Long a staple of Los Angeles underground nightlife, the performer DEEVIOUS high jumped her way onto the international dance music scene last year with her star turn on the raucous Boys Noize and Pilo track “Pvssy.” Her newest single, “FAKE ASS DOLL,” continues that hot streak: it’s a teeth-grinding banger of the highest degree, crushed and clever and made for the big room. In our interview, DEEVIOUS describes her dream show situation—“half gays, half opium trade and some dolls in between. Madison Square Garden, sexy gay back-up dancers, crazy visuals, strobe lights, smoke machines”—an image that more than suits the banging music she has been making and will continue to make in 2026. Read the full chat below.

Tell us about your newest single.

My newest single, “FAKE ASS DOLL,” produced by 10 Cust and Ali RQ: James’ (10 Cust) production is definitely one of one, everyone is trying to emulate his sound right now (they can’t), this kid is just quietly ripping his Juul and making bangers on FL Studio, running laps around veteran producers. I’m always asking to hop on his beats and he’s always kind enough to let me. He sent me and Ali the stems on my birthday when we were all at my friend Charlie’s house and we started working on it that night. I love working with Ali, everything we do together is so high energy—she has amazing timing and understands how to build momentum. I’m so inspired by her in all aspects of life—she teaches me how to be fearless and not give a fuck (I can be such a scaredy cat at times). There is nothing this girl can’t do, she’s literally a child prodigy—If Skrillex and Mozart had a daughter it would be her. 

I’m no stranger to self-sabotage. In the past I have had a bad habit of building things up only to burn it all to the ground. This song is all about being my own inner saboteur. You know? I was thinking like, What’s the worst thing someone could say to me? “And girl I heard your song, it’s a chop sis, why the fuck would I kiii with a opp bitch? Stop it … Girl you're a brick had to clock it.” Naturally I’m such a hot head and I’ve had to learn the hard way how to channel my shame and rage into my art instead of letting it become destructive and hurting myself and others in the process. I hope this song inspires others to release the narratives that are holding them back, and honestly I just wanted to shit on bitches ... That’s all.

How did you end up linking up with Boys Noize and Pilo? What has that creative relationship been like?

It was kind of an accident—I was working on this song called “Pussy” when I was living in this fab house in Los Feliz with three other transexuals and no hot water (shout out to my trans muva Dangerous rose she is the goat). I was writing over a River Moon beat on SoundCloud—my friend DJ Mahroo fka Keenan introduced me to P and said he could help me finish some songs for my EP. We worked on some demos and he showed them to Boys Noize and he immediately wanted to release them on his label. 

I originally come from a classical music background, I was studying opera at Idyllwild Arts so I didn’t have a lot of knowledge about techno music. I had never heard of him before and was unaware of his impact, so I honestly didn’t know what to expect. I was really nervous that people wouldn’t get the song at first, but I couldn’t have been more wrong—it totally blew up and three years later it's still being played in clubs all over the world. I got my first Rihanna and Peggy Gou co-sign from that track which was really cool—I really needed that push to start releasing music, I was holding myself back for so long. The funny part is that I was talking about my experience dating as a transexual on that song, so it was so gaggy to see a bunch of straight guys singing my lyrics where I'm saying “four bricky bitches and they all look alike … I’m looking for a boy for the night. I know you're real downlow but you suck dick right?"

I’m so grateful for all the amazing music that Pilo and I have made over the years, and I can’t wait to share our tracks with the world in 2026—we have a song called “BRICK” with co-prod by Ali RQ coming out soon, so stay tuned for that. I definitely learned a lot about the music business through that experience—all young artists should remember, your ideas are currency.

Where is your favorite place to write lyrics? Does that context ever inform the subject matter? 

 

Randomly, either on the toilet or in the shower, maybe it has something to do with me being a Pisces and my connection to water. And honestly it doesn’t but it depends on what mood I’m in. I either have to be really really angry at someone or really sad, there’s no in-between. When I’m mad, I just wanna talk shit and I’ll say some crazy below-the-belt shit, and when I’m sad I always end up writing something really beautiful and profound, but the sad music hasn’t come out yet—stay tuned for that 2026. #vulnerabilty

Can you remember the first lyrics you ever wrote?

I think it was when I was in middle school in Lusaka, Zambia. I don’t remember the words but it was something super corny and sappy, although I remember writing a rap to the beat of “The Pinkprint Freestyle” by Nicki Minaj when I was 18 living in Crenshaw with this porn star I met through someone on Grindr. She would go shoot porn in Florida and her boyfriend and his friends were always there making music, so I started writing and I freestyled for them and they were like, Yo that’s hard, you kinda sound like Lil Kim. (I did not.)

What does the dream Deevious concert situation look like? Who is opening? What is the stage set?

The crowd would be half gays—half opium trade and some dolls in between. Madison Square Garden, sexy gay back-up dancers, crazy visuals, strobe lights, smoke machines. Definitely would need ali rq opening and DJing for me and have Muva, House of La Dosha come out to perform "Rollin" and "Black Model Famous.” And it would be a Pretty But Wicked production—shout out to Sammie Pearson she is the goat. 

What is the most inspiring thing about being in the club?

I’m not inspired by being in the club, I get inspired by getting lost in Griffith Park alone with my thoughts lol but really though, I actually learned a lot about self-acceptance by immersing myself in queer nightlife. I used to be so ashamed of my trans identity in high school, I stopped singing and making music after my opera teacher told me she didn’t want to see me sing in a dress. After high school I ditched college and went straight to the gay clubs and cultivated a community of amazing gay men and transexuals who helped shape my identity and have changed my life ever since—they taught me how to love myself, before that I always thought that being a doll was a burden and that I was freak, but whenever I walked in the club they were like, “Girl you’re sickening.” The queer club scene inspired me to realize how special I was along—thank you to the Dolls and the gays, too.

 

Related: How is the LA club scene feeling currently? What are you excited about?

The LA club scene has not been fab for a while tbh, like maybe it's fab if you’re 17 with a fake ID going to Poppy for the first time lol. The underground “straight” LA club vibe is all just bars now,  very sceney and cliquey—a lot of the same people, everyone is so segregated, that’s why I have a lyric in “FAKE ASS DOLL” where I say, “I’m miss fuck a scene bitches say I’m really mean.” I've always been the type to jump from clique to clique—I like a little bit of everything—but that’s what I love about New York nightlife is it’s always a different vibe and the scenes intermix, you’ll be kiii-ng with a straight guy who works in finance at a circuit party where gay guys are getting fisted on the dance floor to a transexual DJ. In LA, people from the Westside don’t even hang out with people from the Eastside lol.

What are your hopes and dreams for 2026?

To finish my damn album! To release visuals! Build my fanbase and be more vulnerable with my music and release more songs where I'm singing. I have some tracks with Ali RQ, Umbra Abra, Pilo, DJ Thank You, and Shigecki coming out that I can’t wait to share with the world. Also MORE BOOKINGS please! Pay me and fly me out to your city BRAZIL, Japan, New York to Miami … no bras no panties. (RIP SOPHIE—the goat.)