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Matilde G Is Building Rock’s Next Chapter One Fearless Song at a Time
Matilde G is a 20-year-old Italian-born, Singapore-based artist redefining modern rock through raw songwriting, immersive live shows, and a rapidly rising global career.
- By: Julianne Elise Beffa
There is a certain hour of the night when everything sharpens. The lights feel brighter. The air feels louder. The crowd stops pretending it is just out for fun and starts wanting something real. That is the hour where Matilde G belongs.
At just 20 years old, the Italian born, Singapore based recording artist has already learned how to command those moments. The rooms. The sweat. The chaos. The feeling that something honest is about to happen. With 16 singles, one full length album, and more than 40 million streams and views across 180 countries, Matilde is not waiting for her turn. She is already living in the after hours of a career most artists her age are only imagining.
“I did not choose music once,” she told LOOP Mag in an exclusive interview. “It is a choice I keep making.”
That mindset explains everything.
Born in Italy and now based in Singapore, Matilde grew up between two worlds that shaped her in very different ways. Italy gave her emotional instinct and intensity. Singapore gave her discipline, clarity, and the ability to think globally. Her sound lives right in the middle. “My music sits right in between. Emotional but intentional. Raw but structured.”
You hear it immediately in her work. The melodies are dramatic. The lyrics cut straight to the nerve. The production feels intentional but never overpolished. Her songs do not ask politely for attention. They demand it.
Matilde began her career in pop, but the shift came in 2025 with Beautiful Wreckage, a nine track rock album that marked a full creative arrival. She co-produced the project herself, collaborating with Scandinavian, Italian, and American producers and songwriters to build something that felt honest rather than strategic.
Rock has always been about rebellion and urgency. I am not trying to fit into what rock was. I am adding my chapter to what it can become.
That urgency is not manufactured. “Almost always it starts with a feeling,” she says. “Usually one I cannot ignore anymore. The lyric comes when I am trying to understand that feeling, and the song becomes a way to survive it, not just describe it.”
That emotional rawness translates directly into her live performances. On stage, Matilde becomes something louder and sharper. “On stage, I am amplified,” she says. “I am louder, more unapologetic. When I write alone, I am vulnerable and questioning. Both versions are real. The stage just lets me release everything I hold in.”
She learned how to do that early. Before festival lineups and international tours, Matilde was a recurring performer for Hard Rock Hotels across Southeast Asia. Night after night, she learned how to read a room. How to hold attention. How to turn strangers at a bar into a crowd that stays until the last note.
From there, the stages only grew bigger. She has performed across Italy, Singapore, Malaysia, the Maldives, Japan, Mexico, and the United Arab Emirates. She has taken the stage at major moments like the Formula 1 Grand Prix Singapore, Asean Fashion Week, and the sold out arrival of the Amerigo Vespucci World Tour. She has played festivals like Ombak in Malaysia, Music Matters in Singapore, and Fiesta de Octubre in Guadalajara, and opened for artists including Bad Gyal.
But it is the late nights that stay with her the most.
“Late night crowds are fearless,” she says. “They are there to feel something.” That energy changes everything. “It pushes me to take more risks, stretch songs, and let performances become unpredictable.”
Her shows are not built to be watched politely. They are built to be experienced. “I want it to feel immersive, like you stepped into a moment you will not forget, not just watched a set.”
That is where the nightlife and the music blur together. The packed room. The bodies pressed close to the stage. The bass vibrating through the floor. The feeling that everyone in the room is locked into the same moment. If given the choice, Matilde does not hesitate. “The chaos of a packed room,” she says. “There is a collective energy when everyone moves, sings, and reacts together. That kind of crowd does not just listen. It feeds you back something bigger.”
Her Italian roots still lead that intensity. “It is in my phrasing, my melodies, and the way I romanticize emotion,” she explains. “Italy taught me that intensity is not something to hide. It is something to lead with.”
There is a collective energy when everyone moves, sings, and reacts together. That kind of crowd does not just listen. It feeds you back something bigger.
That approach has earned her serious international recognition. In 2025, Matilde won the World Entertainment Award for Best Song of the Year with “Fighter,” the Hollywood Independent Music Award for Best Original Song with “My Instincts Are Tragic,” and the Apollo Global Music Award for Best Song. She was named LIT of the Year after winning Best Pop Song for “Ti Voglio,” along with Best Album and Best Rock Album for Beautiful Wreckage. She also earned Artist of the Year and Best Indie Rock Act from the Orpheus Global Independent Music Awards, and previously won the MUSIVV Award for Best Artist Residing Outside the Middle East in 2024.
“Winning last year was already a beautiful experience,” she says. “Not just the award itself, but the people I met and the sense of community around it.” Being recognized again feels different. “It reflects my evolution. I took creative risks and shifted genres, so seeing the new music recognized feels validating in the best way.”
One of her most personal songs is now finding a second life beyond the stage. “Fighter” has been selected for synchronization in the upcoming feature film 60 Dates in Six Months With a Broken Neck, set for release on March 1, 2026. “That song came from a very personal place,” she says. “Seeing it live inside another story feels surreal. It reminds me that vulnerability can travel further than you expect.”
With more than 500,000 followers across platforms, Matilde’s fanbase, known as the MGs, mirrors the honesty she brings to her work. Her music has earned press from Billboard Italy, Billboard Vietnam, MTV, CNA, Dubai 1 TV, Radio KISS92, TGCOM24 Italia, and more, expanding her reach while keeping her grounded in what matters.
There have been moments of doubt. “Yes, many times,” she admits. But the alternative was never an option. “Walking away felt worse than failing.”
Right now, success looks simple and real. “Consistency. Growth. Playing rooms that feel alive,” she says. “Success right now is building something real, not rushing the destination.”
And when the lights come up and the night finally winds down, Matilde hopes people leave her shows with one thing. “I want them to feel seen. Energized. Less alone. Like something honest just happened.”
At that late hour when music and nightlife collide, when the crowd stops pretending and starts feeling, Matilde G is already there. Loud. Intentional. Fully in her moment.
