Seeing three women in the rock and metal world join together for new music is always a thrill. On Thursday, September 4, three dominant women in that space, Poppy, Amy Lee of Evanescence and Courtney LaPlante of Spiritbox, have gotten together for a new single, “End of You,” out now on Sumerian Records. In addition to the new song, the three ladies have released a new music video that’s brimming with dark atmospheres.
Last week, Poppy, Amy Lee and Courtney LaPlante teased the upcoming song, so their base was ready. “In the accompanying video, Poppy, Amy and Courtney conjure powerful dark energy and even more powerful messages as they sing ‘the end of you is the start of life for me,'” a release states of the video.
Rock Royalty Join Up for New Track
All three of these ladies are rock royalty. Lee has been around the longest, leading Evanescence to selling millions of albums worldwide. Spiritbox and Poppy were both up for 2025 Grammy Awards and are earning their place in the heavy music world.
Poppy will hit the road soon for the second leg of her sold out “They’re All Around Us” tour, in support of her new album, “Negative Spaces.” “From performance art provocateur (see new variety show ‘Improbably Poppy’), to video director, to sci-fi graphic novel author, to a globe-traveling recording artist whose songbook encompasses anything from brutal metal breakdowns and snappy ’60s bubblegum, to trap-pop and grunge-punk, absolutely nothing has been off-limits when it comes to Poppy masterfully executing her varied artistic vision,” a release states.
Inside Poppy’s Album Process
Speaking with NME in November 2024, Poppy talked about how she likes to be totally locked in during the recording process for an album.
“I really enjoy spending consistent, fixed time in the album process… versus ‘here and there’ creation – so you can hyperfixate on what you want to be doing,” she explains. “I would say that we [became] closer. We got to go on adventures, as well – I think the time spent away from the studio can be just as informative.”
“The beginning of an album process is micro-experiments that I want to conduct, to see where they take us,” she continues. “I came up with a moodboard. I wanted a song that was pretty relentless, through and through. I wanted a more dance-oriented ’80s synth-pop song, and I knew I wanted a balls-to-the-wall, never-ceasing song. Beyond that, it wrote itself.”
In an interview with Louder Sound that same month, Poppy talked about how she is when it comes to her decisions on music.
“I’m not very agreeable, but I’m open to being wrong and challenged. But I also know in my being when something feels right. And I think that’s always been the thing that pushed me forward on all aspects of my life.”
“I think music is just how I communicate with myself and how I’m able to work it out in real-time,” she considers.
“Zig was just a vessel for me to dance,” she explains. “I made the music videos I wanted to make and when those videos were wrapped, I [wipes hands] was done and I couldn’t wait to get back in the studio.”
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