Isabella Jane confronts the growing artificial world with her new single Burger King
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Ōtautahi’s redhead, horse girl, theatre kid turned indie artist Isabella Jane returns with Burger King, an indie folk-rock track taking aim at the ever changing relationship between people and technology.
And it all started when she left her iPhone in a Belgium Burger King.
During Isabella Jane’s year abroad, she quotes “In the depths of a Belgian winter my iphone was swiftly carried away to Morocco where it now happily resides.” She did not react how would be expected, instead she expressed rather the great relief she felt when it was gone. The first thing she did without her phone was write this song, Burger King.
Produced by Nic Manders (Brooke Fraser, Stan Walker, Georgia Lines), Burger King is a mantra to quit doom scrolling and dissociating and reconnect with nature. Expansive, raw, atmospheric production enhances the desire for freedom and nature injected in the lyrics. Grounded drums, soaring guitars and rich vocals build towards a cathartic release. Isabella Jane describes the recording experience as a “wonderful organic jam sesh that perfectly encapsulated Burger's intended message.”
“Done dissociating, I’m a creature, I should be living with the bird and the bees and the nature”.
The world Isabella Jane has created around Burger King amplifies the underlying commentary on manufactured addiction, digital connection, consumerism and AI development. She explains, “The creation of IJ brought forth the bigger ideas I was subconsciously debating when I wrote Burger King. It’s more than a song about doomscrolling and wanting to get off your phone. It is about being sick of being addicted to consuming something that is manufactured to trap you and the depersonalization you feel when connecting more with technology than tangible living breathing things.” The IJ world has allowed Isabella Jane to explore bigger questions with this release. “What does it mean to live in an artificial world? How can we feel real if everything is fake?” Isabella Jane expresses these are some of her questions as a 20 year old in 2026.
In a David Bowie like manner, Isabella Jane has created the character IJ to drive this campaign. She explains “IJ is me if I doomscrolled into an artificial version of myself. She’s uncanny, optimized to the max, obsessed with social media, and is trapped in an artificial state.” IJ has taken over Isabella Jane's socials and led her audience on a journey, from artificial entrapment to IJ’s discovery of the true beauty of being human. Follow IJ’s journey @its.isabellajane.
Isabella Jane returns from Europe with new music, after a whirlwind year in Belgium, where she appeared on The Voice Belgique 2026. Isabella Jane was coached by Loïc Nottet through to the Battles, and somehow timed her exit with the exact day her visa expired. During her AFS exchange, she released her debut single He’s Just Not That Into You, even performing it impromptu during her blind audition at Nottet’s request, opened for Belgian artist Zipper Double, and toured with local artists Madelinski and Endy Dinca.
Before becoming Isabella Jane she was a Take The Mic and Play It Strange finalist, two time regional Rockquest finals winner with her high-school band, who opened for legendary NZ band Dragon. She completed SOLE Music Academy’s Artist Development Programme at 16, and sold out her first headline show in 2024. Growing up on a farm outside a small ski town, Isabella has been writing songs, acting and performing for as long as she can remember, bringing a distinctly dramatic and theatrical edge to the music world she is ecstatic to share.
To celebrate the release of Burger King, Isabella Jane will perform a special single release show at Space Academy in Christchurch on the 25th of September 2026. Tickets @ UnderTheRadar.