Daughter from Hell
2026 studio album by Gracie Abrams
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Daughter from Hell is the third studio album by the American singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams, released on July 17, 2026 by Interscope Records. It serves as the follow-up to her second studio album, The Secret of Us (2024). The album's lead single, "Hit the Wall", was released on May 14, 2026. The second single, "Look at My Life", was released on June 25, 2026.
Long Pond (Hudson Valley)
Unknown studio (London)[2]
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| Released | July 17, 2026 | |||
| Recorded | 2024–2026[1] | |||
| Studio | Electric Lady (New York) Long Pond (Hudson Valley) Unknown studio (London)[2] | |||
| Length | 56:08 | |||
| Label | Interscope | |||
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On May 28, 2026, Abrams announced the Look at My Life Tour in support of the album.[3]
Background
Following the release of her 2024 album The Secret of Us, Abrams debuted new material during the Secret of Us Tour in early 2025, performing unreleased songs including "Death Wish", "Cold Goodbyes", "Crazy Girl", and "In Between".[4] [5] She also premiered the song "Out of Nowhere" live during her set at the Glastonbury Festival 2025.[6]
In an interview with People on January 7, 2026, she first spoke about her upcoming third studio album, saying that she was "beyond ready for [the album] to belong to everyone else". She said she had "never felt this way about anything" she had made before, which was "driving [her] crazy". Regarding the anticipation surrounding the album, she said she "loved the feeling" but also felt "kind of calm" about it, instead appreciating the time she had spent with the record and the people she worked with.[7]
Starting in March 2026, Abrams regularly shared glimpses on her Instagram, including photos of herself, moments with collaborators like Aaron Dessner and Bella Blasko, and a leather-bound journal marked with the number "3" and a sticker reading "witch".[8] Additionally, some of the stickers in her gallery featured the abbreviation "DFH". On April 20, she posted a snippet of a song playing on her phone to her Instagram.[9] On May 1, 2026, she revealed that the lead single, "Hit the Wall," would be released on May 14 at 9 p.m. PST, sharing its accompanying artwork as well.[10] On May 11, she revealed the album title, artwork, and release date on Instagram, announcing that it will feature 16 songs.[11] On June 17, 2026, she revealed the album tracklist on Instagram, with art that features a black-and-white image of Abrams.[12] The next day, "Crazy Girl" was announced as the bonus track for the Target special edition vinyl via Gracie Abrams HQ on Instagram.[13][14] She previously premiered the song live during her set at BST Hyde Park 2025.[15]
Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 67/100[16] |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [17] |
| Associated Press | [18] |
| Consequence | B−[19] |
| Financial Times | [20] |
| The Guardian | [21] |
| NME | [22] |
| Pitchfork | 6.2/10[23] |
| Rolling Stone |  [24] |
| The Sydney Morning Herald | [25] |
According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Daughter from Hell received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 67 out of 100 from 6 critic scores.[16]
Elise Ryan in the Associated Press wrote that Daughter from Hell "finds Abrams in a darker place than her previous two records" but the album's tracks are able to "live up to the bigger arenas she now fills" through a broader array of instrumentation and production. Ryan pointed to "Humming" as "beautiful" and the "most ambitious" track lyrically on the album.[18] In a critical review for The Guardian, Laura Snapes characterized Daughter from Hell as melodramatic and unable to live up to its title with the "grandeur" of the title track's instrumentation "starkly highlight[ing] the genericness of the record’s centrepiece". It is the dissonance between Abrams' mature revelations, and the poetic license she takes with them, with the "insistent, quivering prettiness" of the music that makes the album "bloodless" for Snapes.[21]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Hit the Wall" |
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| 3:14 |
| 2. | "Death Wish" |
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| 3:35 |
| 3. | "The Knife" |
| 3:36 | |
| 4. | "Daughter from Hell" |
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| 4:04 |
| 5. | "Look at My Life" |
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| 3:10 |
| 6. | "Good Reason" |
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| 4:08 |
| 7. | "Men Like You" |
| 4:03 | |
| 8. | "Sober" |
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| 2:51 |
| 9. | "Broke My Heart" |
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| 3:39 |
| 10. | "Mews" |
| 4:11 | |
| 11. | "Minibar" |
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| 2:00 |
| 12. | "Imaginary Friend" |
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| 2:29 |
| 13. | "Afflictions" |
| 3:27 | |
| 14. | "Humming" |
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| 4:11 |
| 15. | "What If It's Right?" (with Marcus Mumford) |
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| 4:34 |
| 16. | "Cold Goodbyes" |
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| 2:56 |
| Total length: | 56:08 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 17. | "Crazy Girl" |
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| 2:54 |
| Total length: | 59:02 | |||
Personnel
These credits have been adapted from Tidal.[26]
Performers
- Gracie Abrams – vocals (all tracks), piano (tracks 1, 5, 8, 10, 14), background vocals (2–4, 7, 8, 10, 14, 16), synthesizer (11–13), acoustic guitar (12)
- Aaron Dessner – acoustic guitar (1–15), synthesizer (1–14), drums (1–6, 8–12), drum programming (1–3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13–15), piano (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10–15), bass (1, 3, 5–10, 12–15), electric guitar (2–4, 6, 7, 9, 13–15), grand piano (2, 3, 9), keyboards (2, 4, 10, 16), bass synthesizer (2, 5, 7–9, 11)guitar (2, 14), upright piano (2), tambourine (3, 4, 6, 8), shaker (3, 4, 11–13, 15); organ, slide guitar (4); nylon-string guitar (8, 15), Mellotron (9)
- James McAlister – synthesizer (1, 5–8, 11–14), electric guitar (1, 5–7, 14), drum programming (1, 5, 7–9, 11–14), Rhodes (1), drums (2, 6, 11, 13), tambourine (6), bass synthesizer (7, 11, 14); acoustic guitar, percussion (7); shaker (8), bass (11), keyboards (12)
- Benjamin Lanz – synthesizer (1, 5, 7, 8, 13), trombone (1, 5), bass synthesizer (1, 7, 11)
- Kristiyan Evgeniev Chernev – cello (1, 3, 7, 9, 10, 13)
- Metodija Gjorgjiev – cello (1, 3, 7, 9, 10, 13)
- Oleg Kondratenko – conducting (1, 3, 7, 9, 10, 13)
- Margarita Kalcheva – double bass (1, 3, 7, 9, 10, 13)
- Aleksandar Stojcheski – viola (1, 3, 7, 9, 10, 13)
- Dubravka Zajkova – viola (1, 3, 7, 9, 10, 13)
- Anna Kondratenk – violin (1, 3, 7, 9, 10, 13)
- Bojan Ilkosk – violin (1, 3, 7, 9, 10, 13)
- Hana Paljoshi – violin (1, 3, 7, 9, 10, 13)
- Ivana Zdravkova – violin (1, 3, 9, 10), viola (7, 13)
- Jane Bakevski – violin (1, 3, 7, 9, 10, 13)
- Jasmina Dragomanska – violin (1, 3, 7, 9, 10, 13)
- Martin Dimitrov – violin (1, 3, 7, 9, 10, 13)
- Tamara Ohomush – violin (1, 3, 7, 9, 10, 13)
- Tatjana Kocharova – violin (1, 3, 7, 9, 10, 13)
- Eva Bogoevska – violin (1, 3, 9, 10)
- Bozidar Pejic – cello (1, 9, 10)
- Pavle Savic – cello (1, 9, 10)
- Aleksandar Laovski – viola (1, 9, 10)
- Fana Spirkoska – viola (1, 9, 10)
- Emil Chichonovski – violin (1, 9, 10)
- Maja Efremova Shekerova – violin (1, 9, 10)
- Justin Vernon – synthesizer (1, 11), background vocals (1), vocals (9, 14), drums (9), electric guitar (14)
- Aleksandar Tasevski – bassoon (1, 10)
- Tadija Mincic – bassoon (1, 10)
- Milan Roksandić – French horn (1, 10)
- Thomas Bartlett – keyboards (3, 4, 7)
- Andrew Barr – drums (3, 4, 11), shaker (13)
- Marija Mihajlovska – cello (3, 7, 13)
- Srdjan Sretenovic – cello (3, 7, 13)
- Andrea Spirova – viola (3, 7, 13)
- Katarina Pavlovic – violin (3, 7, 13)
- Marko Pop Ristov – violin (3, 7, 13)
- Marko Videnovikj – violin (3, 7, 13)
- Pamela Velkova – violin (3, 7, 13)
- Daniel Nigro – acoustic bass guitar, drum programming, synthesizer (5)
- Sterling Laws – drums (5)
- Paul Cartwright – fiddle, strings (5)
- Eddy Dunlap – pedal steel guitar (6, 8, 9), Pedabro (8)
- Marcus Mumford – vocals (15)
Technical
- Bella Blasko – engineering (all tracks), mixing (1–3, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 16)
- Bryce Bordone – engineering (4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14)
- Gillian Pelkonen – additional engineering (1, 3, 4), engineering assistance (2, 6–12, 14, 15)
- James McAlister – additional engineering (1, 5–8, 11, 13, 14)
- Benjamin Lanz – additional engineering (1, 5, 7, 8, 13)
- Dragisa Stojanov – additional engineering (1, 9, 10)
- Thomas Bartlett – additional engineering (3, 4, 7)
- Pete Min – additional engineering (3, 4, 13)
- Arber Curri – additional engineering (3, 7, 13)
- Daniel Nigro – additional engineering (5)
- Eddy Dunlap – additional engineering (6, 8, 9)
- Dani Perez – engineering assistance (1, 2, 6, 9, 11, 15, 16)
- Marina Lefkova – engineering assistance (1, 3, 7, 9, 10, 13)
- Liam Hebb – engineering assistance (1, 8, 10, 13)
- Teo Dench Garcia – engineering assistance (1, 8, 10, 12, 13)
- Lauren Marquez – engineering assistance (2, 4, 7, 10, 11, 13)
- Chiara Ferracuti – engineering assistance (3, 4, 7, 9, 13)
- Andrew Bouillianne – engineering assistance (4)
- Randy Merrill – mastering
- Serban Ghenea – mixing (4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14)