MICALL’s Have A Home – Healing Through Heartbreak And Notes

A Piano, A Goodbye, and A Good Song

Three years. That’s how long it took for MICALL‘s Have A Home to be born. Not from convenience or a sound pack loop, but from sweat, sentiment, and a grand piano. I’ve listened to hundreds of songs that aim for the heart and barely graze it. I skipped them. But this one lives there.

MICALL lives in Los Angeles, but her music feels like it comes from somewhere older and deeper. Raised in a musically rich Middle Eastern home, she grew up hearing more notes than noise. While most kids were glued to screens, she was at the piano, chasing something quieter. Wrote her first song at four. Life threw its punches, like it always does, but instead of folding, she leaned in – and by 2021, she was ready to step into the studio with three decades of feeling behind her.

Her sound drifts between pop, soul, rock, and a flicker of country – but really, it’s just MICALL. Produced, mixed, and mastered by the Grammy-nominated Tom Weir, alongside musical alchemists Anthony J. Resta, Raz Klinghoffer, Victor Indrizzo, and Andrew Synowiec, Have A Home is a signature carved into a long wooden bench of personal history.

It’s also her first professionally recorded track. Wild, right? You’d think she’s been swimming in this kind of musical clarity for years. But nope, this was the one she decided to do “right”. Recorded at Studio City Sound, where she wept in the booth when she first heard the final mix. I wasn’t in the room, but I could feel it – it wasn’t for show, just something real finally letting go.

The Song Wears No Mask

Have A Home walks past the fancy stuff. It walks in barefoot and tells the truth. There’s a raw tenderness in how MICALL sings, “And all I can do is hope for you / To show up here one day.” It reminded me of the kind of hope I’ve carried before – the one that just sits in your chest and waits.

The lyrics feel like something you mutter to yourself in the car after dropping the kids off at your ex’s. That aching space where resentment dries up and all that’s left is love, limping. The song is a tribute to MICALL‘s parents, and to anyone who’s learned that a goodbye doesn’t always come with fireworks or slamming doors. I’ve felt that kind of ending. When things don’t explode – they just fade. And you find yourself quietly wishing the best for them anyway.

The strings – played by NewWorldStrings in Turkey – add that cinematic ache. The drums (Victor Indrizzo) lean in. And somewhere in there, Tom Weir sneaks in cymbals that feel like a curtain closing quietly. Every sound in this song carries its own weight. Even the flute – yes, there’s a flute – has something to say.

MICALL’s Have A Home – Why I Didn’t Skip It

I’ve always believed that the best songs are the ones you hear, and actually… overhear. They catch you mid-thought, mid-dishwashing, mid-existential crisis. That’s what happened with Have A Home. I had it on while sorting emails, and by the second chorus, I wasn’t sorting anything anymore. I was staring at the screen, wondering how many goodbyes I’ve left dangling like question marks.

There’s a small moment near the end – just a few repeated lines, nothing flashy. But they echo, like someone whispering I’m still here into an empty hallway.

It’s been a while since I heard a debut like this one. And that’s not strategy. To me, it feels like something she just needed to say. Graceful, honest, and full of everything she couldn’t keep inside anymore. Do you think you’d cope better with this?

The Quiet Side of the Room

If you’re still waiting for some neat classification – ballad, breakup song, adult contemporary piano moment – forget it. I think Have A Home is what it is, and that’s rare. Just a woman at a piano, letting it all come out the right way. To the ones still figuring out how to let go without hating the past – this one’s for you.

And to MICALL – well… she once said, ‘Be yourself and you will be free.’ And in this track, you feel she means it. She’s on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Spotify – go see what else she’s quietly putting into the world. Got thoughts? Drop them below in the comments. I’ll see them – and I’ll answer.