Myrthe Nauta

My love for words started through my love for music, gaining inspiration from musical lyricists like Ben Howard, boygenius and Taylor Swift. So it is no surprise that my debut album, released in March 2022, is a combination of poetry with music, produced by my friend and collaborator Jochem Broersen from Ocabo Music. The conceptual album tells the story of what it is like to be the person standing next to a loved one, who is suffering from mental illness. It is called ‘Naastenliefde’, meaning ‘love thy neighbor’, and is in the end a celebration of human strength and (self) love. On 8 August 2025 I will release my first English EP, called STANDSTILL, as the first chapter of the trilogy album DYNAMO. The DYNAMO project will take the connection between poetry and music a step further, incorporating more song writing influences. It tells a story of being stuck in a harmful status quo, told in raw and rhythmic poetry, accompanied by electronic beats and moody synths. I started writing in English around 2020, resulting in my first English piece ‘Don’t say war‘, written as a response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2021. This was followed by ‘ARMOR‘, recorded in Brooklyn, New York City in May 2024 in support of the worldwide student protests for a free Palestine.