XTINE isn’t here to soothe you, she’s here to make you feel. Her latest single, “No Matter What,” drops like a stone in the gut, unflinching in its confrontation with despair, betrayal, and the bare-knuckled will to survive. Where other artists might dress pain in palatable pop gloss, XTINE wields it like a blade, cutting straight to the marrow.
The track opens with words that could double as a scarred diary entry: “I don’t want my heart far from yours / With the ache I breathe despair.” From that first breath, the listener is pulled into an intimate reckoning. But instead of drowning in melancholy, the song transforms anguish into catharsis—demanding presence, connection, and truth.
It’s a natural next step after “Nobody Stays,” her recent single that peeled back the cycles of love and fear tied to borderline personality disorder. That release was expansive and cinematic, built on electronic swells. “No Matter What,”by contrast, feels stripped raw—closer to nerve than to skin. Heard together, the two singles document an artist entering a fearless new chapter, one where survival and self-exposure become the music’s driving force.
XTINE‘s journey has always been about this pursuit of unvarnished honesty. She was only 12 when she began producing her own tracks, a DIY spirit that still underpins her work today. Early encouragement came in the form of a viral moment when Sia herself danced to one of XTINE’s songs on Twitter—a signal that raw truth can cut through the noise louder than polish ever could. From her early experiments on Experiment No. 1 to these latest releases, she has built a catalog that treats vulnerability as both weapon and sanctuary.
With “No Matter What,” Xtine doesn’t just add another single to her discography, she offers a mirror. The track reflects the wounds we’d rather not name and dares us to hold on to one another anyway. It’s not easy listening. It’s not background music. It’s a vow, a scream, and an embrace.
