There’s something unsettling about the way Siren describes herself. “I am nothing — and everything,” she says, and you get the sense she means it. The 24-year-old artist, who released her hypnotic track “Devil 2019” this August, doesn’t fit neatly into any box, and that’s exactly how she wants it.
Born at 7:30 a.m. on June 13, 2001, Siren grew up surrounded by music but never received formal training. Everything she knows — from songwriting to playing instruments — came to her by ear. One of her earliest memories involves her grandmother singing Russian folk songs while rocking her on a swing during winter. “Everything felt blue, cold, wintry, dark, nostalgic, deep, soulful, and melancholic,” she recalls. That moment stuck.
By twelve, she’d discovered Rammstein. The German industrial metal band, along with Linkin Park and System of a Down, completely transformed her musical identity. She credits Rammstein with shaping about 60% of her taste, saying they awakened “strength, courage, resistance, and the spirit of a fighter” within her. Later, Lana Del Rey became what Siren calls her “musical mother,” opening up entirely new musical territories.
What’s fascinating is how she pulls from such wildly different sources. She’ll reference Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake in the same breath as Massive Attack and Portishead. Hans Zimmer sits alongside Radiohead in her pantheon of influences. It’s not random name-dropping — you can actually hear these elements bleeding into her work. Her mezzo-soprano voice shifts between intimate vulnerability and gritty intensity, often within the same song.
Siren writes and performs everything herself, turning personal experiences into what she calls “cold waves of sound.” She’s written around 70 songs — most still unreleased — that span trip-hop, alternative rock, dark pop, orchestral ballads, and combinations that don’t really have names yet. Her upcoming album “Blue Blood” promises an oceanic, siren-themed atmosphere that she’s been crafting for the past three or four years.
“I don’t write for people — I write for myself,” she admits. It’s refreshingly honest, especially coming from an independent artist trying to break through. Her songs lean heavily melancholic, but she’s quick to clarify: “Being in minor doesn’t mean negative — just like ‘alone’ doesn’t mean lonely.”
Beyond music, Siren works as a visual artist and filmmaker, creating her own photography, paintings, and visual concepts. She’s obsessed with the ocean despite having thalassophobia — a fear of deep water. “I reflect what I fear. I am what I fear,” she explains, and suddenly the siren imagery makes perfect sense.
Her first official single, “Siren Heroine,” dropped on June 13 (her birthday), with an alternate version coming soon because she couldn’t choose between them. For someone who romanticizes her life “like a film” where she’s both main character and director, the theatrical approach tracks.
English isn’t her native language, but it’s become her primary creative voice. There’s something compelling about an artist who chooses to work in a second language, especially one creating such emotionally raw material.
Check out Siren’s music on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and SoundCloud, or visit her website and follow her on Instagram and TikTok.
