Maggie Lindemann invites us into the messy, glittering wreckage of her upcoming sophomore album ‘i feel everything’ – and shows what happens when you stop apologizing for your chaos.
Stream: “one of the ones” – Maggie Lindemann
Maggie Lindemann doesn’t break softly.
She combusts, reassembles, and spits glittered ash back at the world with a ferocity that’s as chaotic as it is cathartic. With her latest singles “one of the ones” and “spine,” along with the impending arrival of her sophomore album i feel everything, the singer/songwriter is stepping into her boldest, most emotionally raw era yet – one that’s unfiltered, unapologetic, and impossible to ignore.
Following the success of 2022’s debut album SUCKERPUNCH and last year’s HEADSPLIT EP, Lindemann has made it clear: She’s not here to conform; she’s here to unravel. On i feel everything (out October 17th via her own label, swixxzaudio and Virgin Music Group), she captures what it means to feel too much – to bleed, bite back, self-destruct, and survive – all while threading visceral honesty through hyperpop urgency and alt-rock venom. Think emotional whiplash, but make it glittery.
We caught up with Maggie Lindemann to talk vulnerability, creative control, building her own empire, and what happens when you stop apologizing for the chaos inside you.
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A CONVERSATION WITH MAGGIE LINDEMANN
Atwood Magazine: i feel everything doesn’t flinch – it bleeds. When did you first realize this record would be your most emotionally raw yet? Was there a moment, a lyric, a day in the studio where you thought, ‘Okay, we’re really going there this time?’
Maggie Lindemann: I think all my projects are really emotional. But this one is emotional in a different way; with this one I was actually holding back a lot. I was trying to write this album while processing a lot of things and grieving something that brought me a lot of confusion and mixed emotions. But I think that’s what makes it special is that’s just real when you’re grieving and trying to heal. You can hear the confusion and guilt and betrayal and sadness and anger in the lyrics.
The album covers so many intense emotions – obsession, shame, detachment. Which track was the hardest for you to write, and why? Which one feels the most healing to perform?
Maggie Lindemann: “Evil” was the hardest, because I don’t hold a lot of anger in my heart for really anyone, especially this person. Even though I’m dealing with a lot of hurt, I don’t have it in me to hate. So when I wrote this song, I was just so angry but it hurts to feel that way about someone you still have so much love for. It’s just a really confusing and frustrating feeling because I really wanna stand 10 toes behind this song, but sometimes it’s hard. I haven’t performed any yet, so I’m not sure, hopefully will have that answer soon though!
“split” and “spine” hit with such clarity and confrontation. What was your headspace like when you wrote those songs? Were they born out of rage or reflection?
Maggie Lindemann: I wrote “spine” probably a year ago, so it was actually based on a couple things, and not what people really think it’s about now lol. It was more just a funny song to poke at someone, but it definitely has a new meaning. “Split” I was really struggling. I was coming to terms with a lot and reflecting and realizing this is not the way I want to live anymore.
“2022” and “let me burn” twist the idea of heartbreak into something darker – almost existential. How do you balance vulnerability with power in your songwriting? And how does it feel to collaborate with other emotionally raw artists like Julia Wolf and The Warning?
Maggie Lindemann: When I’m writing I don’t even really think about it, so it’s interesting to hear people’s takes on that. I just wrote how I was feeling and the pain and anger and confusion that I was drowning in. I love Julia and the Warning so I’m really happy and excited that they wanted to be on these songs with me. They killed it.
“one of the ones” feels like a sonic tightrope – seductive and detached at once. What inspired that push-pull dynamic in the sound and lyrics?
Maggie Lindemann: I was tired of being depressed so I was like, ‘yeah, I’m gonna do a fun song today lol.’ Unless I’m in love, I’m a very detached person and I’m very avoidant with my feelings. So it just felt right.
The video for “one of the ones” is pure chaotic confidence in a sterile setting. What was the concept behind it, and how hands-on were you creatively?
Maggie Lindemann: It’s supposed to just be fun. I’m in this weird back room office space and I am in my own little world with my blue hair and headphones. No matter where I am, it’s my world!
You’ve said before that this album isn’t about heartbreak for the sake of it – it’s survival. What do you hope fans feel when they listen to this record front to back?
Maggie Lindemann: I hope they feel validated in their own journey through confusion, realization, love, loss, grief, anger, all of it. It’s okay to not be okay and it’s okay to feel things deeply.
With i feel everything, you’re not just evolving – you’re owning it. Running swixxzaudio, owning your masters, building your brand… how does it feel to take full creative control of your career in this way?
Maggie Lindemann: It’s so amazing to be able to have full control over what I do. I know who I am artistically so that’s not something I need guidance on. I love being able to be exactly who I am.
SWIXXZ is growing into a full movement alongside your music. How do fashion and visual identity tie into this new era for you? Do you see them as extensions of the same emotional truth?
Maggie Lindemann: It’s all a part of the bigger picture. Fashion is so important in creating a world and drawing out the entire scene. The visuals are so important in tying everything in.
What’s one emotion from this era – one lyric, one image, one moment – that defines i feel everything for you? How do you want this era to be remembered?
Maggie Lindemann: Oof, the emotion that I keep going back to is grief. Losing yourself, losing someone else. I lost myself so badly and the process of grieving yourself and someone else is so apparent in this album. From feeling joy and love, to anger, acceptance, patience, forgiveness, all of it. I want this era to be remembered as a pivotal moment in MY own healing and self-rediscovery.
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Maggie Lindemann doesn’t just feel – she combusts in high-definition.
On i feel everything, she’s not cleaning up her chaos. She’s wearing it, loud and bright, like glitter smeared across a cracked mirror. It’s not a cry for help – it’s a war cry for those of us who feel too much and apologize too often.
With a billion streams, a fashion empire, and her own record label behind her, Lindemann isn’t asking for permission. She’s building a future where nothing is off limits – and everything, every scream, every scar, every lyric, gets to stay.
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