Rules have never really applied to Amazonica. She’s spent her life moving between worlds, from London basements, New York rooftops, and Hollywood red carpets, leaving her mark everywhere from underground clubs to the Oscars afterparty. With her new album Victory, she channels all that chaos and colour into something strikingly personal. Written and produced largely on her own, it’s a bold reclamation of power: dark, magnetic, and deeply human.
Across its cinematic pulse and post-punk edge, Victory feels like both a reckoning and a release—an artist stripping away noise and expectation to rediscover her own voice. It’s the sound of someone who’s lived a few lives already, now creating entirely on her own terms.
Noctis Magazine spoke with Amazonica about breaking free from industry rules, the spirituality that anchors her art, and how Victory marks the sound of taking her power back.
You’ve called Victory a manifesto. What kinds of rules or expectations did you set out to break with this record?
To be able to do my music on my terms free from any outside influences or the music industry.
You’ve lived between London, New York, and the global party circuit. Do you hear those places reflected in the DNA of the songs?
Everywhere I’ve been is sown through the tapestry of every song I’ve written. ‘Setting Sun’ will always remind me of living in Brighton doing my Music Production degree. ‘New Start’ is me beginning to produce in my apartment in London. They’re time capsules.
“New Start” almost feels like a chant or spell, minimal but haunting. Did you intend for it to sound ritualistic?
YES, us music makers should be shamans, mystics and magicians.
“Someone You Won’t Forget” carries an unfiltered confidence. Was that song a way of reclaiming your voice in an industry that hasn’t always given you space?
I think the whole album is that tbh.
“God Make Me Feel Good (Like Drugs)” confronts numbness head-on. How close to home was that subject for you, and what was it like to sing those lyrics out loud?
It was exactly what I was feeling at the time.
Reinvention has been part of your survival, from being signed young, to fronting bands, to becoming Hollywood’s go-to DJ. Do you think constant change has become part of your artistry itself?
Yes, being resilient and being able to be able to move whether is be countries or different ways to create in this world is really important. Keep it fresh and cool and interesting for your own creativity too. Then everywhere you’ve been colours everywhere you go and your art becomes more you and what you’ve experienced.
Having soundtracked premieres for films like Dune and Joker, what excites you most about bringing your own music into the cinematic space, especially with the upcoming ABC sync?
It’s great for my music to have opportunities to reach a larger audience, I see things visually when I write my songs, the emotional landscape and the visuals are as important to me.
You’ve embraced sobriety and Buddhism. Did either of those philosophies directly inspire any specific tracks on Victory?
All of them came from my journey with both. 1000%.
You’ve called Victory bold, loud, and on your own terms. Now that it’s finished, what kind of space do you want this record to create for listeners?
An intimate one full of authentic emotion which I think in this day and age has tremendous value.
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Words: Alexander Williams
Photography: PARSONS