DeathbyRomy Throws a Twisted House Party for 'Day I Die'

Her track is all about the impossible grip of sick obsession, and plays with ideas of fatality and religion by opening with the confident declaration: "Love is God for the freaks," before DeathbyRomy (born Romy Flores) later taunts, "We don't pray on our knees."

The "alt-pop agitator" brings together a collision of sounds for "Day I Die," which builds off chilled-out industrial production before the floor falls from beneath DeathbyRomy's hook with bone-chilling screams and pummeling metal guitars. That second chorus is the ultimate climax.

"This song is about my relationship with life, death and love," DeathbyRomy tells PAPER. "'Day I Die' at its core is a love song. Love isn't soft and mushy to me, it's hard as fuck. Love is god. It's vibrant and addicting. Love is what fuels me to do all I do."

A twisted house party sets the stage for DeathbyRomy's Pix3lface-directed "Day I Die" music video. Tarantulas, snakes, bonfires and graffiti-covered walls (in a room that looks like it was abandoned at the side of a highway) all bring to life the artist's self-declared "love song." It's pure chaos, but isn't love the exact same?

"Day I Die" follows previously released singles "Fiending for a Lover" and "Kiss Me Goodbye," as well as her breakout 2019 EP, Love u — to Death, off Capital Records.

Watch the PAPER premiere of DeathbyRomy's "Day I Die" video, above, and see the artist perform live on September 15th in Los Angeles at The Roxy and on October 7th in Brooklyn at Baby's Alright.

Photo courtesy of Natasha Ribeiro-Austrich