At 3 minutes and 28 seconds, “Devil 2019” doesn’t waste time with pleasantries. The track, released August 3rd by enigmatic LA-based artist Siren, hits like a confession whispered through haunting keys and mesmeric cadence. Her mezzo-soprano voice moves from intimate vulnerability to raw intensity, crafting a soundscape where melancholy meets beauty.
This isn’t her first rodeo—she’s been quietly amassing an arsenal of 70 unreleased songs since 2019. But “Devil 2019” signals something shifting. It’s hypnotic in the truest sense, the kind of track that makes you understand why she chose the name Siren.
Her debut single “Siren Heroine” dropped on June 13th, pulled from her upcoming album Blue Blood. True to her perfectionist nature, she’s releasing an alternate version soon because choosing just one felt impossible. The album promises an oceanic, siren-themed journey through songs written over the past three to four years, finally seeing daylight.
What makes her sound so hard to pin down? Start with Rammstein’s industrial thunder—she discovered them at twelve and credits the German metal titans with shaping “about 60% of my musical taste.” Add Lana Del Rey, who she calls her “musical mother,” bringing that velvet darkness and cinematic drama. Then there’s the trip-hop pulse of Massive Attack and Portishead weaving through everything.
But here’s where it gets interesting: throw in Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake,” Hans Zimmer’s epic orchestrations, and the melancholic weight of Russian folk songs. She grew up on classical composers—Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Wagner—and you can hear the nuances if you listen closely. Even Viktor Tsoi and Kino, legends from her native language, left their mark.
The result? Music that fuses alternative and art rock with trip-hop, industrial metal, doom metal, gothic dark pop, and piano ballads. One track might lean into psychedelic rock with deep bass grooves, the next might be an acoustic ballad or orchestral piece. “I create without boundaries,” she explains. “It happens naturally depending on the emotion.”
Born June 13, 2001, Siren is a study in contradictions. She’s Russian-born but writes in English. She loves the ocean but has thalassophobia—fear of deep water. “I reflect what I fear. I am what I fear,” she says, and suddenly the oceanic themes make perfect sense.
Her musical education started unconventionally. Picture a small child on a winter swing, her grandmother singing long, sad Russian folk songs. “Everything felt blue, cold, wintry, dark, nostalgic, deep, soulful, and melancholic,” she recalls. No formal training followed—everything she knows about singing, composing, and playing instruments came through pure intuition. She’s entirely self-taught, plays by ear, and somehow it all just works.
Beyond music, she’s a visual artist, filmmaker, painter, and photographer who creates her own visual concepts. She describes herself as “a perpetual wanderer” with passions for literature, psychiatry, and cats. “I’ve always romanticized my life like a film—with me as both the main character and the director.”
Her message to listeners? Don’t expect comfort. “I don’t write for people—I write for myself,” she states. “Music is how I let you know me.” She’s not interested in uplifting anthems or feel-good vibes. Instead, she offers something rarer: genuine vulnerability wrapped in cinematic soundscapes.
Find Siren’s music on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and SoundCloud. Follow her journey on Instagram, TikTok, and her official website.
