Montell Fish is not a follower of trends; he's a trendsetter. In What's It Take to Be a Star?" Fish delves further into his own mythology, fashioning an epic statement of authority that's part primal, part otherworldly.
And Fish, a modern-day alchemist, studied the different ways of the human psyche while toiling in the darkness, devouring as much of Freud's and Jung's philosophies as he could in pursuit of higher self-consciousness. The result? It is a song that doesn't just grapple with fame and identity but personifies the existential pain of an artist who has refused to let his past limit him.
There are no longer gasps for the "old Fish." He's lived too many lives, died too many, and risen too many times to return now. "What's It Take to Be a Star?" is a sonic manifestation of this dark, brooding, and arena-ready transformation. It throbs with hypnotic precision, Fish's voice coiled in a cathedral of echoes, taking up space with both gravity and fragility.
This is Fish at his most audacious, theorizing pain and rendering it into something intensely personal yet also broadly resonant. It's the sort of song that sticks around, haunting and magnetic, a reminder that Montell Fish does not only make music but moments.
With this newest release, Montell Fish knows he is a star. The rest of the world is just catching up.