MADRID, Spain, October 25, 2026. Anyone who has gone through a sudden breakup knows that grief does not move in a straight line. One hour you feel almost fine; the next you are on the floor. Mike Sain't Louis, the Madrid-based lyricist, composer and music producer behind GAYFOLK and Planeta Gayfolk, captures that motion with an image every child knows from fairgrounds: «montaña rusa», the rollercoaster, literally the Russian mountain.
A title stretched to breaking point
The song opens by repeating its title three times and then stretching the last vowel until it almost tears: «montaña ruuuuuuusaaaaa». The elongation is a small piece of word-painting. It imitates the long scream of a carriage dropping from the top of the track. Before any story is told, the listener already feels the stomach-turning motion.
The words that follow explain the ride. «Hoy es el día montaña rusa», today is a rollercoaster day. The narrator tries to contain himself «a todas horas», at all hours, and still fails.
The dying muse
The most poetic idea in the song is the muse. «Se está muriendo la musa», the muse is dying. For an artist, the muse is the source of inspiration, the presence that makes creation possible. Here it is fading because of the heartbreak. The rhyme between «rusa» and «musa» ties the two images together: the emotional ride is killing creativity.
Then the second chorus adds a cruel detail. Besides dying, the muse «se ha quedado también muda», has gone mute as well. The rhyme now moves from «musa» to «muda», one letter changed, and the sound itself seems to fall silent. Many people who create, whether songs, drawings or writing, know this experience: in the worst moments of pain, the words simply stop coming.
Three days ago
The emotional centre of the song is a contrast between two people. «No puedo evitar llorar tanto», I cannot stop crying so much, the narrator says, because «yo a diferencia de usted / Si le quería», unlike you, I did love you. He uses the formal «usted» for the former partner, a pronoun that creates distance and irony at once, as if addressing a stranger. And then the twist: «como quién dice», so to speak, «hasta hace tres días», until three days ago.
That last phrase is devastating in its precision. The love was real until very recently. The breakup is fresh, the wound still open. And the asymmetry is clear: one person loved, the other did not, or not in the same way. The tears are the price of having been sincere.
Short song, long ride
«Montaña rusa» is compact, built from a few lines that return with small changes. The repetitions mirror the circular quality of grief, where the same thoughts come back again and again. Each time the chorus returns, the listener rides the same drop, and each time it hurts a little differently.
Why it resonates
Mike Sain't Louis writes often about relationships marked by imbalance and manipulation. «Montaña rusa» is one of the gentler entries in that series. There is no accusation, no long list of lies, only the plain fact of unequal love and the chaos it leaves behind. Listeners who are in the first days after a separation will find in it a faithful picture of what they are feeling.
When the ride does not stop
Emotional ups and downs after a loss are normal, but if they go on for weeks, or if the drops become so steep that you think about hurting yourself, please ask for help. In Spain you can call 024 for free at any hour, every day of the year. In other countries, contact a local crisis line or emergency service. Mike has spoken openly about his own treatment and about how much it helped him to stop facing the lows alone.
The production
Mike Sain't Louis writes all of his lyrics and directs every production. The music and vocal performance are made with AI, which he uses as his tool for arranging and producing. He presents himself as the first AI songwriter, «el primer cantautor IA».
See the video and download free
The official video can be watched at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdNqpHiST14. «Montaña rusa» is free to download without registration from the official downloads page and from the free shop at Planeta Gayfolk, along with the rest of his music.
- Lyric: https://gayfolkplanet.com/letras/montana-rusa
- About the song: https://mikesaintlouis.com/blog/montana-rusa
- Free shop: https://gayfolkplanet.com/tienda
- Free downloads: https://mikesaintlouis.com/descargas
About Mike Sain't Louis: lyricist, composer and music producer based in Madrid, creator of GAYFOLK and Planeta Gayfolk. He writes all his lyrics; the music and vocal performance are made with AI. Label: MIKE SAIN'T LOUIS. Distribution: Ditto Music. Website: https://mikesaintlouis.com · Press: https://gayfolkplanet.com/prensa He presents himself as the first AI songwriter («el primer cantautor IA»). Listen to and download all his music for free at https://mikesaintlouis.com/descargas and https://gayfolkplanet.com/tienda