2011–2013: Early career Poppy had her first performance at IndieCove in August 2011, covering an
Alanis Morissette song. Her YouTube channel was created in October 2011, under the name ThatPoppyTV, alongside another channel, Moriah Poppy, where she posted covers and vlogs. However, all these videos were mostly made private and some others deleted, and the second channel was deleted in 2014. She performed at
social media festivals, including
VidCon in June 2012 and
DigiTour in June 2013. She was featured on Eppic's song "Hide and Seek" in 2013, and moved to Los Angeles to pursue her music career. There, she teamed up with director
Titanic Sinclair to make a series of abstract promotional videos on YouTube. Her first YouTube skit, called
Poppy Eats Cotton Candy, was uploaded in November 2014. The videos were described by Sinclair as "a combination of
Andy Warhol's pop accessibility,
David Lynch's creepiness, and
Tim Burton's zany comedic tone". Poppy has stated that her YouTube videos tell a story. Her fictional friend Charlotte, a celebrity-interviewing
mannequin with a
synthetic voice, was a recurring character. She usually appears interacting with Poppy but also on her own. She appears to have developed a drug and jealousy problem after Poppy became famous, which strains their relationship. Poppy starred in an episode in which she reacts to children reacting to her videos. She has also appeared in an episode of the web series
Good Mythical Morning.
2014–2018: Poppy.Computer and Am I a Girl? in October 2017 In 2014, she signed with
Island Records to start a music career under the name That Poppy. On June 23, 2015, That Poppy released her first single, "Everybody Wants to Be Poppy". The song was most likely recorded for a debut album that she had announced and described as a
dance-pop and
punk record. The album was eventually scrapped, and she released her debut extended play (EP),
Bubblebath (2016), instead. It was preceded by the 2015 single "
Lowlife". She performed at the
Corona Capital Festival in November 2015. From July to August 2016, she released a series of advertisements for the shoe company
Steve Madden on her channel as a part of its
Steve Madden Music program. In October 2016, Poppy released an
ambient music album called
3:36 (Music to Sleep To), composed by Titanic Sinclair and herself, with assistance from
polysomnographists from the
Washington University School of Medicine. The following month, she became the face of Japanese retailer
Sanrio's first "Hello Sanrio" collection. That September, she received the Breakthrough Artist of the Year award from the
Streamys. Poppy's debut studio album,
Poppy.Computer, was released in October 2017 by
Mad Decent. Its second single, "Computer Boy", was released in May and received the Song of the Year nomination at the Unicorn Awards. "Let's Make a Video" was released as the third single in June, alongside a
VHS-grainy music video. The third single, "
Interweb", was released in July and performed live on
The Late Late Show with James Corden. In November, Poppy announced that her second album was "almost ready" and that she was going to Japan again to finish it. Her first concert tour, the
Poppy.Computer Tour, started on October 19, 2017, in
Vancouver. Poppy made her
YouTube Rewind debut in 2017 and was one of the few content creators to get her own lines. In April 2017, she began selling a book on her website called
The Gospel of Poppy, described as "a book of wisdom". In March 2018, Poppy performed "Moshi Moshi" at the Japanese pop music festival Popspring. On April 17, 2018, Sinclair's former partner
Mars Argo filed a 44-page lawsuit in
Central California court against Sinclair and Poppy alleging copyright infringement, stating that Sinclair based Poppy's online persona on theirs, as well as emotional and physical abuse Sinclair had allegedly subjected them to in the period after their separation and the subsequent abandonment of the project. On May 7, Poppy made a public statement about the "frivolous" lawsuit, saying Argo was attempting to manipulate her psychologically. She called the suit a "publicity campaign" and a "desperate grab for fame". The Sinclair case was settled out of court on September 14 "with no money exchanging hands". The copyright case against Poppy was dismissed. Poppy's second studio album,
Am I a Girl?, was released on October 31, 2018. Her
gender questioning was one of the main themes behind the album, The album's lead single, "In a Minute", was released in July. The second single, "
Time Is Up", featured American DJ
Diplo and was released in August. Each week of October, she released three more singles from the album: "Fashion After All", "Hard Feelings", and "
X". The album also featured the song "
Play Destroy", a collaboration with Canadian singer
Grimes. She later accused Grimes of bullying during the production process. At the end of the year, Poppy began to drop hints about a new project and website called Poppy.Church, which is no longer active. She attended the
2018 American Music Awards and returned to the
Streamy Awards as a presenter. Her cover of "Metal" was featured in the video game
WWE 2K20.
2019–2020: Breakthrough with I Disagree and reinvention On January 8, 2019, Poppy announced a graphic novel through
Z2 Comics titled
Genesis 1, which was released to comic book stores on July 10. The graphic novel tells the origin of Poppy. It was co-written by Poppy, Sinclair, and Ryan Cady, with art by Masa Minoura and
Ian McGinty. She elaborated in an interview with
Gigwise that the album released with the graphic novel, titled
I C U: Music to Read To, is an ambient music album meant to be listened to while reading. On January 23, 2019,
Billboard announced Poppy would star in the
augmented-reality experience ''A Jester's Tale'', created and directed by Asad J. Malik. It was produced by
RYOT and 1RIC, and premiered at the
Sundance Film Festival as part of the New Frontier program. The storyline "transports viewers inside a child's bedroom to meet a cast of character holograms". The same month, she released a song titled "Voicemail". After attending the
iHeartRadio Music Awards in 2016, she returned in 2019 wearing a dress designed by
Viktor & Rolf, and sat front row at their fashion show. Poppy revealed plans for a horror movie and her own
music streaming service. She attended the
Billboard Music Awards. Her song "
Scary Mask" was released in May and featured American rock band
Fever 333. The song was included on her second EP,
Choke, which was released on June 28, 2019. In August 2019, Poppy signed with
Sumerian Records and released her first single with them, "Concrete", which served as the lead single from her third album. The second single, "I Disagree", followed in October alongside the album preorder, and it was also revealed to be the album's title track. In November, "
Bloodmoney" served as the third single from
I Disagree, which later earned a
Grammy nomination for
Best Metal Performance, making her the first solo female artist to be nominated in the category. "Fill the Crown" was released as the fourth single in December. A statement confirming that Poppy and Sinclair parted ways was released in December 2019. She accused him of glamorizing suicide and using this to manipulate her. Regarding Mars Argo's allegations against Sinclair, Poppy stated, "I was never 'an accomplice' to [Sinclair's] past actions like some believeI was a person who suffered similar wrongdoings as [Argo] brought to light." Poppy's third studio album,
I Disagree, was released on January 10, 2020. It peaked at number 130 on the
Billboard 200, marking Poppy's first entry on the chart. An official music video for "Anything Like Me" was released alongside the album. On January 28, 2020, Poppy announced her second graphic novel, ''Poppy's Inferno
, which was illustrated by Zoe Thorogood and Amilcar Pinna, and co-written by Ryan Cady. After numerous delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was published on October 20 alongside a soundtrack album, Music to Scream To''. In March, a music video for "Sit / Stay" was released, her first music to be self-directed. In June, she released a cover of the 2002
t.A.T.u. single, "
All the Things She Said". In July, "Khaos x4" was released as the album's final single, and the deluxe version of Poppy's third album, titled
I Disagree (more), followed on August 14, 2020. Poppy released a four-song Christmas EP,
A Very Poppy Christmas, on December 1, 2020. Throughout the year, she had also started posting stylized make-up tutorials on her YouTube channel and
tweeted to explain, "My ex-boyfriend would always tell me I looked ugly without make-up on, and I should never been seen without it." She claimed that the same ex-boyfriend was leaking her unreleased videos, photographs of her without make-up, and "very personal demos that only he has" such as a cover of the
Pokémon theme song. In response to the alleged leak, she released the cover of the
Pokémon theme song herself.
2021–2023: Flux and Zig In March 2021, Poppy performed live at the
Grammys and debuted the song "Eat". In April, her song "Say Cheese" became the official theme song for professional wrestling show
WWE NXT, following her performance at the event on April 9, 2021. In May, Poppy released a cover of
Jack Off Jill's song "
Fear of Dying". In June, she surprise-released her fourth EP,
Eat (NXT Soundtrack), which features the previously performed songs "Eat" and "Say Cheese". On December 29, 2020, Poppy announced that she had been working on the follow-up album to
I Disagree and said it will have "a completely different sonic vibe" to its predecessor. In June 2021, she released "Her" as the lead single from her fourth studio album,
Flux. In July, she announced that
Flux would be released on September 24, 2021, and released the title track as the second single from the album. In August, she released "So Mean" as the third and final single from
Flux with an accompanying music video. Poppy and Sumerian Records teamed up with
Roblox for its first-ever listening party upon the release of the album, streaming
Flux on the gaming platform. Music from the album was integrated throughout nine
Roblox games between September 24 and September 26, 2021. In January 2022, Poppy released a song about her cat Pi, titled "3.14" on YouTube. She also announced the Never Find My Place Tour, which started on March 8 in
Sacramento, California, and ended on November 30 in
Glasgow. On August 27, 2022, Poppy premiered a song at the
Reading Festival called "FYB", an acronym for "Fuck You Back". In September, she signed with
Republic and
Lava Records, and released the song "FYB". It served as a single from her fifth EP,
Stagger, which was released in October. It was also announced that
Stagger would be her only release under Republic and Lava Records. A music video for the title track was released alongside the EP. In December, Poppy began teasing new music and announced that she is working on her next album. In 2023, Poppy returned to Sumerian Records, and released her fifth studio album,
Zig, on October 27, 2023. In March 2023, Poppy announced the song "Church Outfit", which was released in April as the album's lead single. The same month, she announced a co-headlining tour with pop-rock band
Pvris called the Godless/Goddess Tour, which ran from August 18 to September 15 and included supporting acts
Pom Pom Squad and
Tommy Genesis. In May, Poppy released a cover of
Kittie's song "Spit". In June, she was featured alongside
Danny Elfman on
Stu Brooks' song "They'll Just Love You". In July, Poppy released the second single from
Zig, titled "Knockoff", in addition to an announcement of the album's release date. The album's third single, "Motorbike", was released in September.
Zig's fourth and final single, "Hard", was released in October. In December, a music video for "Flicker" was released.
2024–present: Resurgence with Negative Spaces and Empty Hands In November 2023, Poppy was announced as a support act for
Thirty Seconds to Mars' U.S. tour dates on their 2024 world tour. In January 2024, she was featured on "
V.A.N" by
Bad Omens. In April, she was featured on the
Knocked Loose single "
Suffocate". On June 4, 2024, Poppy released the single "
New Way Out", which was produced by former
Bring Me the Horizon keyboardist and producer
Jordan Fish. On September 17, 2024, Poppy released another single, "They're All Around Us", and on September 23, 2024, announced her sixth studio album,
Negative Spaces, which was released on November 15, 2024. On September 29, 2024, Poppy joined the Canadian metal band
Spiritbox to perform their song "Soft Spine" at the
Louder Than Life festival. In October 2024, Poppy announced her own variety show,
Improbably Poppy, which premiered on October 11, 2024, on the live-streaming platform Veeps. On October 15, 2024, Poppy released two more singles: "The Cost of Giving Up" and "Crystallized". In November 2024, Poppy's single with
Knocked Loose, "
Suffocate", was nominated at the
67th annual Grammy Awards in the
Best Metal Performance category. On November 19, 2024, Poppy announced the "They're All Around Us" tour, which will span 28 cities across North America in 2025. On November 27, 2024, Poppy performed "Suffocate" with Knocked Loose on
Jimmy Kimmel Live. On March 10, 2025, Poppy appeared on the show again to perform the song "The Cost of Giving Up". Poppy was featured on the
Babymetal song "
From Me to U", released on April 4, 2025, and was an opening act for the band on some legs of their world tour during the following months. In June, she announced September and October dates for her They're All Around Us Tour, with
Dying Wish and
MSPaint as opening acts. On September 2, 2025, Poppy performed an unreleased track, titled "Bruised Sky", in
Worcester, Massachusetts. On September 4, 2025, Poppy released a collaboration single titled, "
End of You", with
Courtney LaPlante of
Spiritbox and
Amy Lee of
Evanescence. On October 23, 2025, Poppy released the single "Unravel". On October 27, Poppy announced a United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia tour titled the Constantly Nowhere tour, with tour dates from January to April 2026 announced. On November 12, she released the single "Bruised Sky", alongside the announcement of her next studio album, titled
Empty Hands. The album was released on January 23, 2026. On December 4, the third single, "Guardian", was released. On the same day as the album release, a music video was released for the album's fourth single, "Time Will Tell". In March 2026, Poppy collaborated with
Son Lux on the song "In Death We've Just Begun". The song is on the soundtrack for the 2026 sci-shooter video game
Marathon. == Artistry ==