July 13, 2026 – Taiwanese-Australian artist Jaguar Jonze shares “HALF DEVIL (feat. KIRE)”, a dark, magnetic new collaboration with Taiwanese-American singer-songwriter KIRE, out now via Nettwerk. Sung in both Mandarin and English, the track slips between sultry alt-pop, gritty vocal textures and club-leaning production, pairing Jaguar's signature melodic pop choruses with jagged, high-energy moments that mirror the tension at its core.
Following “Naked”, her first single after a two-year hiatus, “HALF DEVIL (feat. KIRE)” explores their Asian heritages, contradiction and navigating the spaces between. The track grew from conversations around childhood, upbringing, and the experience of carrying multiple cultures at once.
For Jaguar Jonze and KIRE, that shared understanding was immediate: the feeling of being connected to the places that shaped them, while still feeling outside of them. “We had talked about our childhood and upbringing, where we didn’t quite belong in Taiwan, in Japan, yet we didn’t quite belong in the US or Australia either,” says Jaguar Jonze. “There’s that lack of belonging wherever you go because you’re a mix of cultures.”
Alongside the release is the accompanying music video, filmed beneath a full moon on the black volcanic sands of a small fishing village in North Bali, using light and shadow to reflect the parts of ourselves we often try to separate. “To me, 'HALF DEVIL' is about recognising that we’re all both angel and devil, and that being human is learning to hold those contradictions without judging them as right or wrong,” Jaguar shares.
Jaguar Jonze – "HALF DEVIL (feat. KIRE)" [Official Music Video]
Together, Jaguar Jonze and KIRE reframe that experience, transforming what was once a source of alienation into something seductive, complex and empowering. Through its bilingual interplay, shadowy momentum and defiant energy, “HALF DEVIL (feat. KIRE)” becomes both a reclamation of identity and a bold statement of self-definition.
Across Southeast Asia, Jaguar Jonze continues to find a growing audience, with Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore now among her Top 15 streaming markets globally. That momentum began to take shape with “Naked”, her first single after a two-year hiatus spent focusing on her health – a powerful return that saw Jaguar Jonze resurfacing with renewed awareness, reclaiming her inner identity and shedding the weight of external forces. Shot at an abandoned construction site in Uluwatu, Bali, the self-directed music video has since garnered close to 350,000 views on YouTube to date, supported by significant traction from Indonesia.
As Jaguar Jonze moves into her next creative chapter, “HALF DEVIL (feat. KIRE)” opens the door to a bolder, more expansive world entirely her own.
Stream "HALF DEVIL (feat. KIRE)" here: jaguarjonze.ffm.to/halfdevil
Watch the official music video here
About Jaguar Jonze
Born in Japan to a Taiwanese mother and Australian father, Deena Lynch (aka Jaguar Jonze) has shaped a multi-faceted career straddling the worlds of art, music and fashion. After breaking onto the music scene in 2019, Lynch went on to carve out her reputation for genre-crossing high art and enigmatic yet vulnerable songwriting on back to back EPs, 'Diamonds & Liquid Gold' (2020) and 'ANTIHERO' (2021).
Come 2022, her high-octane, art-pop debut studio album 'BUNNY MODE' saw Lynch find strength in vulnerability, a personal triumph of resilience shaped by her boundary-pushing art and creativity that received praise among NME (The Cover), The Guardian, VICE, FLAUNT and more.
Lynch's activism work has been recognised by Vogue Australia’s Most Influential Women of 2021, triple j’s Done Good Award, and The Australian’s ‘Top 100 Cultural Leaders List 2022’, meanwhile her intersection with the art and fashion communities – including narrative illustration project Spectator Jonze and photography project Dusky Jonze – has seen collaborations with the likes of Christian Louboutin, Converse, Nike, BMW, Reebok, Stüssy and more. Her most recent 2024 EP, 'victim impact statement', comprising three powerful tracks and an accompanying self-directed short film, further cemented her as one of Australian music’s most empowering voices.
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