Blue Medusa, the new band founded by ex-Arch Enemy/current DragonForce vocalist Alissa White-Gluz, has shared its second single, “Flying Monkey.” The new song follows “Checkmate,” released in March 2026.
White-Gluz and Vicente Cordero co-directed the music video, which can be seen below, and White-Gluz digitally painted the single artwork.
Musically, “Flying Monkey” highlights the distinct artistic voices within Blue Medusa. The instrumentation of the song was composed by guitarist Dani Sophia, who said: “’Flying Monkey’ was written in this really liminal space, this waiting area in-between chapters in my life, and the melodies reflect the themes of the nightmares I was having at the time. No matter where I was, I kept hearing an out-of-tune music box playing in the distance.”
White-Gluz, who co-produced and arranged the track, wrote the lyrics and vocal melodies. “’Flying Monkey’ is exactly the kind of music I want to be making,” she said. “I am so inspired by Dani and (guitarist) Alyssa (Day). This Blue Medusa album is almost like writing my memoirs, and I have loved every aspect of creating it.”
Day, who composed the instrumentation for “Checkmate,” delivers a standout guitar solo on “Flying Monkey. “The bridge section of ‘Flying Monkey’ gave me a fun space to stretch outside my usual harmonic comfort zone and play with some scales and sequences I don’t always reach for,” she said. “It turned into this quirky, sassy, techy little solo that I genuinely love playing. We had a blast shooting the video too, and I’m really excited for everyone to finally see and hear this one.”
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