Joyce Tratnyek has unveiled a sensual and vampy track titled ‘Bloody Mary’, which transports listeners to a Brooklyn gay club as it enters the early hours of an autumn night. It’s a dark-pop romp that combines searing synth textures, strutting rhythms and sliding melodies to beckon us all out onto the dance-floor. From the first pulsating bass line, this single is nothing short of a gloriously self-embracing and purposefully attention seeking soundscape. Set against all of this tension is Joyce’s trimmed and precise vocals that are soaked in atmospheric reverb.

‘Bloody Mary’ plays with so many theatrical tropes from the horror-movie imagery to the tongue-in-cheek lyrics to the femme fatale drama, yet beneath all the fantastical playfulness is a very real message of empowerment. This Portland-based artist draws on her queer identity to flip any internalised shame into a seal of self-approval. The fact that the DIY production is a little chaotic, as opposed to polished pop, further embraces one’s imperfections. In short, Joyce Tratnyek’s single is for anyone seeking to expell their fears and dance towards the darkness.

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