KING ISIS
ANNOUNCES NEW EP SIRENITY
OUT JUNE 13 ON DIRTY HIT & NO MATTER
SHARES NEW SINGLE
Credit: Hunter Cates
King Isis (they/she) announces new EP SIRENITY, due for release on June 13 via Dirty Hit and No Matter. The Oakland-born and raised artist connects with Bartees Strange, Monte Booker, Greyskiin and Estelle Allen as co-collaborators, continuing the search for comfort in the unknown and expanding on themes of catharsis and chaos heard on shed released last year. “It’s mostly an unserious, sometimes self-deprecating exploration of pieces of me,” Isis says. “It’s a nod to my younger selves, an acknowledgement of constant growth and transformation, that life is full of ebbs and flows.”
Alongside the announcement, King Isis releases “PERMANENTLY BROKEN,” an explosive track exemplifying their search for self as they work through existential dread and misdirection. “This song represents my habits of overthinking, feelings of imposter syndrome and an ode to my anxieties,” they say of the song. “It’s find of of a fuck it we ball moment and just going for it, not seeking perfection after striving for it for so long.”
Last year, King Isis released the R&B rock-infused shed heavily influenced by Gloria E. Anzaldúa’s seminal textBorderlands/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.
King Isis: SIRENITY
SIRENITY Tracklisting
- PERMANENTLY BROKEN
- TEARS DON’T CRY (IN A RIVER)
- BAD 4 ME
- tuesday in la (voice memo)
- LATELY
ABOUT KING ISIS….
Born and raised in Oakland, CA, King Isis (they/she) shape-shifts through sound, blending rock, pop, and whatever else feels right in the moment. Their music moves through pain, growth, and transformation, always circling back to self. Music has been in their blood for generations, learning piano on the keys once played by their great-great-grandmother Omega King, one of the first Black opera singers in Chicago. After years of stringent classical training, they broke free to explore the outer edges, creating music for the misfits and weirdos, for those living outside the margins.
King Isis has been carving out their own lane as a queer alt fairy in the indie space. Since dropping their debut EP scales in 2023, they’ve landed on coveted Spotify playlists, been named a Tidal Rising Artist, and featured on Pigeons & Planes’ SYNY2 compilation. Isis has graced the stages of internationally renowned festivals such as Outside Lands, Afropunk, and London Calling, as well as toured the U.S. with The Last Dinner Party and Mehro. In 2025, they’ve taken the stage opening for powerhouses like The Japanese House, Duckwrth, and Bartees Strange.
Their latest EP, SIRENITY, is a collection of imperfect pieces, unserious and self-deprecating at times, but rooted in reflection, renewal, and the constant cycle of becoming. A continuation of the worlds built in scales and shed, this new chapter expands the sound with collaborators like Bartees Strange, Monte Booker, Greyskiin, and Estelle Allen mixing alt-pop, acoustic, and grunge into something that feels raw and real.
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