Mothica Reveals New Single "Save Your Roses", Announces New EP
- Emily Agnesini
- Jan 22
- 2 min read
On Thursday, January 22nd, 2026- dark pop artist MOTHICA, known as McKenzie Ellis has just announced her upcoming EP 'Somewhere In Between', which is set to release on February 20th via SharpTone Records. To celebrate the announcement of her upcoming EP, she unleashed a new single today "Save Your Roses". You can stream the music video below.
Mckenzie explains. “The verses are about how intoxicating it is to lose yourself in drugs, and mirrors my experience with sobriety. The lyric in the chorus ‘Don’t save your roses for my grave’ is inspired by a conversation I had with a fan after one of my shows in Paris. They said ‘I believe we should give people their flowers while they’re here.’ That stuck with me–that we often tell people how much they mean to us only after they’re gone. It was fun to make this explosive, energetic production with Elliot Polokoff but layer that with lyrics that have a darkness to them.”
She adds, “I wanted an energetic and fun performance set in the offices of Mothicorp. I got to feature some incredible musicians, Jayden Hammer on guitar, Brittany Nicole Bowman on drums, and Tay (aka thewitchybassist) on bass. I had a bunch of friends suit up to be employees of Mothicorp and play with this idea of a surreal workplace with messy and bizarre cubicles. Ryan (Joseph) and I planned everything in advance so we could shoot it while on set for the ‘Evergreen Misery’ music video, and approached it with this run and gun energy. You might even see some easter eggs from previous Mothica music videos in the offices.”
