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JAGUAR JONZE
shares new single + video
‘CUT’

OUT NOW VIA NETTWERK RECORDS

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Photo – Cam Attree

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What the press is saying about Jaguar Jonze:

“Explosive and cinematic” – Paper Magazine

“One of music’s rising acts we’re most excited about” – Just Jared

“A genre-exploding centerpiece” – American Songwriter

“Jonze assumes complete control over her narrative and voice” – V Magazine

“Jaguar Jonze dials up the drama and danger” – Refinery 29

“Deena Lynch (aka Jaguar Jonze) is nothing short of a manifold visionary” – FLAUNT

“It’s thanks to art and music that Deena is now, to put it one way, straight-up killing it” – VICE

“…some queen shit…” – Wonderland Magazine

“Jaguar Jonze’s enviable ability to effortlessly saunter between genres and a range of influences, blowing down the barriers as she rattles on with primal energy. A multi-faceted artist, Lynch also has a digital illustration and photography creative endeavors that subvert and challenge” – Line Of Best Fit

“To sum up the creative explosion that is Deena Lynch into a neat little elevator pitch would have even the most qualified of journalists in tears.” – Tone Deaf

“We don’t even have words for how good Jaguar Jonze’s set was (which is problematic considering we’re journalists and writing is literally how we pay our bills” – Industry Observer

“…the video boasts a Tarantino-esque dance-off, all bathed in an unsettling red…It matches the intoxicating song…we can’t wait to see what this exciting artist does next” – Cool Accidents

“Jaguar Jonze if you’re reading this, please tell us your secrets. You’re a downright goddess of a human” – Left Bank Magazine

“Lynch has already demonstrated that she is one of the great young storytellers in the business” – The Revue

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The Australian-based singer, producer, songwriter, and multimedia artist Jaguar Jonze (real name Deena Lynch) has dropped the video for the new single “CUT” (out today via Nettwerk Records). “CUT” is the first piece of new music since her “unflinching [NME]” single, “WHO DIED AND MADE YOU KING?” and its powerful redux with Zimbabwean-American activist and artist Shugundzo.

The “colossally powerful [CLOUT]” songwriter continues to deliver defiant ferocity through smoky vocals on the forceful new track. “‘CUT’ is the anger behind realising that people you trusted professionally have been gaslighting you and manipulating your reality – constantly taking from you in a one-way transaction,” says Jaguar Jonze. “Once I realised what was happening, it was a long journey of breaking free from those environments and, more importantly, understanding that what happened had nothing to do with me. It spawned from their deep insecurity and greediness. I was then able to deprogram myself – I wanted nothing but to CUT, get out, and take back control.”

As a prolific and hands-on creative, Jaguar Jonze was also at the helm of the official music video – directing, editing, and producing everything herself. “I wanted a physical interpretation of the meaning behind my song CUT in the music video that was riding the fine line between shocking, engaging, maniacal, determined, comedic, and angry. I only had two weeks to put the concept together, shoot it and edit it. I’m so proud of what was created in that pressure-cooker environment,” says Jaguar Jonze. Adding, “focusing on my artistry again has seen me direct, produce, and edit all my music videos. I love learning this new medium to express my emotions and tell stories. In CUT, I wanted people to feel the desperation and determination to CUT themselves off from toxic, manipulative, gaslighting relationships in any environment once you’ve realised what has been happening to you. What better way to say that than putting an angle grinder to your private bits to “cut” yourself out of there?”

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For the last 18 months, Jaguar Jonze has become a public vessel for change and accountability in Australia’s burgeoning #MeToo movement. She’s won the AIR Award for “Outstanding Achievement” and the Triple J “Done Good” Award in honour of her work in calling out unacceptable behaviour and raising awareness. Jaguar Jonze is also included in Vogue Australia’s issue of “21 Most Inspiring Women of 2021.” Jaguar Jonze was the only artist-musician invited to the ARIA, APRA AMCOS, and PPCA meeting to address the industry’s widespread issues of sexual assault/harassment. She’s also been the guest speaker at the On My Mind Mental Health and Wellbeing workshop and at Head First, a music industry conference about mental health and well-being. Jaguar Jonze continues her advocacy work as part of the Temporary Working Group. As best described in Jaguar Jonze’s words, “the heat that is picking up and fanning those tiny fires into a blaze of reckoning” (Billboard).

Jaguar Jonze and its adjacent projects, the narrative illustration project Spectator Jonze and the gender-subverting photography project Dusky Jonze, are powerful ways in which Deena Lynch has always processed her most intimate vulnerabilities while empowering others to do the same. Deena’s meticulously realised work has earned her the partnerships with brands like Christian Louboutin, Reebok, BMW, Obey and Stüssy, and an abundance of press (FLAUNT, PAPER, V Magazine, VICE, Refinery29, Fashion Journal, Talkhouse, Vogue Australia, Marie Claire Australia, the cover of NME Australia) praising her commitment to confronting social ills and breaking stigmas. The enigmatic yet vulnerable songwriter continues to deliver defiant ferocity through smoky vocals on “WHO DIED AND MADE YOU KING?,” the first single from a forthcoming debut album.

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