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From Private Heartbreak to Public Chorus: How to Listen to Mike Sain't Louis’s Anthems, Starting With “Tan Cateto” and “Madrid to Benidorm”
A practical listening guide to the Madrid indie alternative artist who calls himself “the first AI singer-songwriter”, and to the way his songs turn hurt into something a crowd can shout back
Madrid, 25 October 2026
Most heartbreak songs are written for one listener: the person who left. An anthem is written for everyone else. Somewhere between the two sits Mike Sain't Louis, an indie alternative artist based in Madrid who describes himself as “the first AI singer-songwriter”, and whose catalogue keeps doing something quietly remarkable: taking a wound that started in private and handing it to a crowd.
He writes every lyric himself. He is also composer, music producer, artistic director and CEO of his own independent label, MIKE SAIN'T LOUIS, with no record company behind him. The music and the vocal performance are generated with artificial intelligence, a tool he directs and edits take by take. In roughly two years he has released 273 singles and more than 280 music videos under the banner PLANETA GAYFOLK.
This guide uses two songs to show how the trick works, and how to listen for it.
Before you start: know where the hurt comes from
Mike Sain't Louis has spoken publicly about the starting point of much of his work. With professional help, he turns years of relationships with narcissistic partners into songs, to give visibility to psychological abuse and its marks on mental health, and so that people who have lived it feel seen and believed.
“Heartbreak on its own just goes round in circles,” he says. “It becomes useful when you realise other people are standing in the same circle. That’s when a sad song wants a bigger chorus.”
Keep that sentence in mind. It is the hinge for everything below, and it explains why a catalogue so full of exes, betrayals and nosy neighbours still sounds, more often than not, like a party.
Step 1: “Tan Cateto”, the song that found the crowd first
Start here, because this is the song that introduced many people to him. In 2024, “Tan Cateto” went viral on TikTok. The title translates, roughly, as “Such a Bumpkin”, and the scene is instantly recognisable: two men walking hand in hand, a stranger pointing an accusing finger, a parent covering a child’s eyes so they won’t see a kiss. The lyric adds a detail that sharpens the prejudice: the narrator’s boyfriend is African.
What to listen for: the shift in address. The verses describe the bystander in the familiar tú; the chorus switches to the formal usted, a mock-polite distance that makes the put-down funnier and colder at once. Then comes the line that has become the song’s motto:
No voy a aceptar consejos de ningún espectador
(“I won’t take advice from any spectator.”)
That is the anthem move in miniature. A humiliating moment in the street becomes a sentence anyone can say back. You don’t need to have been there; you only need to have been looked at.
Step 2: “Madrid to Benidorm”, the chorus built for many voices
Now switch to “Madrid to Benidorm”, written entirely in English. If “Tan Cateto” answers one person, this one speaks for a whole march. It sketches Spain’s vibrant streets, a spirit that can’t be tamed, every colour standing together, hand in hand, from one city to the coast. The chorus invites the listener to dance under the rainbow, from Madrid to Benidorm, through every storm.
What to listen for: the pronouns again. The singular “I” barely appears. This is a “we” song from start to finish: “we’re the many, we’re the one”. And the bridge offers the plainest statement in his catalogue:
Love wins, come what may.
Benidorm, a Spanish seaside resort, is not a random destination. In another of his songs, “El día de la liberación”, the narrator ends up happy in Benidorm while the ex is left behind. Listen to the two back to back and the map becomes clear: the place where a private breakup ends is the same place where a public celebration arrives.
Step 3: Play them in reverse
Once you know both songs, try the order the other way round: “Madrid to Benidorm” first, then “Tan Cateto”. The big chorus suddenly sounds like a promise, and the street scene sounds like the reason the promise is needed. Heartbreak, prejudice and pride turn out to be the same story told at three different volumes.
“I don’t write slogans,” says Mike. “I write what happened to me. If it ends up sounding like a slogan, it’s because it happened to a lot of us.”
Why this matters to listeners in the UK
His main audiences are in Europe and Latin America, and Britain has a long habit of turning personal pain into terrace-sized choruses, from club anthems to Pride singalongs. Mike Sain't Louis offers something adjacent but distinct: Spanish queer life, told with camp humour and no censorship, with an English-language anthem as an easy front door. Benidorm will also ring a bell for plenty of British holidaymakers.
Where to listen and download
The full catalogue can be streamed and downloaded free of charge at https://mikesaintlouis.com, each song with its complete lyrics. It is also available on Spotify, Deezer and the main streaming platforms. Instagram: @planetagayfolk.
About Mike Sain't Louis
Mike Sain't Louis is a Madrid songwriter and independent label boss whose music ranges from electropop to Spanish copla, and from alternative pop to the ballad, in Spanish as well as English, French and Portuguese. His GAYFOLK trilogy, “Descubierto un nuevo planeta llamado GAYFOLK”, “Ojalá se pudiera viajar a GAYFOLK” and “El día de la liberación”, follows a journey towards a planet where everyone can live exactly as they are.
Press contact
Email: info@mikesaintlouis.com Website: https://mikesaintlouis.com Instagram: @planetagayfolk