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Rising singer and songwriter Ana Luna has shared her new single, “Can We Pretend We Just Met at a Bar?,” out on all streaming platforms today. Building on the raw vulnerability and thoughtful introspection of earlier releases like “Daddy’s Empire” and “Dance in a Trance,” the track offers another glimpse into the emotionally layered world of her forthcoming debut album.
Anchored by warm, cinematic production and a hypnotic, slow-burning rhythm, the track builds with quiet intensity. Ana’s vocals are intimate, aching, and emotionally charged, pulling listeners into a world that feels both dreamlike and unflinchingly honest. Beneath the song’s softness lies a quiet reckoning, as it tenderly unpacks denial, longing, and the slow, painful process of letting go.
“’Can We Pretend We Just Met at a Bar?’ is a conversation with myself. It’s about blurring the past and present in order to get to the truth and begin letting go,” Ana shares. “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. Deep down, I knew the relationship was over, but I stayed in denial.”
She continues, “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 based in Los Angeles, Ana Luna is a natural-born storyteller whose music feels both cinematic and emotionally unfiltered. After years of keeping her songwriting private while pursuing acting, she fully embraced music in college, developing a sound that fuses dream pop, alt-rock, and moody ballads into something sultry, celestial, and deeply personal. Through her songs, Ana processes emotional wounds, explores human behavior, and offers a space for healing.