{"id":266642,"date":"2026-06-14T18:28:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T18:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/266642\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T18:28:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T18:28:50","slug":"brooklyn-indie-pop-favorite-fia-james-trades-a-hollow-love-for-hard-truth-on-isnt-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/266642\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Indie-Pop Favorite Fia James Trades A Hollow Love For Hard Truth On &#8220;isn&#8217;t it?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thatericalper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/download-3.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"696\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/download-3-696x696.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"download (3)\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A man-child romance just met its reckoning. Brooklyn-based pop singer-songwriter Fia James continues her momentum with the release of her latest single, \u201cisn\u2019t it?,\u201d out now. The track was written by Fia James, Luke Niccoli (Joji, Carly Rae Jepsen) and Corey Harper (Alex Sampson), with a video directed by Natalie Sakstrup (Zayn Malik, Kylie Minogue, Renee Rapp).<\/p>\n<p>The track sees James navigating the wreckage of a \u201cman-child\u201d romance, trading the comfort of a shared history for the cold clarity of truth. With evocative imagery, she explores the exhausting labor of \u201ctaking care\u201d of someone else at her own expense. The song\u2019s central question doubles as its most biting hook, a visceral acknowledgement that the hunger of loneliness beats the slow starvation of a hollow love.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cisn\u2019t it?\u201d follows a breakout period for James, whose first foray into music, \u201cKnock The Wind Out of Me,\u201d landed on Spotify\u2019s Best of Fresh Finds Pop 2025 playlist. Her recent single \u201cJealous Baby\u201d served as an empowering anthem for anyone dealing with insecure partners and again caught the attention of Spotify editors, earning placement on Fresh Finds and Fresh Finds Pop. The song racked up over 100,000 streams in one month and drew attention from Ones To Watch, Atwood Magazine, Mundane and more.<\/p>\n<p>James\u2019 sophisticated sound continues to offer an eclectic blend, drawing on the indie-pop intimacy of Clairo and Gracie Abrams, the throwback soul of Norah Jones, and the witty songwriting of Kacey Musgraves. The track aches and bites in equal measure, a sharp showcase for one of Brooklyn\u2019s most magnetic new voices.<\/p>\n<p>James recently attended New York Fashion Week, making appearances at VALENTINO, Alice and Olivia, Love Shack Fancy, PAPER and FLAUNT events. She also made headlines after falling down the stairs in New York\u2019s Grand Central Station while being told to \u201cget the fuck up\u201d by a grumpy local.<\/p>\n<p>Hailing from Boston and now based in Brooklyn, Fia has spent years honing her craft, treating every gig, from dive bars to iconic venues like Irving Plaza and The Stone Pony, like her own personal Super Bowl. She\u2019s already logged time on the road alongside indie heavy hitters such as Grayscale and Smallpools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man-child romance just met its reckoning. 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