Miki Berenyi Trio Skewer Toxic Masculinity on Electrifying New Single “Big I Am”
Miki Berenyi Trio – “Big I Am”
Miki Berenyi Trio make a bold statement with “Big I Am”, the latest single from their upcoming debut album, Tripla, due April 4 via Bella Union. A potent mix of jagged guitar, brooding industrial beats, and unrelenting rhythmic turbulence, the track pulses with an urgency that demands attention—both on the dancefloor and in its sharp lyrical critique. Taking aim at the hyper-masculine bravado perpetuated by social media figures like Andrew Tate, Berenyi sneers, “Throws his weight around, living a lie / Empty victory, stereotype, cliché masculine.” It’s a takedown wrapped in distortion, propelled by the trio’s signature fusion of shoegaze textures and electronic intensity.
Berenyi, a defining voice of ‘90s dream pop through her work with Lush, doesn’t hold back in her assessment of modern masculinity. “I’ve witnessed 50+ years of the trends in masculinity and frankly, nothing much changes,” she shares. “There are good men and there are shit men, and there are boys who can be misguided but easily mature into the best of their sex. But this latest incarnation of ‘winning’ the sex war is a laughably infantile and willfully regressive new low.”
The accompanying video, shot at the Consortium Museum in Dijon, France, by Sébastien Faits-Divers, adds another layer of eerie sophistication to the track’s defiant energy, set against the striking backdrop of the Isabella Ducrot Profusione exhibition.
Tripla is shaping up to be a landmark moment for MB3—Berenyi, KJ ‘Moose’ McKillop, and Oliver Cherer. A collaborative effort from the ground up, the album merges shimmering dream pop with raw, electronic textures, all anchored by Berenyi’s unmistakable vocal presence. Early praise from Stereogum, Under the Radar, SPIN, BrooklynVegan, and FLOOD suggests Tripla will be more than just a nostalgic callback—it’s a reinvention, deeply personal and fiercely independent.
Mixed by Paul Gregory (Lanterns on the Lake) and featuring stunning artwork by Chris Bigg, Tripla is both expansive and DIY in spirit. There is something very ‘grass roots’ about that.
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