Empress Of Announces 'Dream House' Album for September
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- Empress Of announced new album Dream House, out September 18 via Giant Music, the follow-up to 2024's For Your Consideration.
- The record reflects on life after the Altadena fires destroyed Lorely Rodriguez's home, with lead single "Wild Storm" released alongside a Mitch deQuilettes-directed video shot in the aftermath.
- "Wild Storm" was actually written years ago but rediscovered by Rodriguez as she processed the fire's devastation, per a press release.
- Rodriguez will celebrate the album's release with a show at New York's Music Hall of Williamsburg on September 30.
- The tracklist features Cecile Believe as a collaborator across the album and a single feature from Blood Orange.
- Rodriguez framed the project with a phoenix metaphor: "Someone said a phoenix isn't born, it's remembered and in making this album I remembered why I make music."
Why it matters: This is Empress Of's first full-length since the Altadena fires destroyed her home, and the choice to lead with a years-old song reframed by that trauma signals a deeply personal creative reckoning rather than a conventional sequel to For Your Consideration. The tight September 18 release and September 30 Williamsburg show compress the rollout into roughly two weeks, giving fans a fast turn from announcement to live debut.
