We are gathered here today not in sorrow, but in celebration.
Please join us in a moment of remembrance.
Here lies Lonely Economy,
Born of independence,
Died of isolation.
We remember how it trained us
To dance for likes,
Instead of our own purpose.
It promised freedom,
But left us carrying
Every burden alone.
We recall its fragility,
How easily our work vanished
When platforms changed their minds.
Let us honor how thoroughly
It convinced us that burnout
Was the price of relevance.
May we never forget how it
Connected our devices
While disconnecting our souls.
Today we bid farewell to
The myth of the solo genius,
Eternally competing for scraps.
Farewell Lonely Economy
May this memorial remind us:
We were never meant to go it alone.
But Lonely Economy would be the first to tell us: the past doesn't matter. Only now matters. And now it's time to BLOOM.
Today Metalabel introduces the Spring/Summer 2025 collection of product updates and new artists and creators releasing with us.
The Spring/Summer 2025 collection headliners include:
Open access to Metalabel for creators for the first time. This space is open to you. Yes you! We’ll still review first releases to ensure Metalabel is a space reserved for creative work, but our world is open starting now. No more applications to poke around. Start building today here.
Product updates and improvements. Including: label treasuries to store saved funds; improved royalties and splits; new categories and discovery updates; following and release lists; and more. Coming this summer: space for creators to find collaborators and projects and line-item budgeting.
Dozens of phenomenal artists releasing with us. Everyone from Janelle Monae's visionary Wondaland group to noise artist Dreamcrusher, unexpected pairings like Camille Henrot and Tempers, innovative projects like Cory Arcangel's Surfware, and massive collectives like Serving the People. An amazing mix of artists emerging and established from all around the world.
A gift shop and space to share your voice. What are you feeling more: DOOM or BLOOM? Check out the whole world we built to explore.
THANK YOU
These updates were made with real love and care by the Metalabel squad, our curators, and the wider universe of collectors and creators who are coming together in this new world. All on behalf of the wider creative communities — past, present, and future — that we're fortunate to be part of.
We can feel the momentum building. Step by step, we are manifesting not only the world we need, but the world we most want.
We can’t thank you enough for being part of it.
This isn’t the end. This is the beginning.
Doom is over.*
*If we want it.
