Victor Schmitt Draws a Sharper Cityscape on “Metropolis”

4:08, punk/new wave — a useful clue to the direction Schmitt has been sketching across a run of recent singles

“Metropolis” feels like the point where the project’s scale snaps into focus. Schmitt has been moving steadily through 2025 and 2026 with singles such as “Pull Yourself Together” and “If I Were the Whole Universe,” and this new track arrives with a tougher, more urban-coded title that suits the punk/new wave framing.

Schmitt’s is a model, actor, writer, producer, and photographer, and that multidisciplinary background seems to feed the sense of image and atmosphere around this music. What I hear in the release context is an artist leaning into momentum. A song that sounds like concrete, motion, and late-night pressure. Angular propulsion, and a project that now feels more self-assured. Schmitt’s recent catalog has already shown a taste for cosmic introspection, while “Metropolis” reveals a firmer, colder frame, and that shift is what makes me want to hear where he takes it next.

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