Gracie Abrams has officially launched the next chapter of her career. On May 11, the singer-songwriter announced her third studio album Daughter from Hell, confirming a July 17 release date. The album’s lead single, “Hit the Wall,” arrives this Friday, May 14 at 9 p.m. PST.
The announcement arrived through Abrams’ social media with a characteristically unfiltered caption: “Whoa whoa whoa / Freaking out / I am so ready for it to be yours.”
The album follows 2024’s The Secret of Us, which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and became Abrams’ biggest commercial breakthrough to date. Driven by songs like “Risk,” “Close to You,” and “I Love You, I’m Sorry,” the project expanded her audience globally while pushing her songwriting further into polished pop territory without losing the intimacy that defined her earlier work.
Now, Daughter from Hell appears poised to take that emotional intensity into darker and sharper territory. Abrams first hinted at the album throughout early 2026, posting studio photos with longtime collaborators Aaron Dessner and Bella Blasko while repeatedly teasing symbols tied to the number three. Fans quickly noticed recurring “DFH” references scattered throughout Instagram posts and behind-the-scenes images, including a leather-bound notebook labeled simply with a “3” and a witch sticker.
Momentum accelerated during the 2026 Met Gala, where Abrams spoke publicly about “Hit the Wall” for the first time during an interview with Vogue. Calling the song “the introduction to this new chapter,” she described feeling both “grateful and relieved” that the music was finally leaving her hands. Her comments echoed a January interview with People in which she admitted she had “never felt this way about anything” she had created before.
Several unreleased tracks have already developed cult anticipation among fans. During stops on The Secret of Us Tour in 2025, Abrams previewed songs including “Death Wish,” “Cold Goodbyes,” and “In Between,” while “Out of Nowhere” made its live debut during her Glastonbury Festival set later that summer. In a separate Apple Music conversation with Zane Lowe, she pointed specifically to “I Told You Things” and “Death Wish” as creative reference points for the upcoming era.
The project will contain 16 tracks, making it Abrams’ longest studio album so far.
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