It's A Skuzland After All
- Josh Kitchen
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By: Josh Kitchen / December 1, 2025
"Sip my spit, drink my blood/Suck me dry, call me a cunt/I'll break your heart, that's what you want/I'll ruin us before we start."
Jazzelle, aka uglyworldwide, spits these lines over a pulsing club beat. One half of the chameleonic art-pop duo skuzland, along with partner-in-crime Robot Moonjuice, she delivers them in their killer summer track “POOR CHOICES.” In the music video, Jazzelle unleashes these lyrics like a deranged siren-carnival barker, her eyes raptor-like—giving the viewer a glimpse into unadulterated fury. A coonskin-cap crown sits atop her head, with POOR CHOICES tattooed in place of eyebrows. Her performance is unbridled shock and awe.
Which makes it even more striking that the song begins with Jazzelle baring her soul in a moment of pure vulnerability—confessing a secret, envying those who have already left this world, free of its pain and anguish:
“I wish someone loved me so much that they'd die for me/And that I'd actually miss them when they're gone./Life seems so much better on the other side./So lucky them, I guess.”
Pretty heady stuff from a band called skuzland, but that’s exactly what makes them such an interesting new duo. Jazzelle is an artist first and foremost—spending years in the fashion industry as a gender-defining model and visual icon—while Robot Moonjuice found his calling in the New York club scene, becoming known for performance art, songwriting, and his singular creative eye. Together, they’re making music as genre-fluid as their artistic roots. “POOR CHOICES” was preceded this summer by the propulsive dance banger “ROCKSTAR BABY” and they’ve just dropped their latest—“TELL ME YOU LOVE ME”—complete with an epic crime-film-styled music video.
Skuzland can’t be pinned down musically, but one can start with this: Jazzelle and Robot are inviting us into a chaotic world where you can be yourself and commune with the living and the dead like you. Anything goes in skuzland—as long as you lead with love.
Ahead of their debut EP release coming in 2026, I caught up with Skuzland to talk about what it means to enter their world, finding beauty in perceived ugliness, and the dreams that guide them.
When you go to Disneyland, it says at the entrance: “Here you leave today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow, and fantasy.” What does it say at the entrance to skuzland?
Jazzelle:
Take your top off! You know what? I surprisingly haven’t really thought about what our sign would say. Yeah, I mean… I think in skuzland, the welcome is just the vibe — the feeling of it all. It’s a place where you’re free to do and be whatever the fuck you want. There aren’t instructions in skuzland. We’re not trying to guide anyone or tell people what we’re about — it’s sewn into the seams of what we are.
Are there rides in skuzland?
Jazzelle:
Oh yeah. You ever been on the Gravitron? I love that upside-down, spinning feeling — amazing. What’s not in there is the ride that drops you. Absolutely not. Oh my God. I would love a skuz-ified version of It’s a Small World.“It’s a skuzworld After All.” There you go.
Robot:
I just came from Disney last week, and I rode It’s a Small World for the first time. I’ve never been more quiet — it’s terrifying. I honestly cried more there than I ever could’ve expected. I watched the parade at night, and like two characters in, I was in tears for no reason. It was so cute — and then I wished I could’ve gone as a kid. It was magical. Watching all these grown adults commit so hard to performing for the kids… I felt so appreciative. They’re busting big smiles in those huge wigs. And in the Florida heat — in a Victorian dress? I’m good.
Did you get any ideas for skuzland?
Robot:
Yeah — I was like, we need to be more magical. That childlike wonder… the hopefulness… it releases such good dopamine.
Your songs — “ROCKSTAR BABY,” “TELL ME YOU LOVE ME,” “POOR CHOICES” newer stuff like “GIRL AMERICA” — they all feel magical to me. When I listen to those songs I can close my eyes and step into a freer, more chaotic world.
Jazzelle:
Our imaginations really show in the sound and the lyrics. Absurdity is a big theme of skuzland - teleportation nation.
Jazzelle, you modeled for so long. What did the industry teach you that you brought to this new artistic lane?
Jazzelle:
Working in fashion — when I came in, there wasn’t anybody like me. I helped break barriers around what a model is supposed to be and how they’re supposed to act. There was pushback. But when you stick to something and believe in it, you prosper. In fashion, I pushed my voice and vision while collaborating and taking notes. I don’t know everything — I don’t know anything — I’m just carving my space. Fashion taught me how to communicate vision in different ways, how the smallest detail matters. That’s the same in skuzland: the tiniest word or melodic shift changes an entire song. I’m also obsessed with juxtaposition — a cute, pretty song that’s actually fucked up and sad. That started for me in fashion.
You both bring so much uniqueness. Robot with songwriting and visual direction, and Jazzelle — your performance in the “Tell Me You Love Me” and “Poor Choices” videos — the acting, the expressions— it looks effortless.
Jazzelle:
One thing I learned through modeling: you gotta sell it. And it's not just being hot — that’s not enough. The only thing people want now is authenticity. I’ve always been into acting and performance art, and it comes down to details. It’s method acting — you have to immerse yourself in the moment, the character, the vibe.
Robot - I saw a video you posted years ago about writing in Washington Square Park. Is that still your process?
Robot:
Yeah! And now our studio is right past the park, so I literally walk through it to get there. There’s always something happening — it sets the mood. It activates me.
What’s inspiring you lately?
Robot:
Honestly — coming into it not inspired. We let the beat and the day guide us. First thought, best thought. We don’t over-complicate. That’s why it comes across raw — because it really is.
Jazzelle:
Sometimes ideas come; sometimes I scroll my Notes app — a depressing love letter or a grocery list. Shaking up random thoughts in a hat. Some days I’m angry, some days I’m powerful, some days I’m weak. Writing changes every day. Creative blocks, self-doubt — they all become part of the process.
Those feelings are pretty universal.
Jazzelle:
Exactly. That should be written on the wall.
What makes skuzland so exciting is just how manty genres and sounds you play with: punk, R&B, dance, house — it seems to really reflect how expansive your tastes are.
Jazzelle:
Totally. We live in a world obsessed with branding — sticking to “the brand.” But we’re people, not a brand. We have different tastes. I don’t only listen to punk all day. Inspiration shifts. We might not “make it,” but I’ll be doing this until the day I die. People will love it or hate it — who cares?
What was the last dream you remember?
Jazzelle:
Lately my dreams are strange. The most recent: I was on a cliff and David Bowie was floating, telling me to jump. I hope it was symbolic or creative. Another dream: I’ve been watching Pluribus — really weird — and I had an apocalypse dream. People weren’t zombies, but everyone was just off. I found shelter, and I had my dog, (Bernadette Jones,) and she got away from me. It was terrifying — chasing her through desolate streets. I woke up before I found her and freaked out. I smoked some weed, went back to sleep, and went right back into the same dream. I found her, we got to the shelter, and then I got her a tiny dog — another dachshund.
Robot:
I don’t think it’s appropriate for Disney. No — I had a dream that I got into a fight with my boyfriend, and I tried to grab his leg, and then for whatever reason it turned into a stripping pole. Like, I was clinging to his leg like it was a pole. I was like, “Ahh!”
I think you found an idea for your next video.
Robot:
Yeah — but it’ll be hard to find someone with legs that long.
Your videos have a dreamlike quality — real but not real — especially the video for “ROCKSTAR BABY.”
Jazzelle:
I’m really inspired by fever dreams — even before skuzland. That weird dream-world. I think I say “fever dream” like 10 times a day.
When I show people your music, they say, “I love this but I’m kind of scared,” and I’m like, “That’s awesome.” That mix of pleasure and fear — like butterflies in your stomach — it feels like you’ve hit something.
Jazzelle:
Yeah. It’s amazing — it warms my heart and heals my inner child to see people resonate with the music. Going into this, it was kind of an afterthought that anything I did would impact anyone else’s life. It was really just: I need to make this art.
"So it means the absolute world that people like it, or feel anything from it — love or hate — I’m happy to be making a difference."
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