While making 2023’s Power, Ana Popovic was tackling breast cancer. She survived, leading to introspection on 2025’s Dance to the Rhythm. “You start thinking, ‘How much time do I have?’,” she says. “You think, ‘Do I want to keep going at this pace? If I do, what do I want to give people?’”
Popovic’s take on the blues has always been edgy. She’s never cared what people think and isn’t focused on tradition. “I want to be new, uncensored, not fake,” she says. “I want to be myself and to give the real me to the audience and listeners with every new record.”
