SPOTLIGHT: Far-seer [ESSAY]

Editor's Note: Mon Rovîa, whose debut LP Bloodline is out today via Nettwerk, is No Depression's Spotlight Artist for January 2026 and we're thrilled to share this personal, poetic piece on his release day. Stay tuned all month for a feature profile about Mon Rovîa, as well as an exclusive video of one of his new songs.

Author's Note: This piece is written as political myth rather than argument. I chose prophecy and symbolism because systems of power are rarely sustained by facts alone, but by stories — stories that sanitize harm, abstract violence, and promise control as salvation.