November 7, 2025 |
London-based artist Unflirt, real name Christine Senorin, wants you to dive headfirst into daydreaming. Or that’s at least what her music – a gentle clash of low-intervention guitar and dreamy bedroom pop – thoroughly encourages. Slowly building her reputation since 2020, when lockdown funnelled her attention onto music production, she’s spent the best part of the past two years working on her sophomore EP Fleeting.
Spanning seven songs (her longest work to date), the Fader label release harnesses an aching nostalgia that pairs nicely with lyrics that don’t shy away from the rougher realities of growing up. One of the work’s early drops, Cut My Hair, is case-in-point. Unflirt exhales over a swelling, twanging guitar: “Cause its the human condition / It’s never enough for me or anyone / So I’m going the distance, I cut my hair / Oh, I wanna be someone so bad / Look away and forget what I have for a day”. The musician’s voice is warm and silky, cusping a heightened pitch that would be very hard to achieve without raw talent. Luckily, the second-gen immigrant, whose parents emigrated to London from the Philippines, has that in droves. Written and partly inspired by her time in Brazil, Fleeting effortlessly slides between gleaming, out-and-out indie pop anthems like Next To You and more muscular tracks like Sopro, all the while Unflirt’s aptitude for honest, unflinching storytelling is on full show. Here, we sit down with the rising star to chat more about how her heritage has impacted her sound, what she wants people to feel when listening and what the term ‘fleeting’ means to her personally.
1. Describe the new EP in three words.
Fresh, Dreamy, Intimate.
2. Dead or alive who would you most like to collaborate on a song with?
Gal Costa. She has the most beautiful voice and spirit and is someone I really look up to.
3. This EP takes on a different emotional perspective than your earlier music, what inspired you to write Fleeting?
With Fleeting, I wanted to shift my perspective of time and improve old patterns of thinking that I felt were keeping me back. I grew tired of writing from the perspective of romanticising and yearning for things that had already passed and wanted to be present in the moment. Each song feels like a journey towards accepting change and an attempt to immortalise fleeting moments amidst the chaos and speed of it all.
4. How has your Filipino heritage had an influence on your sound?
Growing up in a Filipino household for me meant always being surrounded by music and karaoke. My dad taught me how to play the guitar when I was seven and to this day plays the electric guitar for several hours everyday. My mum on the other hand has always had the radio on my whole life and like many Filipinos, loves all the classic anthemic ballads. I guess these things rubbed off without me realising and can explain a lot of my sound.
5. What do you hope people feel when listening to Fleeting?
I want it to be a moment where people can pause the fast paced world around them and help them reconnect with their feelings, whatever they might be.
6. What’s the most unexpected thing about your creative process?
I write all of my songs on weird open tunings that I either found or made up. I never write any of my songs on standard tunings and never had any formal guitar lessons so it’s the only way I know!
7. What does the word ‘fleeting’ mean to you personally?
For me, ‘fleeting’ represents accepting uncertainty and inevitable change that comes with the passing of time. It’s an attempt to stop resisting time and try to be as present as possible, whether it was a beautiful moment I didn’t want to forget, or an uncomfortable emotion that I had to go through.
8. You wrote the album in Brazil, did you go on any fun adventures during your time there that you can share with us?
I spent New Years on the beach on the coast of São Paulo, and on the first day of the year we hiked to the most beautiful waterfall. So many special and surreal memories!
9. How do you prepare for your performances? Are there any quirky rituals you do before going on stage?
To be completely honest I usually just go! But sometimes I try to do some stretching that helps me relieve tension as well as some breathing exercises.
10. What’s next for Unflirt?
So much! To keep making music, experimenting and exploring new sounds, but also getting ready for my first headline tour at the end of the year.
Photography by Claryn Chong.
