After a fantastic 2026, Cobrah has earned her place on every list of artists to look out for, and the deluxe edition of her debut album Torn is the clearest proof. Torn – Apart is out now via Atlantic Records with four new songs: “Touch of an Angel,” “Apex,” “For You” and the sultry Grimes collaboration “Sign From God.” If you have been wondering why the Swedish experimental pop provocateur keeps showing up in conversations about pop’s next wave, this is the record that answers the question. Written and creative directed entirely by Cobrah herself, it trades safe polish for something far more exposed, theatrical and unapologetically bold.
Follow Cobrah on Instagram to watch the world of Torn unfold, and find more artists worth your attention in our music section. The short version: this is a debut with a point of view, a visual language and an artist who knows exactly what she wants it to be, and that is rarer than it should be.
The Case for Torn – Apart
The pitch is simple. Torn is the sound of an artist removing the armor without losing the spectacle. In Cobrah’s own words: “With Torn, I am way more ‘me’ as a person, the songs pull from my real life. It’s a little bit scary. I love doing characters. I love making things up and being extreme, and I’m still doing that on this album, but I’m also peeling it all off and presenting my real self as a character.” That tension between persona and person is what gives the record its charge. The production is explosive, the grandeur is cinematic, and the emotional exposure feels earned rather than staged. The deluxe edition understands this. Instead of tacking on leftovers, Torn – Apart extends the album’s world-building with songs that sit comfortably inside its universe. “Sign From God” arrived as the summer single with Grimes and now finds its home on the record, while focus track “Touch of an Angel” comes with an official visual that underlines how seriously Cobrah treats image as part of the music. For new listeners, the expanded tracklist is the ideal way in. For anyone who caught Torn earlier this year, it is a reason to go back.
Fashion’s New Darling?
Cobrah’s reach goes well beyond the playlist. She emerged from Stockholm’s underground fetish scene and channeled that energy into a boundary-breaking pop vision, first with her 2019 debut EP ICON, which led to the launch of her label GAGBALL Records, then with the breakout hit “IDFKA,” a Swedish Grammis nominee for Music Video of the Year. The 2021 self-titled COBRAH EP was praised by NME as “a self-assured slab of sexy, celebratory wonky-pop,” and the 2023 SUCCUBUS EP won the Swedish Grammis for Electro/Dance of the Year, with its reimagined SUCCUBUS XXXTENDED edition bringing in Amanda Lepore, Ayesha Erotica and VTSS. Fashion noticed early. Her music has appeared in campaigns for Jean Paul Gaultier, Mugler, GCDS, Lancôme and Viktor & Rolf, and she has attended New York and Paris Fashion Weeks for Dilara Fındıkoğlu, Poster Girl, Dion Lee and Matière Fécale. In September she walked and created the sound design for the Showpony show at New York Fashion Week, then attended Rabanne‘s dinner at Paris Fashion Week. It is a strong game, and it did not start there. Her single “BRAND NEW BITCH” landed in Yorgos Lanthimos‘ 2024 film Kinds of Kindness and its official trailer, an arthouse placement that put her sound in front of a global audience long before the deluxe arrived.
Proven Live, and Only Getting Started
The stage is where the case closes. Cobrah toured North America, with a stand-out Coachella debut, and Europe, then carried the momentum through Primavera Sound in Barcelona, Roskilde in Denmark, Dour Festival in Belgium, Way Out West in her home country of Sweden and Lowlands in the Netherlands. September brought a Boiler Room set in Washington, DC and a New York performance at Under The K Bridge with Tove Lo. The Club Xtended version of the Torn tour keeps rolling, with a set at London’s False Idols, a Halloween special of her now infamous GAGBALL in New York titled The Vampire Ball, and a stop at Iceland Airwaves. She then heads to Bristol’s Simple Things, where she plays and curates a stage featuring kindred spirits COUCOU CHLOE and MUCHAS PROBLEMAS. An artist who builds her own lineups, her own label and her own visual world is not waiting for permission. After a year this strong, we are excited to see what Cobrah has coming up for 2027. Until then, Torn – Apart is available now on all streaming platforms, and it is the best place to start.
Listen to the deluxe version of Torn-Apart:
