Bend Reality & Break Rules With untiljapan’s “trompe l’oeil”

The illusion isn’t just visual, it’s emotional. Rising Atlanta artist untiljapan delivers an uncompromising artistic statement with trompe l’oeil. The genre-defying album pulls listeners into a world where distortion meets vulnerability, and illusion becomes truth. Marked by alt-rap textures, cinematic shifts, and raw, surreal storytelling, “trompe l’oeil” plays like a dream just sharp enough to leave a scar. The album’s concept draws from the French phrase “trompe l’oeil” (to deceive the eye), and like its title, the project fuses layers of genre, memory, and mood into a deeply personal body of work.

Directed by John Ross, the new visual for DIE LIKE THIS offers a visceral glimpse into untiljapan’s psyche, pairing stylized grit with haunting emotional weight. untiljapan first ignited anticipation with the release of PYRAMIDZ,” his first single of 2025, which dropped with a Trey Lyons–directed visual and earned praise from Pitchfork and Pigeons & Planes. Out now via Silence In The Ballroom, with “trompe l’oeil” untiljapan cements his place as one of the most intriguing and in-demand voices in the underground. Stream the album now and let us know your thoughts on the visuals. Be sure to follow untiljapan on socials as his next chapter unfolds, on his terms, in his vision on Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and Soundcloud.