Poesie will release ‘Circuit Break’ on 3rd July 2026, returning with a single that asks what it means to stay human in a world increasingly shaped by machines. Framed as both protest song and party track, it pushes back against tech overreach, censorship and disinformation while still keeping one foot on the dancefloor.
That tension gives ‘Circuit Break’ its immediate charge. Poesie is not simply writing an anti-tech rant. She is writing from inside the unease, opening with “I’ve got this unease in my body” before flipping that panic into invitation with “Come to my party” and “Dance yourself sane, dance yourself crazy.” The song does not only point at the problem. It tries to build a way through it.
Glitchy, human and defiantly alive
The central hook is blunt in exactly the right way. “I don’t wanna give it all to the machine / Forget what being human means” gets to the point without hiding behind abstraction. That directness suits the whole concept. Poesie is writing about tech dominance, censorship and the fear-driven wedge that digital life can drive between people, but she never lets the track turn static or preachy. Even on the page, ‘Circuit Break’ feels alive.
The production concept seems to push that same argument into the track’s wiring. The press sheet describes synthesisers glitching as part of the beat-making, and the song deliberately breaks away from a standard verse-chorus structure. That gives ‘Circuit Break’ a sharper identity than a lot of issue-led alt-pop, because the form is clearly meant to carry the message as well as the lyrics. It sounds like a track trying to stay flesh-and-blood in its very shape, not only in what it says.
There is also something very Poesie about making this a party track on purpose. “Joy is a protest ;)” could have felt flimsy in weaker hands, but here it sharpens the idea instead. The song is not retreating from the mess. It is trying to dance through it, push against it and pull people back into the same room. That gives ‘Circuit Break’ more energy than anti-tech pop that forgets to leave room for pleasure.
Poesie already seems built for this kind of charged, theatrical pop. The London artist writes about humanity, ecology and equality, and her theatre background appears to feed into that bigger sense of performance and intent. With influences including FKA twigs, Radiohead, Jamie xx and SOPHIE in the mix, ‘Circuit Break’ sounds like the kind of single that could make her second EP Nature Mother feel even more sharply defined before it lands.
‘Circuit Break’ Review
I like how uncompromising this sounds. ‘Circuit Break’ does not seem interested in smoothing its edges off to make the message easier to swallow. The lyrics are blunt, the structure is deliberately less tidy, and the whole thing appears to run on nervous energy. That feels right for a song about having your grip on reality messed with in real time.
The strongest thing here is the push and pull between warning and release. Poesie gives you lines like “Power down, shut it up, switch it off”, but she also keeps throwing the track back towards the body, the room and the crowd. “Dance yourself sane, dance yourself crazy” is such a good refrain because it feels half escape, half survival tactic. It gives the song a pulse, not only an argument.
More than anything, ‘Circuit Break’ sounds like it has purpose. It is angry, but not humourless. It is political, but it still wants to move. For me, that makes it much more appealing than a lot of heavy-handed anti-tech pop. This sounds like a protest song that remembers people might actually want to live inside it for three minutes, not merely agree with it.
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