Her

"Her" finds Poppy in a more intimate, Gothic register — production that strips back industrial density in favor of something more atmospheric, layered vocals creating a texture that reads as haunted without resorting to obvious horror aesthetics. The subject, addressed in third person throughout, hovers between self-portrait and external figure — Poppy's habitual ambiguity about whether her songs document her own experience or construct a persona she then inhabits. The vocal performance is precise and slightly detached, emotion present at the surface but not overwhelming, as though the subject is being observed rather than inhabited in real time. There are moments that recall early Evanescence in the willingness to let the Gothic feel sincere rather than ironic, though Poppy's production choices are more contemporary and less orchestrally inflated. Lyrically the song explores the gap between how someone is perceived and how they experience themselves — the "her" of the title possibly more constructed than the unnamed consciousness watching her. It is the kind of song that sounds different after understanding its context, but functions effectively as pure atmosphere even without that frame. Best for late nights when the air outside has that quality of being slightly unreal.