Taya Valkyrie has officially entered a new phase of her career outside the wrestling ring with the release of her debut EP, Fake. The project arrived on Friday, October 23, following several weeks of promotion and teasers from Valkyrie on social media.

The EP includes songs titled Witch, Treat, Fight, and Fake. Valkyrie marked the release by encouraging her followers to listen to the project and add its songs to their personal playlists. She described that support as the birthday wish she wanted from fans.

Fake is now available through Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and other streaming services. The release gives Valkyrie a new creative outlet while her in-ring future remains open-ended.

A New Creative Project for Taya Valkyrie

For wrestling audiences, Valkyrie is best known for a career defined by personality, adaptability, and a willingness to make a strong impression wherever she performs. Her work in the ring has frequently been built around a larger-than-life presentation, confidence, and a character-driven approach that has helped her connect with fans across multiple stages of her career.

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Music offers a different medium for that same kind of self-expression. A wrestling match places a performer in a live environment where the crowd, an opponent, the promotion, and the larger story all shape the moment. A recorded music project is more personal and more permanent. The songs become a direct statement from the artist, with the listener able to revisit them on their own terms.

The titles attached to Fake suggest a project that leans into bold imagery and confrontation. Witch, Treat, Fight, and the title track each fit the kind of striking, theatrical language that fans may associate with Valkyrie’s public persona. However, the release itself is the key development: Valkyrie has made a complete project available to listeners rather than simply teasing an interest in music.

That matters in an era when wrestlers increasingly develop their identities beyond televised matches and event appearances. Many performers maintain direct relationships with supporters through social media, podcasts, merchandise, acting work, streaming, and other creative pursuits. A music release can reach people who know an artist from wrestling while also giving them an opportunity to connect with listeners outside the usual wrestling audience.

‘Fake’ Is Available Now

The EP’s release on major platforms makes it easily accessible to fans around the world. Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube are among the services carrying Fake, allowing listeners to hear the project in full through the platforms they already use for music.

Valkyrie’s message surrounding the release was straightforward: she wants fans to give the EP a listen and add it to their playlists. Playlist additions can be especially meaningful for an independent artist or a performer launching a new branch of their career, as they help songs remain part of a listener’s rotation beyond release day.

For fans who have followed Valkyrie’s career closely, the launch also creates a chance to see another side of a performer they have primarily watched in a competitive setting. Wrestling characters often communicate through entrances, gear, promos, catchphrases, and physical storytelling. Music can add another layer to that presentation, whether it becomes a separate personal pursuit or eventually overlaps with a wrestler’s established on-screen identity.

There has been no indication that Fake is tied to a specific wrestling storyline, promotion, or announced return. It stands on its own as Valkyrie’s debut music project, and the focus at present is on the songs’ availability and her request for fans to support the release.

Recent Time Away From the Ring

The EP arrives during a period in which Valkyrie has not been wrestling. As of October 23, she has not competed in a match since January 2026. No return date, opponent, event, or promotion has been announced.

That absence naturally leaves fans wondering when she may next step back between the ropes, but there is no confirmed timetable to report. Until Valkyrie announces her plans or appears for a match, her status should be viewed simply as an active question rather than evidence of a specific career change.

In the meantime, Fake gives her audience a concrete new way to support her work. Rather than waiting solely for an in-ring appearance, fans can engage with a project that Valkyrie has been promoting for weeks and has now formally released.

Creative projects outside wrestling can also help sustain a performer’s visibility during time away from competition. That does not mean music replaces wrestling, nor does it confirm anything about Valkyrie’s next move. It does mean she remains active in a public-facing capacity and is continuing to build her profile through a different form of entertainment.

Traitors: Canada Appearance Adds to a Busy Month

Valkyrie’s music release comes in the same month as another notable appearance away from wrestling. Earlier in October, she was eliminated from The Traitors: Canada.

The reality competition appearance and the arrival of Fake underline how broad Valkyrie’s current work has been. Professional wrestlers are accustomed to performing under pressure, reading people, projecting confidence, and making their presence felt in ensemble settings. Those qualities can translate naturally to reality television, even though the format and stakes are very different from a wrestling ring.

At the same time, a music EP is an entirely different challenge. Reality television captures a competitor responding to a situation as it develops. Recording and releasing music requires preparing material for an audience that may consume it repeatedly long after the initial release. Both ventures place Valkyrie in front of fans, but they ask for different kinds of performance.

Her elimination from The Traitors: Canada does not take away from the fact that the appearance broadened her exposure during a month now also defined by the release of her debut EP. With Fake available to stream, that visibility can direct interested viewers toward another part of her creative work.

What Comes Next

The immediate next step for Valkyrie is clear: promote Fake and encourage listeners to spend time with the EP. The project is out, the songs are available, and fans can now judge the release for themselves.

The longer-term questions are less certain. It remains to be seen whether Valkyrie will release more music, perform the material in another setting, connect the songs to future wrestling presentation, or keep music as a distinct creative lane. None of those possibilities has been confirmed, and there is similarly no announced information regarding her next wrestling match.

What is confirmed is that October 23 marks an important first for Valkyrie. Fake is her debut EP, and its arrival represents a meaningful expansion of a career that has already included professional wrestling and reality television.

For now, Taya Valkyrie’s message to supporters is centered on the music. Fake, featuring Witch, Treat, Fight, and Fake, is streaming now across major platforms. As fans await news of her eventual return to the ring, they have a new project from Valkyrie to explore.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Darryl Polo is a passionate wrestling fan covering WWE, AEW, TNA and beyond. He loves great rivalries, breakout stars and the moments that keep fans talking long after the bell. How we work.