Fernando Honorato has always been a conjurer of emotion, but with his new solo project Fernando’s Eyes, the renowned frontman of Principe Valiente pulls the veil back even further. The debut EP A Million Times, released on March 28, 2025, is more than just a first solo step—it’s a quiet storm of introspection, vulnerability, and haunting beauty. Clocking in at just three tracks, including two striking remixes, this EP manages to say what many full-length albums fail to: that healing is messy, cyclical, and sometimes, beautifully slow.
The title track, A Million Times, is Fernando in his rawest form. Drenched in vintage synths, delicate guitar lines, and a brooding atmosphere that recalls the slow-burning tension of an ‘80s film noir, the song unspools like a confessional whispered into the void. “It’s about anxiety, self-doubt, and that feeling of running in circles emotionally,” Fernando explains. And you feel every bit of it. His voice, soft but steeped in quiet power, guides the listener through emotional terrain that is as poetic as it is painfully real.
The arrangement leans into melancholia, but never drowns in it. Instead, there’s a subtle momentum—like a heartbeat just below the surface—hinting at forward motion. The lyrics trace the contours of pain with surgical precision, but never without a glimmer of light. You can almost see the neon glow of city streets at midnight, the rain blurring the edges of reflection and reality. This is post-punk dream pop with a pulse, a reminder that even in your darkest spirals, you’re not alone.
The EP’s two remixes build on that intimacy while offering their own interpretations of Fernando’s emotional landscape. Albert Severin’s version stretches the track into something more angular and experimental, like a transmission from a distant satellite. It’s colder, more distorted, yet still retains the core ache of the original. Where the original track walks through shadowy alleys of memory, Severin’s remix takes you into space, where emotions echo back at you with eerie clarity.
Then comes the Magic Wands Remix, which turns the track on its head with shimmering synths, airy reverb, and a dreamier tempo. It’s a glossier lens on the same story, like waking up from a heavy dream and seeing the sun cut through the blinds. While still melancholic, the remix adds a layer of escapism, as though the song has transcended its earthly roots and now floats in a sonic twilight zone. It’s the rare kind of remix that doesn’t dilute the original emotion—it amplifies it in a new hue.
What’s perhaps most striking about A Million Times is its honesty. Fernando isn’t trying to dazzle you with technical tricks or hide behind elaborate production. He’s letting the music breathe. Letting the silences carry as much weight as the words. There’s a certain bravery in that—especially in a musical landscape that so often demands instant gratification and artificial highs.
This EP is not a party playlist addition. It’s not the kind of track you throw on for background vibes. It demands your attention. It asks you to feel. And in doing so, it opens a window into a mind navigating doubt, sorrow, and the quiet search for peace.
If A Million Times is the introduction to Fernando Honorato’s solo world, it’s one hell of an opening chapter. There’s a full-length album on the horizon, and if this EP is anything to go by, it promises to be a deep dive into the aching beauty of human vulnerability. With Fernando’s Eyes, Honorato has carved out a sonic space where fragility is power, emotion is currency, and every looped thought is another step toward something clearer, stronger, more real.
Turn down the lights, put on your headphones, and press play. A Million Times might just feel like the first time you heard your own thoughts in someone else’s song.
