nme.com
04.06.2024 / 17:53
Poppy shares Madonna-meets-metal single ‘New Way Out’ and tells us how “there’s plenty to be angry about”
Poppy has spoken to NME about her brutal, Madonna-inspired metal track ‘New Way Out’, the ongoing success of hardcore, collaborating with Bad Omens and Knocked Loose, and injecting more whimsy into her music.‘New Way Out’ is the first taste of new music from Poppy since the release of 2023’s ‘Zig’.“The mission for that album was to make a dance-inspired piece, but for this project, the goal is to bring a new level of intensity to my music,” Poppy told NME. “It feels like a good time for it as well, because there’s a lot of tension out there.”Teasing that her fans have “been waiting for this sort of musical foray from me,” Poppy explained her deeper exploration of hard rock, having first dabbled in metal with 2018’s ‘Am I A Girl?’ before really embracing the genre with 2019’s industrial ‘Choke’ EP and 2020’s ‘I Disagree’.“I still think ‘New Way Out’ is uncharted territory for me,” she continued.