London-based artist Claudia Kane, producer, songwriter, vocalist, and DJ, is known for creating artful worlds that blend cinematic electronics with intriguing visual narratives. She’s launched Villainess, her own creative label spotlighting daring electronic music and experimental cross-media collaborations.
Surrender is the label’s debut single, paired with a sleek, stylized video directed by Joseph Icaro. The release finds Kane’s fusion of sound, story, and spectacle in a completely seamless mode.
Claudia Kane explains: “I start with a scene in my head and create textures and lyrics that feel close, unsettling and haunted by something unsaid.”
Joseph Icaro describes the collaboration: “Surrender is a futuristically stylised meditation on self-surveillance, fate, and the struggle against internal cycles. It explores our reluctance to admit truth - and the inner and outer chaos of this hesitation to break one’s pattern. It suggests that true change and real freedom begins not when we escape the gaze, but when we finally confront it.”
Surrender dives deep into emotional chaos and the allure of darkness. With a moody cyberpunk edge, the track evokes a hypnotic descent where temptation wins and control slips away. It’s intense and atmospheric, as it looks and sounds pristine.
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Claudia Kane
Villainess Records
Video directed by Joseph Icaro-
