Stephen Mathes

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Seven records, each with its own colour. Everything links straight out to the platform you already use.

Stephen Mathes singing into a handheld microphone under red and blue stage light

2026Out September 2026

Man on a Mission

Man on a Mission is the loudest thing I've made. It was written for the room, for the moment the band locks in and the floor starts moving. Track links land the day it's out; until then the artist profiles are the place to follow.

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Destiny cover art: the word DESTINY in acid green block capitals across a black frame, with Stephen Mathes in silhouette in front of it

2025Single

Destiny

Destiny was made with producer Research Chemicals. It's about a past relationship that convinced itself it was inevitable, toxic, on and off, and in hindsight, more than a little mad. The title's almost sarcastic: someone was so sure she was my destiny. The answer was simply no.

Sounddrum and bass · fast · heavy hitting

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Life Is But a Dream cover art: a lone figure sitting on a rooftop ledge against a deep midnight blue sky

2025Single

Life Is But a Dream

Life Is But a Dream was written from a season where everything seemed to click. A new job, a relationship that felt perfect, someone who made every day feel worth talking about. It's a song about gratitude, about how good life can feel when you actually stop and notice it, and about not being able to hold that feeling in. Looking back, it's one of the purest moments of joy in the whole catalogue.

Soundhip hop · R&B · bouncy · soulful

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C'est La Vie cover art: a hand wearing a silver ring holding a red carnation among yellow daffodils and green grass

2024Single

C'est La Vie

C'est La Vie, French for “that's life”, is a conversation with someone who worried too much over the small things despite being kind, thoughtful and full of love. It's a reminder that sometimes accepting things as they are, even in the hard moments, is what opens the door to more joy. At its heart, it's simply a love song.

Soundhip hop · R&B · bouncy · romantic · soulful

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Ride or Die cover art: two figures leaning out of a black convertible in a green field under a bright pink sky

2024EP

Ride or Die

Brog0NE feat. Stephen Mathes

Ride or Die was made with producer Brog0NE, drawing on influences like Kid Laroi and Juice WRLD. It reflects on past relationships and the idea of being a ride or die: wanting to go through life with someone, even willing to die for them, when that same devotion wasn't always there in return. Honest, and looking back on love that asked more than it gave.

Soundraw · heavy hitting · soulful · hip hop · R&B

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Lost City cover art: Stephen Mathes photographed from behind in a purple Worldwide fleece, facing a brick railway viaduct under a pale sky

2022Single

Lost City

Lost City was made with producer QTorra during a stretch living in London, when the city could feel enormous and empty at the same time. It's about that lost, lonely feeling of being surrounded by people and still on your own. The one thing that cut through it was someone who made the whole world feel like a completely different place. Looking back, it's the sound of finding a way through.

Soundsynths · ethereal · alternative

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Blue Rose EP cover art: an illustrated deep blue rose growing out of dark water, lit by purple lightning against a black background

2020EP

Blue Rose EP

Blue Rose EP is where it all started. Written as a teenager working through crushes and heartache, back when picking up a guitar was the only way I knew how to say what I meant. The name says it plainly: blue for the sadness, rose for the love. Just voice and acoustic guitar, it's rawer than anything I've made since, and still the truest snapshot of how this whole thing began.

Soundstripped back · emotional · soft · soulful

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Stephen Mathes and his band mid-set under magenta and amber stage light

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