A profile of the Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter’s two new singles.
Music was once a casual pursuit for Miles Jenson, during the years of his alcoholism. Then he got sober and signed a record deal in Atlanta. Later he left the label to find his creative freedom, moved to Los Angeles, and released a run of singles that increasingly moved away from conventional pop. One day, he cold-called the Grammy-winning production duo King Garbage to make a single with them. The duo liked the new music Jenson was making, and they suggested an EP.
King Garbage has worked with artists like Jon Batiste, The Weeknd, and Leon Bridges, and they produced Jenson’s debut EP, Sunshine Goldmine, which grapples with themes like racism, classism, and addictions. They’re also working with Jenson on his debut full-length album. Two new singles, “Against My Best Interests” and the focus track “North Star,” both feature orchestral arrangements and production from Vincent Ott. “North Star” has been out since 14 August 2026. Together the two songs touch on subjects like self-sabotage, class, racism, and collective disillusionment.
“Against My Best Interests” is inspired by the Chet Baker and Billie Holiday versions of the jazz standard “Everything Happens to Me.” It touches on the idea that self-improvement can come along with a vice that is still present. The song wants to cover the middle ground between self-improvement and self-destruction, something that Jenson finds more relatable than either extreme.
“North Star” turns outward. Jenson wrote it in Austin, Texas, amid national conversations about political extremism, immigration, and trans rights, and the song looks at the relationship between class inequality and racial division in America. “North Star is about the intersection of white supremacy and classism,” Jenson says.
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