Ana Luna New Single review 
Ana Luna released her melancholic, intimate and vulnerable new single, “Can We Pretend We Just Met at a Bar?“.
Following her introspective work, “Daddy’s Empire“ and “Dance in a Trance“, the rising singer-songwriter gave us another peek into her psyche and what’s to come on her debut album.
Ana’s aching heart is on full display, and her emotions are palpable in every note. Her ethereal vocals carry the weight of yearning, denial, pain and the complex whirlwind of emotions that come with letting someone go.
The song’s production weaves piano and percussion together seamlessly, and it feels like a warm blanket for Ana’s soulful voice.
Speaking about the single, Ana calls it “a conversation with myself,” explaining that it’s about “blurring the past and present in order to get to the truth and begin letting go.”
“In the song, I imagined how I wished things could be, faced how they actually were, and asked myself why I hadn’t walked away sooner,” she shares. “Deep down, I knew the relationship was over, but I stayed in denial.”
Ana explores how different love appears and how different it actually is. “From the outside, it looked like love, it looked like it should work, and that illusion kept pulling me back. But inside, I was suffering. There’s a disconnect between the external and internal: the external hypnotizes you to stay, while the internal is begging you to face the truth that it’s all a facade, and there’s no future there.”
Born in Ukraine, raised in Paris, and now calling Los Angeles home, Ana Luna creates music that’s both grandiose and painfully honest. A natural storyteller with a raw emotional style, she spent years writing songs just for herself while pursuing acting before fully embracing music in college. Her sound fuses dream pop, alt-rock, and moody ballads into something seductive, ethereal, and deeply intimate
Through her songs, she deals with emotional wounds, explores what makes us human, and offers a safe space for healing.
Whether you want to daydream about how things could have gone differently, overthink at 3am about what went wrong, or simply want to enjoy a beautifully crafted piece of art, Ana Luna’s “Can We Pretend We Just Met at a Bar?” is a surefire way to help you with that.
words by Marios Stamos
