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Clara Serra López is a Spanish born vocalist, composer, songwriter and keys player based in London with Catalan and Cuban heritage.
On her debut release (last year’s Lengua Materna, Part I), Clara Serra López returned to her cultural roots, exploring her passion for socio-politics and its effect on our interpersonal relations and sense of self. With it’s follow-up Lengua Materna (Part II), released on 10 April via Real World X, she continues the story, shifting focus toward the isolation and mistrust produced by today’s social systems whilst seeking to rebuild connection within our communities to make the struggle survivable, and shared.
With the release of the EP comes new song Por No Sufrir (To Avoid Suffering), grounded in deep bass, rich synth choruses and a slightly off kilter rhythm, it’s a call for closeness in moments when we feel disconnected from our purpose. “As someone who hasn’t always found it easy to ask for help, often holding onto the idea that a strong woman should be able to do everything alone, this song pushes back against the instinct to turn inward,” says Clara. “Instead, it embraces the possibility of sharing the weight with the people around us who continue to show love and support.”
With this new collection of songs I’ve moved from questioning whether giving your heart within a patriarchal framework is sustainable to confronting a more personal challenge: learning how to ask for help, a practice I’m continuously working on. Clara Serra López
In addition to Por No Sufrir, and alongside the single releases of Mari Paz and Sola, the EP also features another new song I Don’t Trust You, which Clara says is “one of those compositions that felt like it arrived as an immediate form of processing. I wrote it after interactions with men who identified as ‘feminists,’ yet still fell into deeply ingrained patterns of undermining women. As I wrote, I was able to move through my own frustration and pain, and in that process, something shifted. The song became less about individual experiences and more about a broader sense of distrust toward the patriarchal system itself. Because ultimately, it’s not just women who are affected, men, too, are shaped and limited by these structures.”
Set against a sound world that moves between modular synths and choral harmonies, the four songs that make up Lengua Materna (Part II) place Mediterranean heritage inside a contemporary frame.
“With this new collection of songs I’ve moved from questioning whether giving your heart within a patriarchal framework is sustainable,” she says, “to confronting a more personal challenge: learning how to ask for help, a practice I’m continuously working on.”
XRW72 Clara Serra López – Lengua Materna (Part II)
Released 10 April, 2026
I Don’t Trust You
Sola
Por No Sufrir
Mari Paz
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