From the sofa to the launch pad: five songs that map Mike Sain't Louis's journey to the planet GAYFOLK

Madrid, 25 October 2026 – Every good journey needs a reason to leave. For Mike Sain't Louis, the reason is laid out across three albums that he conceived as one continuous trip: ‘Descubierto un nuevo planeta llamado GAYFOLK’ (‘A new planet called GAYFOLK has been discovered’), ‘Ojalá se pudiera viajar a GAYFOLK’ (‘If only you could travel to GAYFOLK’) and ‘El día de la liberación’ (‘Liberation Day’). The destination is a planet where everyone can live exactly as they are. The route passes through heartbreak, rage, camp and a fair amount of television.

Mike Sain't Louis is an indie alternative artist based in Madrid who presents himself as ‘the first AI singer-songwriter’. He writes every lyric and works as composer, music producer, artistic director and CEO of his own independent label, MIKE SAIN'T LOUIS. The music and vocal performances are generated with artificial intelligence, a tool he directs; he does not sing. The words, the concept and the artistic direction are his. Over roughly two years he has released 273 singles and more than 280 music videos under the banner PLANETA GAYFOLK.

What follows is not a ranking. It is a route: five songs, in the order you might travel them.

1. ‘Judith Becker’ – the night before departure

Every escape starts somewhere low, and this one starts on the sofa. ‘Judith Becker’ describes one of those days when the dark circles under your eyes reach the floor from crying, when after work all you want is to binge an entire season of the Spanish sitcom La que se avecina – specifically, the season with the most of the character Judith Bécker.

It is funny and sad at once. Then comes the line that turns the joke into a decision:

Mejor estar solo con mis animales que rodeado de gente falsa – better alone with my animals than surrounded by fake people.

‘That's the moment you start packing,’ he says. ‘You don't leave because you've found somewhere better. You leave because you've finally admitted where you are.’

2. ‘Ojalá se pudiera viajar a GAYFOLK’ – the wish

The second stop gives the journey its name. In his own note on the song, Mike Sain't Louis writes about days when you would like to escape to another planet, one where you don't have to explain or defend yourself, where emotions are art and sadness has a soundtrack, and where the odd ones out don't have to apologise.

That planet, he writes, exists, and it is called GAYFOLK: his musical universe, his refuge, his poetic revenge. The song belongs to the first album of the trilogy, and its video is described as an inner voyage – a metaphor for wanting to flee what hurts and to find a place where love does not hurt and identity is not up for negotiation.

It is the hinge of the project: before it, the songs complain; after it, they move.

3. ‘Escupiré sobre tu tumba’ – the turn

The title borrows the Spanish name of the revenge film I Spit on Your Grave, and the song is the darkest station on the route. It speaks directly about violence suffered at the hands of a man cast as the leader and the champion of his circle, and then pivots: he did not count on the narrator being like the film's protagonist.

What follows is a grotesque, cartoonish revenge fantasy, closer to a slasher comic than to a confession, ending with the abuser exposed and his reputation in tatters while the narrator thrives and makes new friends. One line sums up the miscalculation at its heart: the abuser picked the wrong kind of victim, someone he believed was weak, trusting and low in self-esteem.

This is where the trilogy connects to a purpose Mike Sain't Louis has spoken about openly. With professional support, he turns years of relationships with narcissistic partners into music, to make psychological abuse visible and to help those who have lived through it feel seen and believed.

‘The song is exaggerated because the pain was real,’ he says. ‘Camp is how I survive telling it.’

4. ‘Soy marica sideral’ – in orbit

By the fourth stop, the traveller is out of the atmosphere. ‘Soy marica sideral’ (roughly ‘I'm a sidereal queen’) mixes Spanish and English and swaps rage for poise. The narrator refuses to shrink so that someone else can feel safer, refuses to beg, and points out that nobody says anything about the ‘textbook narcissist’ while everyone calls the victim dramatic.

The hook is a lovely image of quiet confidence: soy silencio con tacones – I am silence in heels. After the noise of the previous song, it is the sound of someone who no longer needs to shout to shine.

5. ‘El día de la liberación’ – landing

The final stop shares its title with the third album, and it is a party. Today is liberation day, the day there is a winner and it is not the manipulator. The wounds no longer bleed. The chorus is a shout of freedom, and the narrator is happy in Benidorm while the ex is left to be cooked for by his mother or to survive on a tube of crisps.

‘I wanted the end of the trilogy to be petty and joyful,’ he says. ‘Liberation isn't a speech. It's not caring any more, preferably with a cocktail.’

Why the route might resonate in the UK

British listeners have a long relationship with the concept album and with pop that hides heartbreak under glitter. The GAYFOLK trilogy sits in both traditions, with a distinctly Spanish accent: sitcom references, copla melodrama and a humour that is uncensored and frequently explicit. Mike Sain't Louis writes mostly in Spanish, but also in English, French and Portuguese, and many listeners found him in 2024, when ‘Tan Cateto’ went viral on TikTok. As the theatre in the photograph hints, the trilogy works best heard in order, act by act.

Listen and download for free

Every song, including the three trilogy albums, can be streamed and downloaded free of charge, with lyrics, at https://mikesaintlouis.com. The music is also on Spotify, Deezer and the main streaming platforms.

About Mike Sain't Louis

Mike Sain't Louis is a Madrid-based indie alternative artist and ‘the first AI singer-songwriter’, running his career without a record label or intermediaries. His songs move between electropop, copla, alternative pop and ballad, and deal with love, break-ups, exes, nosy neighbours, queer life in Spain and mental health, with humour and without censorship.

Press contact

Mike Sain't Louis Email: info@mikesaintlouis.com Website: https://mikesaintlouis.com Instagram: @planetagayfolk