Royal & The Serpent – STEERING (SO FAST)

Royal & the Serpent has released “Steering (So Fast)” off her anxiously awaited debut album, Emptiness is Godly, arriving May 8, 2026 via Atlantic Records.

The project was also preceded by double singles “Favorite Person” and “Fiona.”

Emptiness is Godly unspools an immersive conceptual narrative tied together across the soundscapes and lyrics.

Of the new track, Royal & the Serpent stated, “Steering (So Fast)” was written between the hours of 1am and 4am on my living room floor. My boyfriend was fast asleep next to me. He’d been playing the chords before he drifted off. I snagged the guitar and didn’t put my pen down until I was proud. I got to finish it with one of my best friends and longest collaborators (Overwhelmed, Weddings & Funerals, Salvador Dali) – Marky Style. This song feels like home. She’s surprising and confronting and fearfully bold. She’s what wanting and yearning and chasing and failing feels like. I love her.”

Last we heard from Royal & the Serpent was in 2025 when she appeared at select dates of the sold-out Vans Warped Tour and dropped fan favorites “Young As This” and “Euphoria.” Royal & the Serpent remains one of alternative music’s most inimitable and irresistible outliers. She has impressively eclipsed 900 million global streams, nearing the 1 billion mark. Moreover, she has shared the stage with everyone from Fall Out Boy and Avril Lavigne to Demi Lovato and Bring Me The Horizon.

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