Rising femme-fatale Luvcat drops “Lipstick,” a noir-tinged single exploring love, kink, and devotion. Watch the video now.
Following a whirlwind EU tour and back-to-back sold-out shows, underground icon-in-the-making Luvcat returns with her most intoxicating release to date. Her new single, “Lipstick,” is a noir-infused tale of kink, longing, and surrender—wrapped in smoky allure and British bite.
Equal parts playful and provocative, “Lipstick” is Luvcat at her most subversive.
“Lipstick is a song about love and kink,” she explains. “The desire to please and feel like a little doll to be played with but shown tenderness and devotion in equal measure. It came from meeting a man who called me ‘doll’…” 
The man in question later played drums on the track—cementing the spontaneous origins of a song that dives deep into romantic power dynamics. The Luvcat and Ollie Bradley-Baker–directed video takes visual cues from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’s “Doll on a Music Box” scene, portraying Luvcat as a wind-up doll haunting a dreamlike world.
“I used to dress up as her as a kid… a wind-up doll come to life to terrorize the town,” Luvcat says. “Some things never change I guess.”
“Lipstick” builds on the theatricality of previous singles like “Matador,” “He’s My Man,” and “Love and Money,” which have amassed over 25 million streams and earned Luvcat acclaim from Rolling Stone UK, NME, The Independent, and more.
With over 30 festival appearances confirmed this summer—including Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds, and Radio 1’s Big Weekend—plus sold-out underplays in New York and LA, Luvcat’s legend continues to grow.
