King Isis Shares New Single “Lately”
Oakland-born and raised artist King Isis (they/she) recently announced their new EP SIRENITY, out June 13 via Dirty Hit and No Matter, connecting with Bartees Strange, Monte Booker, Greyskiin and Estelle Allen as co-collaborators. Today, they share another taste of what’s to come with the soft, alt-pop track “LATELY.”
Co-produced with Bartees Strange, Isis says of the track:
‘“Lately’ is a cathartic release. The recognition that perfection doesn’t exist, that I don’t want to keep going through the motions and acceding to the same things. It’s sick of the same cycles, the same people and the same responses. It’s wanting to stand up for myself, wanting to live for me, even if it defies others expectations. It’s the introduction to new worlds, and new unknowns, allowing myself the beauty of imperfection, of trial and error. That it’s okay to not be okay and try things. Its renewal and cyclic changes at the beginning of Saturn return.”
“LATELY” follows the release of the explosive “PERMANENTLY BROKEN” about searching for self earlier this month. Last year, King Isis released the R&B rock-infused shed heavily influenced by Gloria E. Anzaldúa’s seminal text Borderlands/La Frontera and its examination of the serpent as a metaphor and theme of renewal. The five tracks followed up the brighter debut EP scales in 2023 and with SIRENITY out in June, it’s the continuation of the worlds created within the last two projects and serves as the (un)completion of the trilogy. Blending alt-pop, acoustic and grunge, they return to the beginning of renewal and accept their imperfections from a light-hearted perspective.
Around the EP release next month, King Isis will be playing select shows in Los Angeles, New York City and Oakland – Tickets/RSVPS can be found HERE and the detailed list of dates can be found below.
PRE-ORDER SIRENITY HERE
SHOW DATES
May 31 – Los Angeles, CA – LA Pride Out Loud Fest (Street Stage)
June 3 – New York, New York – Night Club 101 *
June 27 – Oakland, CA -Oakland Museum of California
* EP release party
