Press Release –
Genre-blurring multi-instrumentalist and visual artist Elise Trouw continues her uncompromising new chapter with the release of ‘A Little Blood,’ the latest single from her forthcoming satirical concept album The Diary of Elon Lust. The release coincides with the album’s full vinyl edition available today exclusively through the Buy Before You Stream initiative, with the digital release to follow on February 13th via Midtopia.
“A Little Blood” dives headfirst into one of the album’s most unsettling themes: the shame women are taught to feel about their bodies – except, of course, when those same bodies serve male pleasure. Delivered through the voice of Elise’s fictional male alter ego Elon Lust, the song pairs dark humor with pointed discomfort, exposing contradictions that are often treated as harmless or normalized. Like much of The Diary of Elon Lust, it’s playful on the surface, corrosive underneath.
The release follows earlier singles “All You Need Is Lust” and “The Perfect Girl,” which introduced listeners to Elon Lust and the album’s larger concept. Across fourteen tracks, The Diary of Elon Lust is told entirely through Elon, a fictional twenty-something male persona who embodies a cocktail of entitlement, objectification, and weaponized likability. Part archetype, part confession, part cautionary tale, Elon is stitched together from things men have said to Elise. Or to her friends. Or to you.
“I started writing these songs as a joke,” Elise says. “But over time I realized – they weren’t completely jokes. And suddenly, they were the only songs I was writing that felt real.”
While the project marks a radical evolution in Elise’s songwriting, it doesn’t erase what came before. She first rose to prominence in the late 2010s through her intricate live-looping videos and multi-instrumental performances, earning millions of views across YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook. Her debut album Unraveling, released as a teenager, led to a performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and a two-week arena tour opening for Incubus. Even at the height of that viral ascent, The Diary of Elon Lust was quietly taking shape in the background.
“I didn’t realize until later how much I felt like I had to be palatable,” she reflects. “I wanted to be seen as likable. As someone who could play well and sing well and look good doing it, even if that meant not being my full self.”
With The Diary of Elon Lust, Elise steps forward instead of hiding behind precision or perfection. The drums are still there. The grooves are still tight. But this time, she allows for vulnerability, messiness, agency, and sharp discomfort.
“This album might feel like a big departure,” she says, “but it’s the first time I’ve felt free in my songwriting – it’s my humor, my perspective on the world. Even though these songs come from my own experiences, I hope people hear them and understand too.”
The Diary of Elon Lust is available today on vinyl exclusively via Buy Before You Stream, with a full digital release on February 13th, 2026 via Midtopia. For more information, visit https://elisetrouw.com/.
The Diary of Elon Lust – Tracklist:
1. All You Need Is Lust
2. The Perfect Girl
3. She Was Naked
4. (I Like My Women) Shaved
5. BJE
6. 18
7. Gentleman
8. A Little Blood
9. You’re More Fun When You’re Drunk
10. Blue Ball Blues
11. If I Was a Girl
12. The Butt Is the Face of the Back
13. Beta Male
14. Because You Are Hot
