By Colin 
Swedish-born, London-based artist MOA unveils a new side of her artistry with ‘Me Vs Me’, released today, 30th May 2025. Closing her EP Home Is Where The Hurt Is, the track marks a striking departure from the alt-rock textures that defined its earlier moments. Instead, MOA delivers something bare, exposed, and deeply personal. This is a song that peers unflinchingly into the complexities of dissociation, mental illness, and fragile self-accountability.
Built around a single guitar and recorded largely in one take, ‘Me Vs Me’ showcases MOA’s most emotional and affecting vocal performance to date. The lyrics wrestle with moments of identity loss and psychological disconnect: “Watching from above, feel like someone else. She is down below, acting by herself.” There is no wall of production to soften the blow. Just voice, strings, and truth.
A brave new chapter
MOA has never shied away from difficult themes. Known for speaking openly about living with bipolar disorder, her songs often explore the terrain of emotional survival. Yet ‘Me Vs Me’ takes that vulnerability to new ground. It does not just admit to pain. It lets us sit inside it. The track is a quiet act of bravery and a subtle rebellion against the polish of modern production.
The song’s release follows a string of recent live appearances, including a slot at The Great Escape and gigs across London at venues like Notting Hill Arts Club, The Grace, and Hoxton Underbelly. As the final single from the EP, ‘Me Vs Me’ marks a pivot into a sound that is raw, unfiltered and unmistakably hers.
Review
‘Me Vs Me’ is a cinematic unravelling of the self, delivered with such intensity and intimacy that it feels less like listening and more like eavesdropping on a soul mid-break. From the first lyric, MOA pulls you into her mind at its most fragile and its most honest, inviting you to witness what it means to lose yourself and still find the courage to speak.
Her vocal performance is spellbinding. It trembles in places, soars in others, and rests in the kind of silences that say more than any lyric ever could. The line “I’ll apologise, but still, it’s me against my will” might be one of the most heart-wrenching MOA has ever written. There is no distance, no guard. Just her, a guitar, and a truth too real to fake.
What makes this track extraordinary is how it breaks every rule about what a closing track should be. Where others might end on something triumphant or tidy, MOA offers a question with no answer. It lingers long after the final note fades, not because it demands attention, but because it earns it. ‘Me Vs Me’ is a quiet masterpiece. It is her boldest move yet, and it proves that when MOA strips everything away, what remains is pure, undeniable brilliance.
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