Miist builds her creative world around small gestures that ripple outward. The Love Project arrives in 2026 as her most expansive undertaking yet, combining the upcoming single “Love Will Show Us The Way” with participatory storytelling and practices rooted in connection. This effort grows directly from her podcast Make Me Smile with Miist, now ranked among the Top 10 mental health shows in the United States, where each episode closes with a 15-second action listeners can implement immediately.
Her path to songwriting started in her 30s without formal training, following an early childhood marked by abandonment at age five and a terminal cancer diagnosis in her late 20s. Music became the vocabulary she needed when words alone could not carry what she had lived through. That discovery continues to shape how she creates. Her 2025 release “Could You Lend Me a Smile” began as a tribute to a man who died alone in Tokyo and expanded into a collaboration across 16 languages, drawing artists and audiences into a shared moment of acknowledgment.
The video for “Love Will Show Us The Way” invites fans to submit clips of everyday kindness, simple moments captured without performance. A hug, a smile, presence. Miist has framed the project as collective documentation rather than artistic showcase. For the second consecutive year, she is also giving away two GRAMMY Awards guest tickets to fans whose personal stories connect with her own, redefining the event as something shared rather than exclusive. Later in 2025, she will release a companion book to her podcast, designed with short chapters and music-based reflection that prioritizes momentum over expertise.
There is something quietly radical about insisting that meaningful change happens in 15-second increments. Miist turns attention toward what can be done right now, in the time it takes to send a text or notice someone nearby. The work lands with sincerity and practical warmth, offering tools that fit into a single breath.