MADRID, Spain, October 24, 2026. Listeners who arrive at Planeta Gayfolk through its most outrageous titles often get a surprise when they dig deeper. Beneath the camp humour and the club anthems, the catalogue of Mike Sain't Louis, the Madrid-based lyricist, composer and music producer, contains a handful of songs so soft that they barely raise their volume above a whisper. Three of them are in English, and together they form a small suite for the night: a hymn of peace, a nursery-rhyme catalogue of natural things and a wordless drift towards sleep.
This release is an invitation to listen to that corner of the planet, ideally with the lights off.
A hymn for after the storm: «Holy Stillness»
At first, «Holy Stillness» could pass for a carol. Its opening line has the cadence of a Christmas hymn, «Holy stillness, gentle night», and the next one carries the whole mood of the song: «The world exhales, the dark turns kind». Darkness here is not a threat. It is a blanket.
What makes the song more than a seasonal piece is the hint of what came before. Something has been broken, and the night is the moment it begins to mend. The refrain is addressed to someone small and frightened, «Rest now, little one, / Rest without fear», and it promises that «All that was broken / Softly disappears». A few lines later the picture becomes almost cinematic: «The air is warm, the stars lean low». Even the stars come closer to listen.
In the context of Mike's wider work, which deals openly with the aftermath of emotional abuse and with his own recovery, «Holy Stillness» reads as a lullaby for the inner child, the part of a person that needs to hear, finally, that the fight is over. «No more crying, no more fight», the song says, and it ends on two lines of perfect calm: «Nothing is rushed, / Everything is right».
The elements, one by one: «Sunshine»
If «Holy Stillness» is a hymn, «Sunshine» is a nursery rhyme. The lyric is built almost entirely from simple sounds and lone words, hums and vowels that frame a short list of natural images: sunshine, moonlight, a river, a heartbeat, a whisper. «Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, Sunshine, mm-hmm, feel the warmth», it begins, and each line adds a new element with its own small gesture: moonlight lights the path, the river flows fast, the heartbeat echoes.
The structure is closer to a game than to a story. The images circle and swap places, so that the morning's face and the night's embrace follow each other within a few seconds. The chorus compresses the whole cycle of a day into four lines: «Sunshine, sunshine, oh-oh, / Moonlight, good night, oh-oh».
It is the kind of song that parents improvise for children who will not sleep, and it shares that purpose: to slow the breathing down, to replace racing thoughts with repetitive, comforting sounds. In a catalogue so rich in words, jokes and arguments, a song that is almost all syllables works as a deliberate rest.
Drifting away: «Dreams Drift Afar»
The third piece goes even further. «Dreams Drift Afar» opens with a long hum and then settles into a pattern of «Nananana» phrases punctuated by tiny images: whispers that call softly, night shadows that fall, stars that blink and sigh, a moonlit sky. The title arrives in the middle: «Nananaaaa, dreams drift afar».
There is no plot, no character and no conflict. The song is simply the sound of consciousness dissolving at the edge of sleep, when language starts to blur into melody. It is the most minimal thing in the whole catalogue, and possibly the most generous, because it asks absolutely nothing of the listener.
Why these songs matter in Planeta Gayfolk
Planeta Gayfolk is often described as a place where nobody has to explain who they are. These three songs extend that promise into the most private hours. Not every queer song has to be loud, political or funny. Some people need, more than anything, a soundtrack for the moment when the day finally stops hurting, and for the sleepless nights when it does not.
The lullabies also show the range of the project. The same author who writes biting satire about prejudice and furious anthems about manipulation also writes songs gentle enough for a child's bedroom. That range is part of the point: a full life contains all of those moods, and the planet makes room for each of them.
Mike has always been careful to say that music is not a substitute for professional help, and he speaks openly about the treatment that supports him. Anyone in Spain going through a very difficult night can call 024, free, at any hour. These songs are companions for the way there, not the destination.
How the songs were made
Every lyric, including the hums and vowel patterns, is written by Mike Sain't Louis, who also directs the production of each track. The music and vocal performance are made with AI, his production and arranging tool. He presents himself as the first AI songwriter, «el primer cantautor IA».
Free to hear tonight
All three songs are available on the main streaming platforms and can be downloaded at no cost and without registration from the official downloads page and from the free shop on Planeta Gayfolk. Played in the order described here, they make a short bedtime sequence of a little over ten minutes.
- Holy Stillness, full lyric: https://gayfolkplanet.com/letras/holy-stillness
- The story behind «Dreams Drift Afar»: https://mikesaintlouis.com/blog/dreams-drift-afar
- Free downloads: https://mikesaintlouis.com/descargas
- Free shop: https://gayfolkplanet.com/tienda
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