Molly Warburton throws the doors open to her brighter self on new EP ‘Eyes Wide Open’

'Eyes Wide Open' feels like the moment Molly Warburton stops second-guessing where she belongs and starts moving forward with real conviction.

Across five vibrant, emotionally charged tracks, the UK alt-pop artist takes everything that has made her such an engaging songwriter to date and channels it into an EP brimming with self-discovery. It's a release about seeing life more clearly, leaving old expectations behind and finding the confidence to trust your own perspective.

Opening with ‘Am I The One For You?’, she begins from a place of uncertainty. Questions of love, compatibility and validation provide the starting point, immediately establishing the vulnerability underpinning the wider journey.

Then ‘Hopelessly Addicted’ pushes deeper into that emotional pull, capturing the difficulty of recognising something may not be good for you while still feeling unable to let it go. From there, ‘Better Me’ shifts the focus inward, transforming reflection into a growing desire for change.

It's a moment that makes the second half of the EP feel particularly exhilarating.

‘Dancing with Devils’ finds her facing the messier realities of moving forward, before ‘Shout Louder’ provides an appropriately emphatic finale. After beginning the EP questioning herself, she finishes it taking up considerably more space. And the journey from doubt to self-belief feels truly tangible.

Musically, she has the scale to match those emotions. Guitar-driven alt-pop arrangements move between intimate storytelling and sweeping, anthemic release, carrying shades of KT Tunstall and Fleetwood Mac without allowing those influences to define her.

Instead, 'Eyes Wide Open' increasingly sounds like Molly Warburton defining herself.

It's something that feels particularly significant for an artist who has already spent years building an audience through relentless touring, major festival appearances and more than a million streams. Instead of resting on that momentum, she sounds determined to push into something bigger and more personal.

Bold, heartfelt and wonderfully uplifting, 'Eyes Wide Open' captures an artist stepping out of uncertainty and into her own power. And by the time ‘Shout Louder’ reaches its conclusion, Molly Warburton is doing exactly that.