ALEIA Confronts Betrayal and Revenge with New Single ‘Willpower’
Boorloo//Perth artist ALEIA captures slow-burning rage and haunting tension in her gripping new single, ‘Willpower’. Emotionally turbulent and powered by a brewing darkness, the grunge-pop track is harrowingly intimate and genuinely heartbreaking, exploring the fallout of betrayal and the desire for revenge. ‘Willpower’ is set for release Thursday, July 30, alongside its accompanying music video.
Following the release of her debut EP ‘Public Humiliation’ in November of 2025, ALEIA’s newest single ‘Willpower’ provides a cutthroat, edgy touch to her already emotionally palpable artistry.
Produced by Dylan Ollivierre (The Money War, EDIE, Joan & The Giants, Siobhan Cotchin) ‘Willpower’ says the quiet part loud with politically violent undertones, gracefully articulated by ALEIA’s gut-punching lyricism.
Figuratively shrouded in red, ALEIA’s songwriting within ‘Willpower’ seethes with a boiling yet cool and calculated rage. Overcast by a lulling synth, sparse overdriven guitar, a marching snare cadence and an undercurrent of glowering piano, the track pushes and pulls with a gradual crescendo. Building alongside ALEIA’s shifting vocal rhythms and intimate delivery, ‘Willpower’ unfolds into a slow-burning alternative indie rock release that is as haunting as it is cathartic.
‘Willpower’ brings forth the harsh and callous parts of emotional complexity that lie deep within our humanity – notably embodying the feelings of distrust and revenge. A self-described overthinker, ALEIA states:
“’Willpower’ is a song that explores the chaotic emotional turbulence you experience after someone has betrayed your trust and the extreme lengths someone will go to get even.”
The accompanying music video, directed and produced by Stephanie Senior at Clearwater Films, is heavily rooted in the folklore surrounding the ‘Woman In White’ – a spiritual being that represents the realities of not being able to let go.
The music video, which is set by the side of the road, opens to a muffled encounter with a couple in a car, in which ALEIA’s character is subsequently abandoned. Following this, ALEIA slowly transforms into the embodiment of ‘The Woman In White’, with striking allusions to the Pilliga Highway Princess, as she [ALEIA] haunts the site and surrounds of the couple’s argument, a poetic insinuation of her perpetual attachment to the event.
Taking place initially at dusk, the video falls into night where director Stephanie Senior manipulates lighting and contrast effects to capture an ethereal and atmospheric poignancy, further encapsulating the theme of haunting and resentment through the song and music video’s throughline.
Exploring the fragile intersection between self-worth, betrayal and revenge, ‘Willpower’ is as devastating as it is liberating. ‘Willpower’ arrives Thursday, July 30, alongside its accompanying music video.
Praise For ALEIA
‘Public Humiliation’ Added to Apple Music’s New Music Daily, New In Indie, New In Alternative and All Indie playlists
Triple J Unearthed TOPS – First Plays for ‘Had Your Fun’ and ‘Pretty When I Cry’
“Public Humiliation is a thoroughly compelling success of an EP from ALEIA.“
(Obscure Sound) [About ‘Public Humiliation’]
” ALEIA is a jack of many trades and knows exactly when to pull out the perfect idea.”
(Get Some Magazine) [About ‘Public Humiliation’]
“Each song feels like a confessional, laying bare the vulnerability that comes with being seen and scarred by love…” (Backseat Mafia) [About ‘Public Humiliation’]
“This first offering positions ALEIA as one of Perth’s most promising new voices.”
(AAA Backstage) [About ‘Had Your Fun’]
“ALEIA is already taking up permanent space in my playlists.”
(Indie Boulevard) [About ‘Had Your Fun‘]