On their sophomore album, i’ll be fine if i want to, Miki Ratsula transcends the singer-songwriter genre as they effortlessly blend indie rock and bedroom pop with an electro undercurrent for a bigger, more evolved sound. As a trans, nonbinary artist, they touch on everything from sorrow and love to envy and apathy, all the way to outright anger. But the unifying message is one of agency. Having self-produced the entire record, Miki has not only grown as a producer, musician, and songwriter, but also as a person. On i’ll be fine if i want to, Miki doesn’t ask, but rather demands that the world take them as they are, whether they’re expressing joy, pain, or something in between. With over 50 million streams and counting, the So-Cal based, Finnish-American artist has developed a devoted audience by openly and honestly welcoming people into their world, from coming out to getting top surgery to struggles with mental health. Their 2022 debut full-length album, i owe it to myself, is an acoustic pop dream guided by Miki’s lush, lofi-inspired production that captures the full emotional seesaw that rocks between youth and adulthood. It received praise and playlisting by the likes of Billboard Pride, them., Under the Radar, The Advocate and more, and led to their first national tour supporting Lauren Sanderson and Jordy, as well as others. “I just want to be the artist I needed growing up,” says Miki, and that’s exactly who they’ve become.