Noora Louhimo has released “Voodoo Woman”, the first single from her second solo album. The Finnish vocalist wrote and produced the track with Samuli Erkkilä, the guitarist in her solo band, and it mixes blues with upbeat pop. The album is due in spring 2027.
The song is out now, but the video follows on Friday 30 October. Ticket sales for her spring 2027 tour open the same day.
A draft left in the drawer for years
Louhimo says the song took a long time to find its shape, and that she wanted to bring two sides of her listening together on it.
The draft of Voodoo Woman was lurking in a drawer for years, until Samuli Erkkilä and I put it on the desk and started looking for its right form. I wanted to combine blues and driving pop in the song, taking musical influences from Michael Jackson. I grew up surrounded by his music. The song finally sees the light of the moon and gets to run wild just in time for Halloween.
- Noora Louhimo, vocalist
The lyrics deal with morbid possessiveness, narcissism and forced control. Louhimo says she wants her music both to entertain and to help listeners work through their own experiences. The story is a Halloween one: a voodoo woman who rules a nightclub, and a partygoer who does not see her coming.
Nineteen dates from Korjaamo to Rytmikorjaamo
The “Inner Goddess” tour marks 20 years of Louhimo’s career as an artist. It opens at Korjaamo in Helsinki on 11 March 2027 and closes at Rytmikorjaamo in Seinäjoki on 7 May, with 19 shows in all.
The dates are Kuopio’s Circus Live on 12 March, Tarkastamo in Oulu on 13 March, Tavara-asema in Tampere on 18 March, Kerubi in Joensuu on 19 March, Lutakko in Jyväskylä on 20 March, Hyvinkää-sali on 25 March, Fuugan Ateljee in Turku on 26 March and Kehräämö in Pori on 27 March. April takes her to Akustiikka in Ylivieska on the 8th, Rientola in Vieremä on the 9th, Kulttuuritalo Tempo in Mikkeli on the 10th, Pensselitehdas in Porvoo on the 16th, Laurentiussali in Lohja on the 17th, Nuijamies in Lappeenranta on the 22nd, House of Olaf in Savonlinna on the 23rd and Pato Areena in Kouvola on the 24th. The last two shows are Pirkkala-sali on 6 May and Rytmikorjaamo in Seinäjoki on 7 May.
Before that, Louhimo plays a run of Christmas shows under the name “Joulun hetki”. They begin at Seinäjoki Areena on 27 November 2026 and continue through Kangasala, Hämeenlinna, Lahti, Espoo, Kuopio, Vaasa, Oulu, Mikkeli, Jyväskylä, Turku, Rauma and Tampere, ending on 19 December 2026. Several venues host two performances in a day, and the Rauma-sali date is sold out.
From Battle Beast to a solo career
Louhimo is known for her years as the singer of Battle Beast, and for her solo work since. She also won the most recent season of the television show “Tähdet, tähdet” and appears in the autumn 2026 season of “Elämäni biisi”.
She is one half of the melodic heavy metal project Laurenne/Louhimo with Netta Laurenne, whose second album “Falling Through Stars” came out on 18 April 2025 on Frontiers Music. Her other current work includes Motherbeast, Mute Swans, Noora Louhimo Experience and Raskasta Joulua.
Current tour dates and tickets are listed on Louhimo’s website.
