Mahalia, Leicester’s own rising star, is making a powerful statement with her new single ‘Life Size,’ which focusses on body positivity.
With bold lyrics like “My body is my body, don’t tell me how to run it,” the song serves as a defiant anthem against body shaming and a celebration of self-love.
The video opens with Mahalia’s poignant statement: “Woman, a woman I am, a woman I came from, impossible standards put in place so we should fall, yet we stand, we sing, we shine.” This encapsulates the essence of the song’s empowering message and the spirit of the visuals.
Mahalia’s roots in Leicestershire have deeply influenced her music and message. She has often spoken about how the vibrant and diverse culture of Leicester has shaped her as an artist. ‘Life Size’ is a testament to her upbringing, celebrating authenticity and self-acceptance.
Her new song is a slick and relatable anthem for female empowerment – with the artist singing about owning her body and being proud of what her mama gave her. It’s a catchy antidote to the toxic beauty standards which exists in today’s society – one which sticks two fingers up to the pressures of conforming to the industry’s ‘cookie cutter’ ideal.
“My body is my body, don’t tell me how to run it,” she says in the lyrics.
“Won’t change it for nobody”
“I got it from my mommy, she show me how to run it”.
With her neo-soul productions and impressive discography, Mahalia continues to break new territory, establishing herself as one of British R&B’s most successful contemporary faces.
Her accolades include Grammy, BRIT, Soul Train and MTV Push nominations over the years, as well as two MOBO-wins for Best Female Act, and Best R&B/Soul Act. Mahalia’s success becomes even more bonafide outside of the UK as well, she cracked the US Adult R&B Charts three times to date.
With her legion of 3.3M monthly Spotify listeners, an opener performance for Adele at Hyde Park this summer, and a stellar prime-time Commonwealth Games closing ceremony set, Mahalia has even more territory to break. Mahalia is now in the final stages of completing her sophomore album, IRL. Emboldened by her inflections, insights and young adulthood, she is breaking the mould in IRL – an artist who is refreshingly real and oozing with a casual, everyday confidence which is oh so alluring.
‘Life Size’ is available now on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Deezer and Tidal.
