Michi is an American singer-songwriter from Virginia who is now based in Madrid, Spain where she runs her own label LAVICHI Records. Her music is a mixture of country, pop and personal narrative and she’s got over 300 shows to her name, including nine years on the main stage at Capital Pride in Washington D.C. Her July 2026 single ‘Short Story’ (featuring Dunkan) received international radio play and a Song Deconstructed piece in Songwriting Magazine.
Whiskey
Michi has always loved country music and as a teenager she even went by the stage name Shelly Ray. “Whiskey” is a song that brings her back to those roots. It was written over ten years ago following a very painful break up in Washington DC and it covers the whole arc of the relationship from the sweet early days and falling head over heels, to the point where you realise you’ve been had. Right at the heart of it is the question that anyone who’s ever been left will know: when you’re all alone with a drink thinking about them, are they thinking about you at all? As a lesbian artist she also brings a very rare perspective to country music.
The song is the second single from her Kickstarter album Short Story (due late spring 2027). She tracked the vocals and guitar in Madrid with producer Anto Vaquero, layering in handclaps to give it that buzz of a packed country bar. Lance Koehler (long time collaborator) added the drums and mixed and mastered it in Virginia so the record has a piece of both of the places she calls home.
Final Thoughts
What’s striking about ‘Whiskey’ is the sheer honesty of it. Michi takes a heartbreak she’s had for years and turns it into a proper country ballad without in the slightest bit losing the heart of it. It’s a very real song and has that great live in the barroom feel thanks to the handclaps. It’s a very genuine single and a very good indication of what Short Story have in their armoury.
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