Sofia Isella has released her new EP ‘Something Is A Shell’, her third independent release since 2024, paired with a self-directed video for track ‘The Chicken is Naked and Afraid’.
The 21-year-old art-rock artist has built a devoted following quickly. Her previous EPs ‘I Can Be Your Mother’ (2024) and ‘I’m Camera’ (2025) have accumulated over 150 million streams combined, and she has spent the past year on some of the biggest stages going: opening for Taylor Swift on the Eras Tour and joining Glass Animals on the road before landing a support slot with Florence + The Machine in the US this April, including dates at Madison Square Garden and Barclays Center in New York.
The new EP continues the fearless lyrical territory that has defined her work so far. Tracks ‘Numbers 31:17-18’ and ‘Out in the Garden’ address war, religion and female violence with the kind of directness that has become her calling card, Isella’s vocals shifting between operatic and barely-there across both. ‘The Chicken is Naked and Afraid’ takes a different angle: absurdist imagery, self-directed, using the surreal to get at something more personal about vulnerability and romantic cowardice.
A headline UK and European tour follows in May and June, with multiple dates already sold out.
11 May – Docks, Hamburg
12 May – Columbiahalle, Berlin
14 May – Vega, Copenhagen (SOLD OUT)
16 May – Fryshuset Arenan, Stockholm
19 May – SaSaZu, Prague
25 May – Melkweg Max, Amsterdam (SOLD OUT)
26 May – Melkweg Max, Amsterdam (SOLD OUT)
27 May – Elysee Montmartre, Paris (SOLD OUT)
29 May – Albert Hall, Manchester (SOLD OUT)
30 May – O2 Institute, Birmingham (SOLD OUT)
1 Jun – National Stadium, Dublin
3 Jun – O2 Academy, Glasgow
4 Jun – Roundhouse, London (SOLD OUT)
