, constant online presence, statistics, pressure, performative culture, trying to remain creatively authentic while existing inside systems that often reward the opposite. It can become very draining mentally and emotionally.

But despite that, I still feel compelled to create. I think creativity becomes part of how certain people process existence itself. Even when I disappear into my own world for a while, ideas, concepts, sounds and lyrics never really stop forming in the background.

What keeps me going is the ability to transform emotion, observation and chaos into something immersive and meaningful. Seeing something that originally existed only inside my head evolve into a fully realised sonic and visual world still feels surreal to me.

I think that feeling is stronger than the exhaustion surrounding it.

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