With her new single “DNA,” Millie Blooms isn’t simply giving us a song, she is making a definitive statement. Unapologetic yet impossibly delicate, brimming with emotional intelligence, “DNA” is the reflective song for women playing the high-stakes game of modern identity. Blooms’s vocals are simultaneously raw and refined, floating above an understated but magnetic production. The song’s minimalism leaves room for its lyrical muscle, and every word seems to have been chosen with care. But she is speaking to and for a generation of women who are re-evaluating the messages they’ve absorbed about beauty, value, and self-worth.
What makes “DNA” so arresting is Blooms’s refusal to moralize. Instead of accusing or delivering easy answers, she slips into the role of tension. The song threads the needle between critique and compassion, exploring the damages of cosmetic pressure without shaming the people who surrender to it. There’s a lived-in wisdom to the way Blooms delivers her lines, as though she’s someone who’s been in the room where the decisions get made or at least where the doubts are spawned. “DNA” doesn’t attempt to resolve the complexities of womanhood in three minutes. It leaves room for the contradictions, the longing to be real, the drag of expectation, the quiet revolution of making your own way.
In a world densely populated by superficial empowerment songs, “DNA” goes deeper. That’s a deeply affecting song than a mirror in which to consider one’s soul, and someone whispering in your ear that your value was never supposed to be judged by filters or needles. Yet it’s not only because “DNA” is a difficult track that comes from going into hard places that Millie Blooms demonstrates she is not averse to stepping into murky waters, but more importantly, she also knows how to swim. “DNA” is a contest and above all, a comfort.