Isabella Lovestory – Vanity
Honduran experimental popstar Isabella Lovestory announces her sophomore album Vanity, out June 27th.
Vanity subverts any expectations of an overly polished sonic facelift that its title might suggest, instead reflecting the intoxicating nuances of beauty and its decay. Stripping away all pretenses, Isabella’s new album playfully experiments with different sounds and palettes, exemplifying her collage-like approach to music that ponders every turn of the radio dial from her childhood across Honduras, Virginia and Montreal. Isabella explains the album as follows: “Vanity has a metallic analog vibe: a robotic funeral. Ghost in the Shell mixed with a pop-y ultra-feminine sound. Shiny yet rusty, fancy yet trashy, like ancient encrusted diamonds. Thematically this album explores fragility, how easily a mirror shatters, but it also explores the indestructible and eternal essence of beauty. I don’t mind when things break, I like to collect the pieces and create something new.”
That playful disdain for genre boundaries is front and center on new single “Gorgeous”, which also releases today.
Produced by Chicken, Isabella opens the new track with an inescapable hook reminiscent of early 00’s R&B before violins signal a shift toward her immersive experiment of molding modern pop in her image. Paired with a minimalistic and sleek music video directed by Jim Alexander, purposely different from her usual maximal approach. “I wanted the video to feel timeless and elegant, not tied to any specific aesthetic. What does being gorgeous even mean? To me it might mean a dusty car garage, a stray cat, or hot pink acrylics. Tarkovsky vibes.”
Announced earlier this month, Isabella will play LadyLand Festival in Brooklyn at Under The K Bridge, joining a lineup that features the likes of FKA Twigs, Cardi B, Pablo Vittar, Eartheater, and more. Fans can also catch her at Barcelona’s Primavera Sound and Paris’ We Love Green Festivals this June.
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