When Julia Cumming released the single 'My Life' in February 2026, it made clear that she's had enough of the bullshit. Impossible standards, shifting goalposts and a glass ceiling reinforced with patriarchal egotism, she was stepping out and punching up at a system that had told her who she was and how high she could reach. 

It forms what Julia describes as the "thesis statement" for her debut record 'Julia', an eleven-song unravelling of her life so far. Illuminated by lyricism that strikes to the heart of the issue and elevated by classic 70s pop references, placed deftly alongside sparkly production and winding melodies, it's a record which underscores what can happen when you resist the forces telling you what your career should be.

Dialling in from a New York coffee shop, the morning crowd buzzing around her, she reflects: "I had a lot of people, who saw me in a much more two-dimensional way at earlier points in my career, tell me that I should make [a solo record], which made me really angry. 

"In my mind, it was like, 'Well, who are you to assume that I don't know what I'm doing with my life?'. I think it's very presumptuous and very easy to tell young women that they don't know how to put themselves in the position that they want to be in."