After three years of silence, Vera Blue is back. And she has a lot to say.
Her latest single, “In The Corner”, is a defiant, driving anthem of reclamation and rebirth, delivered with raw power and an industrial bite which signals a new era for the singer-songwriter, both musically and emotionally.
“There’s a moment, and maybe you’ve felt it,” Blue says. “Where you’re standing in a room, and somehow, you’ve been edged out of your own life. Pushed so far emotionally, mentally, spiritually, that you find yourself quite literally in the corner. Trapped, dismissed, reduced to silence.”
“In The Corner” was born from that place; but it doesn’t stay there. “This song is not about defeat. It’s about what happens next,” she explains. “When I wrote ‘In The Corner,’ I was feeling the weight of being spoken over, of being underestimated, not just by one person, but by years of conditioning, of quiet compliance. I’d spent too long shrinking myself to make others comfortable. This track is my fight song. It’s the moment I turned around and faced the wall, not in surrender, but to push back, to launch forward.”
A storm of analogue synths, industrial textures, and haunting melodies, “In The Corner” is the first taste of Vera Blue’s upcoming body of work. Inspired by Ray of Light-era Madonna, ’90s-era Björk and the ethereal gloom of Cocteau Twins, it’s a bold sonic shift for the artist, whose previous records Perennial and Mercurial cemented her as one of Australia’s most emotionally resonant voices.
This time around, she’s teamed up with Chris Collins (Matt Corby, Royel Otis) and Jono Ma (Jagwar Ma, Flight Facilities) to push into darker, heavier terrain. “There was no formula, just jamming,” she says of the creative process. “The studio became a playground of analogue synths, driving crunchy industrial beats, keys and electric guitar and warped autotuned vocal effects… Jono and Chris brought this gritty, physical energy to the production that pushed it into an industrial-dance realm I hadn’t fully explored before.”
But while the sound is expansive, the message remains intensely personal. “I poured every ounce of that energy into this track, not just for myself, but for every person who needs a soundtrack to their rebellion. And I use that word intentionally,” Blue says. “Rebellion doesn’t have to be chaos; it can be clarity. It can be choosing peace on your own terms. It can be walking away with your head held high when someone thought you’d stay down. There’s something divine in reclaiming yourself. I feel it every time I sing this song — like a wildfire under my ribs. Like the kind of rage that blooms into something beautiful. Not destructive, but freeing. That’s what ‘In The Corner’ is, not just a protest, but a rebirth.”
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The single arrives alongside a striking music video directed by ARIA Award-winner Grey Ghost (Troye Sivan, Tones and I) and choreographed by Zoee Marsh (Mallrat, Telenova). In it, Vera Blue appears barefoot in a torn black lace gown and gothic harness, dancing through invisible barriers in an abstract, dreamlike ritual of release. “I fight not against a villain, but against the weight of expectation, control, and the lingering voices that tried to cage me,” she says. “This is my release, a rebellion through movement, transforming my emotional turmoil into cinematic ritual. The clip is a raw, otherworldly journey through rage, resistance, and rebirth.”
With more new music on the way and a run of intimate live shows set for June (details to be announced next week) “In The Corner” marks not just a return, but a reckoning—Vera Blue style.
Vera Blue’s “In The Corner” is available now via Island Records.
