Johanna Warren Releases New Single “Islamorada”

Johanna Warren has spent years refining a specific kind of vulnerability — direct, unguarded, and willing to sit inside discomfort. Her new single “Islamorada” continues that work, but with a tonal shift that registers as deliberate.

The song follows May’s “brave & capable” and features Chris St Hilaire of the Black Keys on electric guitar alongside pedal steel from David Rothon, a frequent collaborator of Marissa Nadler. That combination gives the track a restrained warmth that works against Warren’s darker instincts.

Warren frames the song as a small act of defiance. “It feels weirdly radical to be an adult woman in 2026 simply saying I want you, I love you, I would take care of you, please let me try,” she explained. “In this time of mass disenchantment and dissociation, I think there’s power in owning your desire, and taking the risk of expressing it.”

That risk, as Warren notes, includes the possibility of rejection or being dismissed as cringe. But “Islamorada” doesn’t hedge. It trades the rawness of past material for a directness that sounds earned rather than naive, and that choice gives the single its weight.