Karen Dió marks Fugaz release with new single Choke and UK headline dates
Karen Dió has released her second EP, Fugaz, through Hopeless Records, accompanied by the combative new single Choke and a September run of UK headline shows.
The six-track EP follows earlier singles Sick Ride and Free Yourself, with Dió framing the record around change, impermanence and living in the present. Its title takes its name from the Portuguese word for something fleeting, brief or transient.
“The word ‘fugaz’ is Portuguese for fleeting, brief, transient or short-lived,” Dió says. “Life itself is ‘fugaz’, it goes really fast and changes all the time. This EP is about me dealing with that in the last couple of years. All the fast changes that have happened to my life, my body, my career and the world around me.
“A reminder to myself that life is not about what is about to happen, but what is happening right now because that’s all we have.”
Choke takes aim at the noise
Released alongside the EP, Choke is a sharp-edged punk-rock cut built around Dió’s refusal to be dragged into other people’s hostility. A visualiser has also been released for the track.
“I believe that my best revenge when people talk shit about me is to let them be themselves, show their real faces and bite their own tongue, while I continue just doing my own thing, writing bangers,” she says.
Fugaz is available to stream now via the official release link.
Six songs shaped by transience
The EP moves through themes of personal freedom, time and the instability of everyday life, closing with its title track. The full track listing is below.
- Euphoria
- Free Yourself
- Choke
- Crawling
- Rat Race
- Fugaz
September shows include London’s 100 Club
Dió will bring the EP to UK stages in September, beginning at Glasgow’s King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut before heading through Manchester, London and Brighton. The London date takes place at the 100 Club on 9 September.
She will also play Spain’s Canela Party Festival later this month, before joining Foo Fighters for two Brazilian stadium dates in February 2027. Tickets are on sale now.
- 29 August 2026: Torremolinos, Canela Party Festival
- 7 September 2026: Glasgow, King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut
- 8 September 2026: Manchester, The Deaf Institute
- 9 September 2026: London, 100 Club
- 12 September 2026: Brighton, Green Door Store
- 18 February 2027: Belo Horizonte, Arena MRV (with Foo Fighters)
- 20 February 2027: São Paulo, Estádio Morumbis (with Foo Fighters)
Vinyl and CD edition due in November
Fugaz and Dió’s My World EP will be collected on vinyl and CD for the first time as a double release on 13 November. Pre-order the release here.
More Karen Dió on Punkinfocus: Live review: 2000trees Festival 2026 – Opening-Day Mayhem at Upcote Farm (July 2026) · Karen Dió announces Fugaz EP and Free Yourself with UK dates (June 2026) · Karen Dió Unleashes Charged-Up Confessional with “I Hope You Know” (November 2025)
