Isabella Lovestory, the electrifying Honduran experimental pop provocateur, has officially announced her sophomore album Vanity, set for release on June 27th. A daring evolution of her genre-bending aesthetic, Vanity shatters expectations of glamour and polish, embracing the tension between beauty’s allure and inevitable decay.
Described by Isabella as having a “metallic analog vibe: a robotic funeral… shiny yet rusty, fancy yet trashy, like ancient encrusted diamonds,” the album reimagines pop as a postmodern mosaic. It’s a sonic odyssey shaped by her global upbringing—tracing radio dials from Honduras to Virginia to Montreal—all filtered through a lens that finds elegance in disarray. “I don’t mind when things break,” she adds. “I like to collect the pieces and create something new.”
That collage-like creativity is on full display in the newly released single “Gorgeous”, out today. Produced by Chicken, the track opens with a sugary 2000s R&B hook before swerving into lush strings and avant-pop abstractions. It’s a striking reflection of the duality that defines Vanity—gloss and grime, precision and chaos. The accompanying video, directed by Jim Alexander, strips back Isabella’s usual maximalist style for something sleeker and more ambiguous. “I wanted the video to feel timeless and elegant, not tied to any specific aesthetic. What does being gorgeous even mean?” she asks. “To me it might mean a dusty car garage, a stray cat, or hot pink acrylics. Tarkovsky vibes.”
Vanity continues the narrative arc introduced in “Telenovela”, a high-camp body horror visual directed by Charlotte Rutherford that The FADER hailed as “a pure assertion of dominance from a pop star at the top of her game.” With a flair for self-mythology, Isabella blurs the line between performer and character, diving deep into Latin trap, goth electronica, and theatrical storytelling.
The new album follows a string of releases that have ignited Isabella’s meteoric rise. From this year’s bold single “Putita Boutique” featuring Argentina’s TAICHU, to last summer’s incendiary anthems “Botoxxx”, “VIP”, and “Puchica”, Isabella Lovestory is clearly building her own pop universe—part club fantasy, part cyberpunk fever dream.
Her live schedule reflects that ascent. In June, she joins the stacked lineups at Barcelona’s Primavera Sound, Paris’ We Love Green, and Brooklyn’s LadyLand Festival under the K Bridge, performing alongside names like FKA Twigs, Cardi B, Pabllo Vittar, and Eartheater.
Born in Honduras, raised in the United States, and now based in Canada, Isabella Lovestory has become an icon of experimental reggaeton and avant-pop. Her 2022 debut album Amor Hardcore won praise from Pitchfork for being “playful, maximalist, and flirtatious to the core.” With Vanity, she leans even further into the chaos, channeling Y2K pop nostalgia, textured synth-wave, and the fierce defiance of heroes like Lady Gaga and Kim Gordon.
Vanity isn’t just an album—it’s a statement. One that dares to ask what happens when beauty breaks, and finds something even more powerful in the wreckage.
Stay tuned for more updates on Isabella Lovestory’s next chapter as Vanity unfolds.
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