Erin LeCount starts 2026 with crusade for purpose on ‘I BELIEVE’.
Erin LeCount is becoming the industry’s worst-kept secret. An artist tipped for 2026 stardom, the songwriter kicks off the year with an unexpected existential crisis.
Having earned critical acclaim for debut EP I Am Digital, I Am Divine early in 2025 and finished the year with a landmark sold out headline show at Koko, it’s perhaps unsurprising to see the friend of undr the radar garnering attention from HTHAZE to Dork and Sam Murphy to ELLE.
‘I BELIEVE’ drops as somewhat of a curveball. LeCount takes an axe to any fast-forming image of a bulletproof artist by releasing a fan-favourite from the vaults.
Despite its name, the track sees the songwriter search for purpose. From religion to star signs, the 22-year-old pines for connection, changing hairstyles and self-medicating.
“‘I BELIEVE’ is a cynical, existential song about apathy, passiveness in your own life, disillusionment with the state of the world,” LeCount explains. “What it feels like to turn to every possible external source to tell you how to feel and exist – religion, self-help books, magazines, astrology, lovers, antidepressants.”
“I wrote it about a pursuit of perfection, faith and meaning soundtracked to relentless synth-pop production.”
While the single’s lyrical content paints the picture of an artist at a loss, LeCount’s production couldn’t be more confident. The rising star’s trademark sound is revered in the industry and it keeps getting better.
On I Am Digital, I Am Divine, the singer toyed with spacious production. The effect made for an ethereal project with haunting vocals. Now, on ‘I BELIEVE’, LeCount lets a twinkling first 80 seconds give way to determined synths - pop brilliance that holds a tension by never fully indulging in maximalism.