Described as the “high priestess of no f**** given,” Poppy has pushed heavy-metal boundaries for several years after pivoting away from restrictive bubblegum pop tactics. Now, she is visibly more at home in her performance art, expressing her innermost emotional world through perfectly quirky displays on and off stage. This mononymous superstar is here to stay, and she is only growing more powerful as she explores everything heavy music has to offer her as a performer.

This single, “New Way Out,” is one of her most significant risks yet. The high-value production levels are off the charts, and this budget allows the starlet to create a broad soundscape that prioritizes her vocals but still carries instrumental depth utilizing elements like heavy, distorted guitars.

There are even little easter eggs as her name sprinkled throughout in a similar tone that OG fans of her old YouTube videos would recognize immediately.

Her heavy range sounds healthy, insinuating that there will be many more insanely cool heavy metal Poppy records with her screaming for years to come.