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Artist Presale: Tuesday, September 24 @ 10 AM CST to Thursday, September 26 @ 10 PM CST Spotify Presale: Wednesday, September 25 @ 10 AM CST to Thursday, September 26 @ 10 PM CST On Sale: Friday, September 27 @ 10 AM CSTAs she watched friends skim stones on Brighton Beach, Paris Paloma felt energy shift. Like heat returning to numb fingertips, life felt like it was taking shape again after a long period of personal trauma. With a diaphanous sheath of lyrics in mind, she went to Bergen, Norway to work on new music. On the three days of the year that it didnt rain in Europes wettest city, among the silvery lakes and mountain peaks, life grew ever brighter. the warmth was formed.I ate up all the light, it shone through my teeth, I tasted sunbeams emanating from me... it cant hurt me... now the warmth is returning, she sings in unfurling harmonies, spectral with full-bodied pop, a determined percussive march building like a personal artillery.This emotional arc would be core to Paris Palomas debut album, cacophony.The Derbyshire-born musician gave the world labour in 2023. It was the first song shed ever fully recorded in a proper studio early releases like narcissus in 2020, 2021 EP cemeteries and socials, and 2023s notre dame were produced in her own bedroom or others. But early clips she posted with stolen lyrics of labour to TikTok had already garnered a curious audience. Its journal-like lyricism and incisive strain of compelling, dark folk-pop skewered the knots of womens emotional labour, and it immediately became a rallying cry worldwide upon official release. The track broke over 100 million streams on Spotify, cracked the Official UK Singles Chart and US Billboard Chart, and soundtracked tens of thousands of TikToks. It spurred on sold-out shows around the UK, and Paris, armed with a compact slew of songs, travelled to the US and Australia for the festival circuit. I matured because of labour, Paris explains. As a young artist youre both protected and limited youre putting songs that areso intimate into a void. Its made me more considerate about how vulnerable these songs are going to be.Such vulnerability can be difficult to confront, and all the more to articulate as art, but I feel very held by my listeners, Paris says. This symbiotic care between artist and listener is innate within Pariss devoted fanbase. Shes cultivated a community both online and off: on TikTok, her 400K followers send her videos (of thoughts, song snippets, and tour moments) into six-figure views. Fan-made art and videos analysing her lyrics span social media. Shes also crowdsourced the voices of hundreds of fans for a new version of labour to be released. These are roots laid deep, as Paris gains wider recognition from NME to Billboard, as YouTubes Trending Artist on the Rise and a Breakthrough Artist to Watch 2024 by Amazon.
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