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Gracie Abrams Unveils 'Hit the Wall' as Lead Single for July 17 Album 'Daughter From Hell'

The new track with a surreal video previews a more reflective turn in her writing.

Overview

  • Abrams released the song and a Renell Medrano–directed video on Thursday, using dreamlike scenes to launch the album campaign.
  • Daughter From Hell is due July 17 on Interscope Records and stands as her third studio album.
  • Longtime collaborator Aaron Dessner co-wrote and produced the record, and he said their six-year partnership shaped songs recorded at Electric Lady, Long Pond, and in London.
  • The video shows blue doors that open into a hospital inkblot exam, twin figures that nod to The Shining, and a burning tree that underscores the song’s tension.
  • Abrams said the project takes an existential, less day-to-day look at her 20s, marking a deeper shift from the immediacy of Good Riddance and The Secret of Us.