Black Dahlia is an experimental musician and performance artist whose work blurs the boundaries between theatre, sound, and surreal spectacle. Her creations exist in dreamlike spaces where masks, characters, and worlds collide—flamboyant, avant-garde expressions that draw as much from performance art, mime, and surrealism as they do from music itself. Whether inhabiting strange personas on stage or building vast sonic landscapes, Black Dahlia conjures universes that feel both alien and intimately human, inviting her audience to step into the unknown.

Her forthcoming album The Imposter (out October 7, 2025 via her own imprint School of Dahlia) is a theatrical concept record that unfolds like a surreal stage play. Written, produced, arranged and performed by Black Dahlia, it follows a lone wanderer, the Imposter, who chases an enigmatic light away from a distant Paradise, only to find himself lost between realms, drifting through an interstellar limbo of time and strange encounters. His arrival on Earth reveals a fractured, expressionist world where he struggles to adapt, wears many masks, and ultimately erupts into a new form (the Amphibian Man) before facing the harsh truth that rebirth is the only escape.

The album’s lead single, ‘On The Run,’ offers the first glimpse into this dreamlike odyssey. Here, the Imposter is suspended in the liminal space between Paradise and Earth, chasing meaning while pursued by shadows of his own making. The track captures the vastness and isolation of his journey, a restless search for freedom haunted by masks, theatre, and the fear of never belonging.