NEAR TRUTHS: REALIGNMENT AND RECOGNITION
Underscoring the year's biggest stories (11/19a)
NEAR TRUTHS: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Nervous time in the music biz and beyond. (11/16a)
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NOW WHAT?
We have no fucking idea.
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
WHO'S BUYING THE DRINKS?
That's what we'd like to know.
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WHAT IT IS: Pop provocateur Dorian Electra created a lane of their own with their first two albums, 2019’s Flamboyant and 2020’s My Agenda, which masterfully blended genres like pop, metal, jazz, medieval, baroque, classical and EDM to create their dynamic sound. After collaborating with Lady Gaga, Charli XCX, 100 gecs, Village People and Pussy Riot, among others, Electra has dropped “Freak Mode” and “Sodom & Gomorrah,” the first taste of the album Fanfare, arriving this fall.
ALBUM: Fanfare
RELEASE DATE: October 2023
SINGLE: “Sodom & Gomorrah”
INTERNET: 360k+ monthly Spotify listeners, 10m+ combined YouTube video views; 231k Instagram followers; 96k+ TikTok followers
PRESS: Vogue, N.Y. Times (“‘Flamboyant’ is a glittery confection of convulsive hyperpop”), The Guardian, W (“having a bold and unapologetic force like Electra to lead the way is a gift to many queer people”), Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, FADER, MTV, Paper, Office, Dazed, more
BOOKING: Parker Glenn/UTA
MANAGEMENT: Jeff Lersch/Monarch Artists & Becca Whiting/Renegade Artists