29 October 2026 – Flower Face Announces Kill the Muse and Challenges the Romantic Myth of the Suffering Artist

Montreal dream-pop musician Flower Face has announced her forthcoming album Kill the Muse, scheduled for February 5, 2027, through Nettwerk. The announcement arrives alongside "Better the Devil", a haunting new single examining emotional dependency, destructive habits and the uncomfortable relationship between creativity and personal suffering.

Flower Face is the musical identity of Ruby McKinnon, whose 2024 album Girl Prometheus established her reputation for atmospheric songwriting and intensely personal lyrics. Her latest project explores an important question: must artists continually experience emotional devastation to produce meaningful work? McKinnon has explained that she previously treated painful experiences as worthwhile if they could eventually become songs. That approach helped inspire her earlier material but became increasingly difficult to sustain.

Kill the Muse represents an attempt to develop a healthier relationship with creativity without sacrificing emotional honesty. The album includes eleven recordings, among them "Paralyzed", "Too Sweet To Swallow", "Bad Dream" and a cover of Nine Inch Nails' "Something I Can Never Have". McKinnon's growing international audience is already evident through sold-out performances in North America and Europe, including rapidly selling concerts in London, Amsterdam, Berlin and Cologne.

Her latest announcement suggests an artist entering a more confident creative phase while questioning the assumptions that shaped her earlier work. Independent music has always celebrated tortured artists, sometimes rather enthusiastically. Flower Face appears ready to investigate whether excellent songwriting might also be possible when its creator is having a reasonably pleasant afternoon. Explore more dream-pop releases in our indie pop hub and catch up on the latest in our daily news archive.