MONTRÉAL, QC – Silka Weil, one of Montréal’s most compelling emerging voices in folk-rock and alt-pop, today releases “Make Me Lose Control,” a charged and urgent new single that announces the arrival of her second EP, ‘Midnight Blue,’ due July 3, 2026. Seductive, confrontational, and alive with tension, the track is the fullest expression yet of the sonic territory Weil has been carving out since her celebrated 2023 debut – and the most immediate proof that her ambitions have only grown.
The song was born from a simple and deeply practical impulse: Weil wanted something fun and electrifying to play live. What emerged was something richer – a moody, propulsive love song that she describes as “done my own way.” “I sometimes enjoy being confrontational in my writing and performance,” she explains, “so for the most part it’s a little more direct than subtle.” That directness is everywhere in the lyrics: “Tear through your heart and soul / You’re everything I want and more / Reduced down to our flesh and bone / You’re gonna make me lose control.” It’s a love song with its teeth in.
What makes “Make Me Lose Control” particularly striking is the dynamic range Weil and producer Jean-Sébastien Brault-Labbé have built into it. The verses and chorus hit hard and rock-heavy, while the bridge opens into something softer and more intimate – a contrast Weil describes as “a real pleasure to work with.” The track also carries the energy of a song written in motion: Weil finished the third verse on the spot in the studio – and also sings backup – with the freedom of that process is audible in every moment. A last-minute decision to swap electronic drums for real drums after the bridge gave the recording a final surge of physicality that pushes the track into another gear entirely.
Recorded, produced, mixed, and mastered at Studio de la Ruelle, “Make Me Lose Control” marks another chapter in Weil’s ongoing collaboration with Brault-Labbé, who also produced her EP ‘Midnight Blue’ and whose broader credits include Gabrielle Papillon, Samuele, Matt Stern, Erika Lamon, Vamoise, Le Husky, and the Blue Seeds. The single arrives with a lyric video designed by Weil herself, whose hands-on approach to her visual identity is as considered as her approach to the music. The result is a track that already has a strong live response from her audience and is set to reach a significantly wider one.
Weil earned Musi-Flo’s Artist of the Year for 2023 and appeared on the July 2025 cover of radiodowntown.ca, with radio play and interviews across Canada and internationally – including a live interview with Mexico-based media organisation Ella Suena. Her music has been compared to PJ Harvey and Lana Del Rey for its ability to hold boldness and intimacy in the same breath, and “Make Me Lose Control” does exactly that – a song that leans into desire, plays cat and mouse with vulnerability, and arrives at something genuinely thrilling. “I would stay up all night / I would walk over fire / To stand in your light,” she sings in the bridge – and you believe every word.
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