DELILAH BON: Rewriting the Fairy Tale

With a recent US tour under her studded belt and a UK & Europe run on the horizon, brat punk Bi-con Delilah Bon is charging full steam ahead. A force of nature in platform boots, she sat down with us to talk about her new EP ‘PRINCELESS PRINCESS’, the global political climate, and why Delilah Bon is no longer just a character - she’s a lived identity.

When Delilah Bon boarded a plane to the US for her recent tour, she carried more than just her instruments and bright stage outfits; she carried uncertainty. Messages on social media flooded in from her fans, with some pleading with her not to travel there, warning of danger and political unrest, while others insisted it wasn’t as bad as it seemed. “I had no idea what I was walking into,” she admits. But what she found was a community desperate for her voice, which speaks unapologetically to the marginalised, silenced, and the enraged.

Before the tour, Delilah wrote on her social media that she had crafted a political track aimed directly at the state of America under the Trump administration. But she explained she decided to not release it before the trip, fearing it might jeopardise her entry into the country. “It’s the first time I’ve ever felt censored on social media,” she says. “I speak my mind all the time.” This tension between expression and suppression echoed throughout her journey. However, the warmth she was shown by her fans, who thanked her for giving them hope in a time of fear and erasure, made the risk worth it. “As soon as I got home, it was a real moment like ‘I did that. I really did that.’”

Her latest EP, ‘PRINCELESS PRINCESS’, is a manifesto of defiance and self-discovery. It flips the classic fairy tale on its head, rejecting the heterosexual notion that salvation comes in the form of a prince. “We’re finding a lot of fun in figuring out who we are and what we can bring to our own lives,” she says. Delilah no longer sees herself as a character, it’s her reality. “I am, every single day, Delilah Bon.”

Her authenticity surges through tracks like ‘Dragon’ where she confronts sleep paralysis, stress, and self-doubt.. “When I first started out, it was me on my own,” she recalls. “Now, whenever everything feels overwhelming, I can just put a message out and say I feel overwhelmed.” Her fans respond with gratitude, thanking her for speaking out on issues often ignored in everyday conversation like feminism, the ongoing genocide in Gaza, women’s rights. “Sometimes you feel a little bit isolated,” she says. “But they remind me I’m not alone.” It’s clear that her main motivation is the ever growing community around her, both online and at her shows.

Online hate has become part of the job, but Delilah knows how to turn the venom into victory. A Twitter troll once called her “an evil, hate-filled female.” She loved it so much, she scrapped her original album title, Villain, and renamed it after the insult. “This man has since blocked me so he’s never seen that he named my album!”

Her track ‘Bush’ is a raw reclamation of teenage trauma. At just 12 years old, she was shamed by a boyfriend for not shaving, branded “dirty” and “diseased” by her school ‘friends’. “That memory haunted me,” she says. “It was like this demon that lives down there that I must hide.” But through conversations with other women, she realised the shame wasn’t hers to carry. “Writing ‘Bush’ was just so freeing because now I don’t care.”

It’s always been clear that lyrics are Delilah Bon’s weapon and this EP pushes that even further. In ‘Cinderella’, she delivers the devastating line: “He’s not a friend, he’s just a guy with a dick and he’s trying to get in your bed.” It’s sadly drawn from personal experience; Delilah was sexually assaulted by someone she considered a friend. “I haven’t sung about that yet,” she says. “But ‘Cinderella’ is angry and fun. People will scream those lines.”

She also finds joy in the theatrical. “I have a bush so wonderful, so magical, so me,” she sings in ‘Bush’. “I’ve always been interested in theatre and acting,” she says. “This EP allowed me to be a little Disney princess.”

Live performances are where her power truly ignites. ‘Dead Men Don’t Rape’ is a standout song. It’s intense, emotional, and deeply connective. “I lock eyes with people and I’m always thinking, what’s your story?” she says. In America, performing ‘Not the President’ became a moment of shared intimacy. “We were singing to each other. It just feels insane that we’re all in this room; we’re all so passionate, we’re all so similar in our experiences.”

As for what’s on her playlist right now, Delilah is constantly discovering new voices. She’s into Slow Funeral and The Neighborhood Kids, a politically charged hip-hop duo from San Diego. She’s also excited about Changeline, who will be supporting her on tour in France. “I think she’s going to absolutely tear it down.”

Delilah Bon isn’t just rewriting the fairy tale, she’s torching the old script and building something bold, angry, and beautiful in its place. She will be storming through Europe and the UK this October and November, bringing Gen Z riot grrrl fury and hip-hop fire to the stage. Her rage-empowered EP ‘PRINCELESS PRINCESS’ is out now on Trash Queen Records.

Words: Lou Viner-Flood