• Gracie Abrams has announced her third studio album, Daughter From Hell, due July 17 via Interscope Records
• Lead single “Hit the Wall” drops Thursday, May 14 at 8 p.m. ET
• The album was co-written and co-produced with longtime collaborator Aaron Dessner and will feature 16 tracks
• Abrams called it “definitely my favorite music I’ve ever made” — and she’s been quietly teasing it for months
• She’s also set to make her acting debut in A24’s Please, directed by Halina Reijn

Gracie Abrams is ready to share what she’s been building. The singer-songwriter officially announced her third studio album, Daughter From Hell, on Monday — and if her reaction is any indication, she’s just as excited as her fans. “Whoa whoa whoa,” she wrote on Instagram alongside the album cover. “Freaking out. I am so ready for it to be yours.”

The album arrives July 17 via Interscope Records, and the first taste comes this Thursday when lead single “Hit the Wall” drops at 8 p.m. ET. Abrams had already teased the track on May 1, telling fans simply: “I love it with everything I have.”

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The cover art shows Abrams in a crouched position, eyes fixed on something just out of frame — an image that feels as loaded and intentional as the album title itself. Per the Daughter From Hell countdown page on Spotify, the project will span 16 tracks.

Like both of her previous records, the album was written and produced alongside Aaron Dessner — the National co-founder and go-to collaborator who has become as central to Abrams’ sound as she is. The two squeezed recording sessions in between tour dates, catching what Abrams described to Billboard as “little pockets between hectic times.” “Every day that I live with the music, things start to become a little clearer,” she said at the time. “There’s something we’re starting to crack that is making both of us feel energized.”

What Fans Can Expect

Abrams has been road-testing new material for a while now, debuting several songs live including “Crazy Girl,” “Out of Nowhere,” “Death Wish,” and “It Doesn’t Sit Right” — so devoted fans already have a sense of where this record is headed emotionally. The title alone promises something rawer and more unguarded than anything she’s released before.

Speaking to Vogue at last week’s 2026 Met Gala, she offered her most direct window into “Hit the Wall” yet. “It’s the introduction to this new chapter, and I feel grateful and relieved that this is the introduction,” she said. “I love the song so much and I love the people I made it with. It feels embodied and that feels good. I’m excited for it to belong to everyone else.”

Back in January, she told The Hollywood Reporter that the album is “definitely my favorite music I’ve ever made. I feel very closely connected to it. I appreciate so much that these albums are time capsules of where I’m at in my life at any given point, but right now it does feel very like me. I hope that whoever finds it, connects with it and that they make it theirs when it’s out one day.”

She’s also been deliberately thoughtful about the pacing of her releases, citing an unexpected source of inspiration. “I am inspired by Taylor in a million ways, but especially by the pace with which she puts things out into the world,” Abrams told Nylon. “There’s less pressure the more you release — that’s how I consider it for myself. I want to just keep it coming while I’m in this period of writing as frequently as I am.”

The hints had been building for months. In April, she posted photos of her journal covered in “DFH” stickers, and eagle-eyed fans had been piecing things together ever since.

Following a Breakthrough Moment

Daughter From Hell follows The Secret of Us, Abrams’ 2024 sophomore album that turned her from a rising artist into a full-blown pop phenomenon. The record peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and hit No. 1 in the UK, Australia, and the Netherlands. “That’s So True” and “I Love You, I’m Sorry” both surpassed a billion streams on Spotify. The album also featured “Us,” her collaboration with Taylor Swift, which earned a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. Her 2023 debut, Good Riddance — also made with Dessner — reached No. 52 on the Billboard 200, making the leap to her second album’s success all the more striking.

The Secret of Us era sent her on a world tour and then an arena run in 2025. Now, heading into album three, she’s not just a bigger artist — she’s clearly a more confident one.

And music isn’t the only thing she’s been working on. Abrams is set to make her acting debut in A24’s upcoming film Please, directed by Halina Reijn, starring opposite Tom Burke, known for Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and The Souvenir.

Daughter From Hell is available to pre-order now. “Hit the Wall” arrives Thursday night — and if Abrams loves it with everything she has, that’s probably all you need to know.

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