FEELINGS” is a hard‑edged industrial statement that turns the mirror on modern humanity — and doesn’t look away.
Born from frustration, clarity, and emotional overload, the track channels moments when everything feels too loud, too curated, and too confined.
With biting irony and unapologetic force, it reveals a culture driven by selfishness, performative outrage, and manipulation. It exposes exploitation and cuts through the noise of curated narratives and quiet conformity.
Beneath the defiance, the song is also deeply personal. Not abstract, but bruised, grounded in real feelings, and shaped by the weight of witnessing it all, over and over again.
At its core, “FEELINGS” captures the tension of a generation caught between hypersensitivity and emotional detachment, revealing the cracks in a system that feeds on self‑loathing, division, and aggression. It reflects the internal tug‑of‑war between wanting to connect and feeling pushed to withdraw, between speaking up and feeling urged into silence.
This is not just a song.
It’s confrontation, resistance, and a refusal to be controlled. It’s the moment you stop shrinking your feelings to fit the surrounding world.
BIO :
I Ya Toyah is not a musical act; she’s a movement. When spoken out loud in her native Polish, the words “I Ya Toyah” translate to army,” she meticulously oversees every step of her career, from the
songwriting, recording, and mixing of her music, to the programming of every light used in her passionate live performances.
In just a few short years, this Chicago area phenom has released several critically acclaimed recordings, organized the creation of multiple award- winning music videos, and toured the United States multiple times. I Ya Toyah effortlessly combines elements of industrial, pop, electro, darkwave, and alternative rock into a unique aural tapestry that acts as the perfect
backdrop for her intensely personal lyrics. However, it’s the power and versatility of her voice that has the music industry talking. Her potent vocal performances effectively deliver a message that is modern, relatable, and speaks to the paranoia of everyday reality.
While she truly embodies the spirit of DIY, I Ya Toyah also actively embraces the collaborative nature of the industrial/darkwave music scene. Recent musical releases include projects with Raymond Watts (PIG,
KMFDM), Julian Beeston (Nitzer Ebb, Cubanate), Rhys Fulber (Front Line Assembly, Delerium), Tim Skold (Shotgun Messiah, KMFDM, Marilyn Manson, Motionless in White), Phil Owen (Skatenigs), and Stabbing Westward, whose remix of her song ‘Pray’ quickly brought her name to the top of the Industrial Electronic charts on Bandcamp. She is also an active
member of The Joy Thieves, a 50+ member supergroup whose roster includes musicians who have worked with Ministry, Depeche Mode, Killing
Joke, Revolting Cocks, , David Bowie, Machines of Loving Grace, Nine Inch Nails, KMFDM, Naked Raygun, Foetus, My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, Blue
October, Pegboy, Nitzer Ebb, Die Krupps, White Zombie, and many more.
I Ya Toyah is a fierce advocate for mental wellness, as well as human and animal rights. Not content to simply raise awareness for these causes, she has donated 15% of the proceeds from the sales of her music and merchandise directly to organizations such as the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), and the Animal Hope and Wellness
Foundation.
Most recently, she participated in the recording of a version of the Beatles’ classic Come Together to raise funds for the people of the war-torn country
oìf Ukraine. The project was arranged and mixed by legendary music producer John Fryer, who has worked with such seminal bands as Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, and Cocteau Twins. Participants included members of Faith No More, Stabbing Westward, Ministry, Rammstein, Filter, THE HARDKISS, The Joy Thieves, Agnostic Front, Basement Jaxx, and
more.
I Ya Toyah is redefining what it means to be a truly independent artist. And her message of indomitable strength, fierce independence, and love for all
living creatures on Earth is resonating with audiences around the world.
CONTACT INFO : iyatoyah@gmail.com
