Dorian Electra announces third album Fanfare and releases single
Hyperpop artist and former Amplify star Dorian Electra is back with new single ‘anon’. Alongside the announcement of their third album, Fanfare, on 19 July, the pop futurist premiered the track on BBC Radio 6 Music, with a music video out the next day.
The guitar-driven ‘anon’ is a take on the absurdities of social media: the obsessive gossip, the rumour mill and anonymous message boards.
The accompanying visuals were , directed by the singer and their creative partner Weston Allen, exploring the impact of ‘stan culture’ on artists.
Dorian Electra’s first single for the era was the rock-influenced ‘Freak Mode’, fuelled by their signature distorted vocals and a thumping bass. ‘Sodom and Gomorrah’, the album’s equally provocative and eclectic second single, was released last month. READ MORE: Dorian Electra shares shoegaze anthem Freak Mode According to a press release, Fanfare, the American singer’s third album, “explores parasocial relationships, from the claims we stake on figureheads’ lives to taking in obsession, idolatry and pop culture as modern mythology.
