alayna honors her lineage with tender single 'Mother’s Mother'

23 Jul 2025 — 2 min read

With her new single Mother’s Mother, Aotearoa artist alayna opens a door into something both intimate and expansive. It’s a tribute to the generations of women who came before her, and a powerful reflection on legacy, love, and lineage.

Known for her ability to turn vulnerability into strength, alayna continues to carve out a space for softness in a loud world. Mother’s Mother is a lush, soul-infused track that captures the quiet weight of gratitude. Not just to her own mother, but to the long line of bold, brave women whose choices shaped the life she now lives. It’s reflective and deeply felt, grounded in tender lyricism and carried by her unmistakably warm, evocative voice.

“There’s a garden in my life that’s blooming,” she says. “But it didn’t grow from nothing.”

Written in Los Angeles with long-time collaborator Chelsea Lena, alongside producer V RON and co-producer Ben Malone, the track is delicate yet cinematic, building a world that feels both timeless and rooted. The accompanying video, created by Westall Road (Marlan Prabahar and Laila Ben-Brahim), brings this sentiment to life with quiet rituals and familiar moments between mothers and daughters. Small gestures that speak volumes.

alayna has quietly built a global audience over the years, drawing listeners in with sincerity, detail, and emotional clarity. But Mother’s Mother feels like a turning point. Not a reinvention, but a deepening. A widening. Her creative vision is growing more cinematic, more communal, more focused on honouring where she’s been as much as where she’s headed.

With this release, alayna isn't simply sharing a song. She’s extending an invitation to reflect, to honour, and to feel. Mother’s Mother reminds us that behind every story is another story. And another. And another.