Lorely Rodriguez (born October 19, 1989), known professionally as Empress Of, is a Honduran-American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer based in Los Angeles, California.

[2] Rodriguez has toured and collaborated with Dev Hynes, Jim-E Stack, Rina Sawayama, Carly Rae Jepsen, Caroline Polachek, Maggie Rogers, Amber Mark.

[15] She later performed at SXSW, Iceland Airwaves and Pitchfork's Summer Music Festival,[16] and toured as a support act with Jamie Lidell, Jungle, Kimbra, and Florence and the Machine.

[citation needed] In 2013, Rodriguez signed to British independent label XL Recordings via a joint deal through Terrible[17] and began to work on material for her debut album.

[25][26][27] A majority of publications praised Rodriguez's intensely personal and more direct approach to her songwriting and experimental production, in contrast to the layered opaqueness of her earlier work.

[28] In the fall of 2015, Rodriguez promoted the album with tours of the UK with Awful Records artist ABRA and North America with Canadian electronic duo Purity Ring.

[32] After the release of Me, Rodriguez moved back to Los Angeles from New York, with the goal of collaborating with musical contemporaries, while also being closer to family and reconnecting with her hometown roots.

On April 11, 2018, the double single "Trust Me Baby / In Dreams" premiered on Zane Lowe's Apple Music Beats 1 radio show and released via Terrible.

[47] During 2021, Rodriguez was featured on American singer/producer MNDR's single "Love in Reverse", released March 31, 2021, from her second studio album, Hell To Be You Baby, via Watersound Records.

With assistance from professional songwriters (Rodriguez, KAMAUU, Lauren Jauregui and Tobe Nwigwe respectively), the subjects discussed by the artists and children were turned into fully produced songs and released as a compilation EP for the campaign via Mass Appeal.

[49] Rodriguez's involvement included the single "One Breath", a collaboration with a 14-year-old girl named Marianne on their shared experience of both being first-generation Latin Americans and balancing that duality or double consciousness through daily life.

[51] The announcement of the EP, produced by Rodriguez with additional production from frequent collaborator BJ Burton and Johan Lennox, was made through the release of the second single, "Dance for You", on May 25, 2022.

[54][55][56][57][58] During the latter half of that tour, the two would release the collaborative single "Kiss Me" on September 25, 2023, from Rodriguez's then-unannounced fourth studio album, via Major Arcana and Giant Music respectively.

[62] The album was preceded by third and fourth singles, "What's Love" featuring American indie pop group, MUNA and "Preciosa" released January 24 and March 1.

[67] To build anticipation for For Your Consideration, Rodriguez embarked on a pair of promotional in-store appearances at record stores, Rough Trade and Amoeba Music in New York and Los Angeles within the week of its release.

[68][69] Promotion for the album would extend further into a series of smaller nightclub residencies in North America, at Elsewhere in New York City, The Drake Underground in Toronto and El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles during the spring of 2024.

[76][77] The remaining half of the deluxe (additionally featuring the b-side, "Loud" and alternative versions of "What's Love" and Baby Boy" from the album) was released October 4, 2024.