Franx Paul's Reaches the ISC 2025 Semifinal for the Second Consecutive Year with "I Sing as I Am"
Some records are built over years. This one was built in two. Franx Paul's has reached the semifinal of the International Songwriting Competition (ISC) 2025 in the EDM category with the single 'I Sing as I Am (Extended Version)', marking the second consecutive year as an ISC semifinalist, after the same result achieved in 2024 with 'Funky Party (Extended Version)'. The ISC 2025 semifinalists were officially announced on March 3, 2026. A case that the international press defines as potentially unique for an independent Italian artist.
What Does Two Consecutive ISC Semifinals Mean?
The ISC is not a regional contest. It is one of the most selective music competitions on the planet, drawing tens of thousands of entries from over 150 countries every year. In 2025, the number reached 26,000. The semifinal threshold filters out the vast majority before a single note reaches the final jury.
Crossing that threshold twice, in two consecutive editions, with two different tracks, in the same category, is a different kind of achievement. It is not a peak. It is a pattern.
Every entry self-written, self-produced, self-released. The independent label MFTDCP8 is not a workaround. It is the architecture of a project built to last.
The Single That Conquered the ISC Jury Again
Both ISC semifinal results were achieved with Extended Versions, the longer, more complex format designed for deep listening, not for radio airplay. A detail that makes the record even harder to replicate: the jury selected Franx Paul's twice, in two consecutive years, in the most demanding format of the competition.
The official video of "I Sing as I Am" is available on Vevo and on YouTube:
Franx Paul's - I Sing as I Am (Official Video) [Extended Version] | Vevo
Franx Paul's - I Sing as I Am (Official Video) [Extended Version] | YouTube
A Record Built Year by Year
The numbers tell a story that is hard to replicate:
ISC 2024. 'Funky Party (Extended Version)'. EDM category.
Results announced on March 3, 2025.
ISC 2025. 'I Sing as I Am (Extended Version)'. EDM category.
Results announced on March 3, 2026.
Two different tracks. Two consecutive editions. Same competition. Same category. Same format. Same outcome: global recognition.
Most artists who reach this level have an entire team working behind them: a major record deal, a booking agency, a management company, a PR machine, a network built over decades. Franx Paul's has none of that. But only his own label MFTDCP8, his own process, and a single room where every note is composed, mixed and mastered, with a window open to the world. That is not luck. That is not momentum. That is something far rarer: a standard.
A Multisensory Project That Keeps Delivering
The project behind the music is as deliberate as the music itself. Franx Paul's operates at the intersection of sound, image and identity, a multisensory approach where every release is a statement, not just a song.
Two ISC semifinals. Two consecutive years. The standard is not rising by accident.
Year two.
Consistency is the rarest form of talent.