Michellar Lights Up the Season with Her Latest Single "The Star"

Christmas is almost here and many would be wondering what the best song could sound like. Well I’ve got the perfect melody here for you. This artist Michellar has a way of making a new song feel like something you’ve known for years, and her single, “The Star”, lands right in that sweet spot. The track came out on November 28th, 2025, and it carries the same warm, gentle style that made classic folk artists like Dan Fogelberg so easy to love. This isn’t a song trying to shake the world. It’s a song trying to remind you of the things that make life feel steady.

“The Star” is built around family, holidays, and that small moment when someone places the star on top of the tree. It’s simple, but it hits home, because most of us remember a moment like that. Michellar wrote the music and lyrics herself in San Francisco, then handed the demo to Toby Wilson in the UK, who produced and mastered the final track. These two have been working together for a year now and already made more than twenty five songs, which explains why this one feels so smooth. They know each other’s rhythm by now.

What makes this release even more interesting is the long road Michellar took to get here. She started writing songs at fifteen, then somehow took a forty year break, which is the kind of hiatus most people only take from gym memberships. But a spot in the deYoung Museum Open Call Exhibition in 2023 reminded her of her talent, and she returned to songwriting like she never left. Since then, she has released twenty two singles in nine months and wrote eighty two songs in 2025 alone. Most people can’t even keep a plant alive for that long.

“The Star” is her second Christmas song, and according to her, she never even planned to write holiday music. But every year the season hits, she feels nostalgic, and the songs just show up. This one focuses on hope, family, and that rare kind of peace that sneaks in when everything slows down for a moment. Michellar describes the star on the tree as a little symbol that lights up the parts of us we forget about during the year. It’s a simple idea, but that’s why it works.

The recording process stretched longer than expected. She wanted to release it last year but ran out of time. The holiday window is short, and the season doesn’t care about your schedule. She ended up releasing a New Year song instead, called It’s Another Year, which will appear on her January album From Then till Now. That album includes four new winter tracks and collects work from across her busy year. She also has an EP planned for February, showing she has no plans to slow down.

Michellar doesn’t have shows lined up yet, but she’s exploring venues and thinking ahead. Her motto is simple: nothing ventured, nothing gained. She says curiosity drives her forward, and honestly, you can hear that curiosity in the way she writes. She isn’t trying to follow anyone else’s lane. She just writes what feels honest.

“The Star” may be built around the holidays, but it isn’t limited to them. It’s soft, warm, a little nostalgic, and the kind of track you might play while decorating the tree or just trying to survive the family chaos. It carries hope without being dramatic about it, and that alone makes it stand out.

With each release, Michellar is building a quiet but steady path. If 2025 was a year of big steps, 2026 looks like a year where she’ll keep moving forward. And if The Star is any sign of what’s coming next, listeners have a lot to look forward to.

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