The new album, titled ‘Dream House’ was written in the wake of the devastating Altadena fires that destroyed Empress Of’s family home.
Empress Of has announced that her latest album Dream House will be released on the 18th September via Giant Music.
Written in the aftermath of of the devastating Altadena fires that destroyed Empress Of’s family home, Dream House is an ode to the loss, resilience, and the fragile work of rebuilding. The album is set to be filled with themes that rebuilding in all shapes and forms.
As well as the announcement of the album, the singer has released a new single “Wild Storm,” a haunting reflection on the emotional turbulence of the past year.
Talking about how the album came together, Empress Of said: “One afternoon I made a little voice memo while playing a piano mumbling the phrase, ‘I wanna build a dream for you.’ That’s when this whole thing kind of started. Like a little spark. Someone said a phoenix isn’t born, it’s remembered and in making this album I remembered why I make music.”
In the creation of this album, Empress Of worked closely with Cecile Believe, with Believe also featuring on the track “SYW.” The project also features Blood Orange, with whom Lorely made a recent guest appearance during his lauded Coachella performance. Empress Of’s mother, Reina, also lends her voice to the record. Throughout the making of this album, Empress Of and her mother were physically rebuilding their family home; watching the foundation being poured, the walls framed, and eventually the roof and front door installed, a tangible manifestation of the emotional rebuilding happening alongside it.
Dream House follows on from the singer’s 2024 album For Your Consideration which was named Best New Music by Pitchfork, who called it “dazzling,” and saw Empress Of embracing camp, fantasy, and her role as executive producer. Over the course of her career Empress Of has collaborated with the previously mentioned Blood Orange, Shygirl, Tommy Genesis and Boys Noize. She has also opened for Lorde, Rina Sawayama and Carly Rae Jepsen and performed at major festivals including Outside Lands, Austin City Limits, Portola, and Corona Capital.
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