Michael Waters – We're Much Better People Now
Michael Waters delivers a tender acoustic folk gem with 'We're Much Better People Now', a heartfelt ballad about growth and redemption that earns its emotional weight
'We're Much Better People Now' opens with an acoustic intimacy that makes you lean in closer. Michael Waters has written a song about the mess we make and the slow work of becoming better, and the melody carries that weight without ever feeling heavy. The acoustic arrangement stays spare and warm, giving the vocals room to do what they need to do. There's regret here, but it's regret that comes with distance, softened by love and whatever wisdom follows. And that chorus? It lands. Gorgeous singer-songwriter folk, melodic and entirely sincere.
Michael Waters is a Gravesend-based songwriter who's been on a serious run this year, back with us again after 'Requiem for Earth' a couple of months ago. He writes both music and lyrics, and since late 2025 he's been recording with world-class musicians in New York. The results speak for themselves: 'A Baby Of My Own' spent ten weeks on the World Indie Music Chart, peaking at number twelve, while 'The Boy Who Really Loved You' reached number four. We're really glad to have him back on the blog, and if this is the standard? We'll be watching closely.