james K is a New York-born vocalist, producer, and multidisciplinary artist whose ethereal, genre-defying sound has quietly shaped the trajectory of underground music for over a decade.

With her third, critically acclaimed album Friend released in September 2025, she returns to her creative core weaving melody, emotion, and technical mastery into a hypnotic body of work that feels at once intimate and expansive. Through her voice and vision, james K continues to redefine what experimental pop can feel like. james K’s work has garnered praise from outlets such as The Guardian, The New York Times, Pitchfork, Alt Press, Resident Advisor, and The FADER, among others, and K was also spotlighted as BBC Radio 6’s Breaking Artist in 2025 and in Dazed 100.

K has consistently beta-launched sounds and perspectives that have rippled across many mediums for years, defining a way that is both singular in vision and marked by collaboration and shared dreaming. To this day, her transmutative career has led K to amass a bouquet of collaborations with artists like Oli XL, Yves Tumor, and Drew McDowall (Coil). K has been a resident on NTS, with her show, ‘Trip Lick,’ since 2019, and she has provided mixes for series such as Dekmantel, Crack and Fact.

“Known for her polychromatic hypersensitivity, K’s hauntological dream pop is making ‘music that slows the anxious heart while holding a mirror to the deep-rooted angst we prefer to leave unspoken.’ – Resident Advisor

“As dazzling as a rabbit pulled out of a hat, and as wily and soft too” – Pitchfork

“James K is a prodigious talent” – DAZED