Luna Red Drop Her Powerful New EP Still Becoming

Afro-Indigenous R&B/Soul artist Luna Red is preparing to release her forthcoming six-song EP, Still Becoming, a deeply personal collection exploring identity, motherhood, self-love, cultural memory, ancestry, resilience and belonging. Born and raised in Toronto and now based in Bear River First Nation in Mi’kma’ki, Nova Scotia, Luna (Teineisha Richards) created the project during a transformative period of reconnecting with her Mi’kmaq identity, her community and the land. Made with JUNO Award-winning songwriter/producer Corey Le Rue and Adrian Morris of Neon Dreams, Still Becoming captures an artist embracing every part of who she is while recognizing that identity, healing and growth are never truly finished.

That journey runs throughout the EP, including the powerful recent single “The Land Remembers,” released on September 30 for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and dedicated to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit and gender-diverse people (MMIWG2S). Inspired by Luna’s return to her Indigenous community, the song reflects on the ways land can hold memory even when histories have been disrupted or erased. “People may forget, histories can be disrupted and generations can become disconnected, but the land remains,” Luna says. “To me, the land holds memory.” As an Afro-Indigenous woman, that reconnection has also raised questions around belonging, representation, colonization and intergenerational trauma — but equally, the strength, knowledge and healing that can be carried forward.

At its core, Still Becoming is about that movement forward. Rather than presenting identity or healing as a destination, Luna embraces the idea that we are continually shaped by where we come from, what we survive and what we choose to pass on. Across the EP, she explores breaking cycles, reclaiming identity, navigating motherhood and learning to hold both vulnerability and strength at once. “I want people to feel remembered, grounded, powerful and free,” Luna says. For Indigenous and Afro-Indigenous listeners in particular, Still Becoming is ultimately a celebration of knowing where you come from while recognizing that you still have the power to decide where you’re going.

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