London artist today shares a new preview of forthcoming album in the form of ‘Loop 7’.
The glacial number – which amalgamates meditative beats, pitched vocals beamed in as transmissions, and the clamour of industrial pop – is the emotional centerpiece of debut full-length ‘Fat Cat’, out October 30th.
“It reflects cycles of grief, therapy, and intrusive memory,” Delilah explains. “Being stuck in an emotional loop you can’t escape.”
Described as “a new wave recession-pop concept record that interrogates grief, systemic inequality, and spiritual survival under late-stage capitalism,” ‘Fat Cat’ was written during a period of profound grief.
Much of the record was conceived while she was pregnant, navigating illness and instability. During this period, she experienced the death of her uncle Simon and the loss of her child.
“Before last year, I thought I understood grief through empathy, but I had never truly experienced its full emotional weight,” she explains. “I had endured loss before, but nothing prepared me for the devastation of losing multiple foundational figures in my family within such a short period. It shattered me. Without my support network, I truly do not know if I would still be here. Living with chronic mental illness already requires daily endurance, and this level of pain pushed me to my absolute limit. Rather than allowing grief to destroy me, I transmuted that pain into ‘Fat Cat’.“
Alongside these themes runs a stark reflection of the realities facing artists today. During the making of ‘Fat Cat’, Delilah experienced periods of housing insecurity, living in temporary accommodation while continuing to create. That instability becomes inseparable from the album’s capitalist critique.
Sonically, downtempo electronics, trip-hop textures, and fractured hyper-pop drift between states of disorientation and clarity, balancing accessibility with antagonism. Collaboration also plays a key role here; Raphael Ninot (Raph) emerges as a central creative partner, bringing an intensely personal level of commitment to producing the project, while Liam Howe (of Sneaker Pimps) elevated it while retaining its contemporary sound.
The 11-track album includes previous single ‘This Is’.
Tune in now.