POPPY + Ocean Grove, Fox Lake - Contantly Nowhere Tour

11/10/20252 min read

An insatiable need to create drives Poppy on a surreal journey through countless realms of art and music. Each of her projects reveals a different facet of a true visionary — an artist who knows no genre boundaries, rejects convention, and constantly defies expectations. It is this very diversity that has earned Poppy a reputation as a boundary-pushing artist who redefines culture at every turn.

From provocative performance art and self-directed music videos, through the creation of sci-fi comics, to a global music career, Poppy consistently proves that nothing is beyond her reach. Her work spans brutal metal riffs, sweet ’60s-inspired pop, trap-pop, and grunge-punk. Despite this vast range, every project feels unmistakably unique — undeniably Poppy.

In 2021, her track “BLOODMONEY” earned her a GRAMMY nomination for Best Metal Performance, making her the first woman ever nominated in that category. In 2025, she received another nomination — once again for Best Metal Performance — for “Suffocate,” her collaboration with Knocked Loose. Her remarkable ability to continually explore new sounds and surprise her audience ensures that each new chapter of her career intrigues and captivates, while remaining unmistakably “Poppy.”

The past few years have been especially intense: Poppy has toured with Thirty Seconds to Mars, Avenged Sevenfold, and BABYMETAL, and released high-profile collaborations with Bad Omens (“V.A.N.”), Knocked Loose (“Suffocate”), and BABYMETAL (“from me to u”). Now, she enters an even bolder phase of her career with the release of her fifth studio album, Negative Spaces.

Negative Spaces expands on the sonic experimentation introduced with the spring single “new way out” — an industrial anthem with a razor-sharp, diamond-cut sound. Working alongside producer Jordan Fish (formerly of Bring Me the Horizon), Poppy moves seamlessly between delicate pop (“yesterday”), explosive metal (“have you had enough”), retro-futuristic ’80s electronics (“crystallized”), and high-energy early-2000s pop-punk (“Negative Spaces”).

Most recently, Poppy joined forces with Amy Lee and Courtney LaPlante of Spiritbox on the collaborative track “End of You.” It is the sound of an artist in constant evolution, building her legacy one song at a time — driven by the belief that the greatest inspiration is still waiting on the edges, within the so-called “negative spaces.”