KAREN DIÓ DROPS NEW SINGLE
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Brazilian punk-rocker Karen Dió storms into a new era with the release of her latest single, “I Hope You Know,” out now via Hopeless Records. The track marks a bold evolution in Dió’s sound—an emotional, high-voltage fusion of melodic grit, raw confession and the rebellious spirit that’s defined her fast-rising career.
Speaking about the new single, Karen shares: “I hope you know" is an awkward love letter and self-diagnosing note. During the pandemic, I started to notice loads of weird behaviours, like: I can’t stand hearing someone chew. That really freaks me out! That's just one example. Around the same time, I met my husband, and our relationship was so perfect that I was worried I would ruin it when he started to learn all my weird things. I wrote this unconventional love song, hoping that he would still love all the sides of me. And he does.”
Nothing is permanent, and no one understands that better than Karen Dió.
“I have to be so unattached to friends, things, and objects,” Dió reflects, having moved countless times throughout her childhood and early music career. The fast-rising Brazilian punk rocker has always lived with a sense of transience, but never more so than now, as she learns to navigate the dizzying chaos that followed the explosive success of her breakout single ‘Sick Ride.’
“Sick Ride” was a little bit outside what I normally do,” Dió admits. “When I saw all the great feedback and millions and millions of people watching and playing the songs and stuff…it’s just crazy.”
Crazy might even undersell it. The track’s virality caught the attention of some of her all-time favourite artists - Sum 41, Incubus, Kenny Hoopla, and even Fred Durst - an eclectic list that speaks to the broad, genre-crossing appeal of Dió’s sound.
Buoyed by support from her renowned admirers, her label Hopeless Records, and a wave of international media praise, Dió is proudly carrying Brazil’s thriving punk-rock scene onto the global stage. Honouring her Latin roots sits at the very heart of her mission. “If I can open that door for Latin American artists, then I’ve accomplished my goal,” she says.
