After a 40-Year Detour, San Francisco Artist Michellar Returns with Raw New Single ‘Don’t Lie to Me’

Some creative fires refuse to go out. San Francisco singer-songwriter and visual artist Michelle Bond—performing under the moniker Michellar—started writing songs when she was just 15 years old. But as life so often does, things got in the way, and the music fell silent for four decades.

Instead of forcing it, Michelle poured her energy into other creative spaces, building a life centered around art and garden design. The music was always there, just waiting for the right spark. That moment arrived in 2023, when she was accepted as an exhibiting artist for the DeYoung Museum’s Open Exhibition. Standing in that creative space, something clicked, the floodgates opened, and the songwriting came rushing back.

Her latest pop single, ‘Don’t Lie to Me’, is the direct result of that reawakening.

Authentic Storytelling in a Plastic World

‘Don’t Lie to Me’ hits hard because it doesn’t try to hide behind over-produced pop gimmicks. It’s a track built on the kind of emotional honesty that only comes from real, lived experience. Michellar tackles the vulnerability of demanding truth, cutting through the noise with a clear, unfiltered perspective.

What makes Michellar’s return so refreshing is how grounded she is. She isn’t just dropping tracks into an algorithm; she’s in the trenches of her local music community. Every single week, you can catch her testing out new material and sharing her voice at neighborhood open mics across San Francisco. It’s that dedication to the raw craft of songwriting that makes her someone worth listening to.

There’s no expiration date on passion, and Michellar is living proof. ‘Don’t Lie to Me’ is a brilliant introduction to an artist who is finally claiming her time.

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