Beneath The Waters (EP)

Beneath The Waters is American singer Ellise's 5th Extended Play, after the release of her 4th Extended Play, Is Black a Color? a year earlier. It was released October 1st, 2023, as a Halloween special.

Ellise sold merch for the EP, and emailied people who bought the merch an exclusive track from the EP, titled 'Death by Drowning,' similarly to 'Come Out at Night' from the 'Under My Bed' EP. The exclusive track was also included on the limited edition purple vinyl.

Background

 * On March 2nd, 2023, Ellise asked in a tweet, "Do y'all want a Halloween EP this year? We already have an idea in mind hehehehehhe..."
 * On April 1st, Ellise posted a fake cover of the EP, as an April Fools joke.
 * On April 12th, LilSpirit posted a snippet of the instrumental of Jellyfish.
 * On May 7th, Ellise posted a Fish emoji on Twitter.
 * On June 29th, LilSpirit started a livestream, working on the Beneath The Waters instrumentals.
 * On the same day, Ellise posted a snippet of the lyrics of Mermaid Tears on Instagram.
 * On September 30th, Ellise posted on Twitter saying, "THE EP IS COMING IN 1-3 DAYS!!!!!!!"

Theme
TBA

Trivia

 * On Twitter, Ellise stated the cover art was made by two people.
 * In the same tweet, she shared an earlier version of the cover art.
 * The jellyfish stinging Ellise on the cover art were inspired by a case in a videogame titled 'Criminal Case.'
 * The cover art originally was light pastel pinks and blues, like the final cover, however it was changed to darker colors like purple and teal to make it fit Halloween more. Later, Ellise returned to the original color scheme.