Indigo De Souza releases new single ‘Serious (Feat. Mothé)’
Indigo De Souza & Mothé | Photo credit: Ariana Dixon
Ahead of her upcoming fall tour with Mothé, Indigo De Souza releases ‘Serious,’ a new single where she trades verses and vocals with her tourmate. The bouncy track arrives with a video by Rick Horoky, which sees Indigo and Mothé in full clown regalia as they un-seriously romp around Los Angeles.
Of the song, Indigo says "Serious is a reflection on overthinking— and trying not to! Reminders to myself, and from people I love, to loosen the tight grip I’m often holding internally. Life is a heavy experience, so it’s important to make time for letting loose! This song is about that moment when you decide you don’t care who’s watching, you’re just going to dance with your whole heart. It’s about trusting joy. I absolutely loved singing this song with my friend Mothé. They have such a beautiful voice and they are so fun to write with. I am grateful to have made this song with them, and really excited to hopefully sing it a few times on the tour we have coming up!"
In addition to her fall dates with Mothé, Indigo recently announced 2026 tour dates in support of her acclaimed new album, Precipice, out now via Loma Vista Recordings. Tickets for the tour are available now via indigodesouza.com/tour. All dates below.
Watch the ‘Serious‘ video
Indigo De Souza’s new album Precipice, was named one of the most anticipated albums of the summer by Pitchfork, NPR, Vulture and The AV Club. The album, made with made with Elliott Kozel (SZA, FINNEAS, Yves Tumor), finds the prolific and poetic singer-songwriter looking over the edge of a creative, spiritual cliff and leaping forward—taking control of difficult memories and charged emotions via pop bombast and diaristic clarity, and finding a stronger self. “Life feels like always being on the edge of something without knowing what that something is,” De Souza says. "Music gives me ways to harness that feeling. Ways to push forward in new directions.”
These new directions, which The New York Times said puts her “in unexpected conversation with stars like Lorde and Charli XCX,” can be seen on the album’s singles ‘Heartthrob,’ ‘Crying Over Nothing,’ and ‘Be Like The Water.’ With her arresting voice and profound honesty, De Souza’s music has always resonated deeply with fans and critics alike. But on Precipice she’s parlayed her secret skill for pop writing into something extraordinary - all of her idiosyncrasies combined with her melodic sensibilities offer up something new - mass appeal.
Tour Dates:
2025
10/18 - Columbus, OH - Athenaeum Theatre ^
10/19 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall ^
10/22 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer ^
10/23 - Washington DC - 9:30 Club ^
10/25 - Norwalk, CT - District Music Hall ^
10/26 - Boston, MA - The Royale ^
10/27 - New York, NY - Webster Hall ^
10/30 - Charlottesville, VA - The Jefferson ^
11/02 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel ^
11/05 - Paris, FR - Pitchfork Festival
11/08 - London, UK - Pitchfork Festival
2026
03/03 - Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom
03/04 - San Diego, CA - Music Box
03/05 - Los Angeles, CA - The Fonda
03/06 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
03/07 - Sacramento, CA - Harlows
03/09 - Portland, OR - Revolution
03/10 - Seattle, WA - Showbox Market
03/11 - Vancouver, BC - Hollywood
03/13 - Boise, ID - The Shrine
03/14 - Salt Lake City, UT - Soundwell
03/16 - Denver, CO - Gothic Theatre
^ w/ support from Mothé
More on Indigo De Souza’s Precipice
Indigo De Souza first gained notoriety on her sophomore album Any Shape You Take, which received Pitchfork’s Best New Album distinction, saying “De Souza commits herself to being undone, to experiencing the terrible feelings and the beautiful ones. Even when she’s fucked-up, there is something ecstatic in her attempts at loving, her hunger to absorb all she can from life.” The success of the album propelled then-label Saddle Creek to re-release her debut album, I Love My Mom. In 2023 she released the Alex Farrar-produced follow-up, All of This Will End featuring the stand-out single “Younger And Dumber,” which The New York Times called “a slow-burning tear-jerker, a gradual accumulation of heartbreaking lines that takes flight in a soaring climax,” and earned her Best New Track from Pitchfork, showcasing what was always hiding in plain sight - her powerful pop writing capabilities. Music critic Ryan Dombal said of the song, its “honest-to-goodness power balladry. Think ’90s country-pop queen Faith Hill, but with a smaller budget and a bigger sense of inner turmoil. Soul-baring catharsis has its costs, and De Souza is unafraid, launching a flaming missile at the heart.”
On Precipice’s title track, De Souza faces down the potential darkness of change, and finds hope in surrendering: "Coming to a precipice/ Holding on for dear life/ Looking out into the world/ Everything has gone dark." That sort of emotional daredevilry is definitively not new for De Souza. Her catalogue brims with unwavering honesty and unflinchingly personal songwriting, including most recently the familial excavation on the pained and mighty All of This Will End. “I feel constantly on the precipice, of something horrible, or something beautiful–something that will change my life for better or for worse,” De Souza muses. To that end, Precipice cracks De Souza’s world open. As a new challenge, the songwriter took on blind studio sessions in Los Angeles, revelling in the expanded pool of collaborators and ability to focus on music. “I’d been wanting to work on more pop-leaning music for a while, so when I came out to LA I made sure to meet with people that could help bring that to life,” she says. “I wanted to make music that could fill your heart with euphoria while you dance along.”
In those sessions, she made a quick and deep connection with producer Elliott Kozel. The two quickly got to work on album highlight ‘Not Afraid’, the track setting the tone for the album's bold defiance of the unknown. “What, what does it look like, when you are free? / When you are being true? / When you let go, the people you love are free when they’re with you too,” she sings. The track also signalled the start of a long and important collaboration. “Elliott is really good at allowing space for songs to reveal themselves, and I felt very seen and respected both musically and personally,” De Souza adds. “That song became a compass for what I wanted the album to be: pop songs with meaning and feeling, pop songs with lyrics that tap into raw humanity.”
Precipice Tracklist
01. Be My Love
02. Crying Over Nothing
03. Crush
04. Not Afraid
05. Be Like The Water
06. Heartthrob
07. Dinner
08. Clean It Up
09. Heartbreaker
10. Pass It By
11. Precipice
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