Poppy Announces New Album “Empty Hands” and Drops Cosmic Video for ‘Bruised Sky’

Poppy is closing out her whirlwind year with another seismic shift: a new album, a new single, and a new dive into neon-drenched sci-fi theatrics. The artist has officially announced “Empty Hands,“ arriving January 23rd via Sumerian Records, and shared a fresh track, ‘Bruised Sky,’ complete with a music video that looks like it was carved out of a forgotten corner of the Star Wars universe.

Directed by Orie McGinness, whose visual fingerprints are all over Bad Omens and Teddy Swims, the video thrusts Poppy and her band into a shadow-soaked temple, all monolithic stone and celestial gloom. Her performance swings violently between glass-fragile emo melodics and serrated death-metal screams, a balancing act she’s turned into her signature.

‘Bruised Sky’ also continues Poppy’s ongoing creative orbit with producer Jordan Fish, formerly of Bring Me The Horizon. Their collaboration has been on a tear since 2024’s “Negative Spaces” and the star-studded single ‘End of You,’ which featured Amy Lee of Evanescence and Courtney LaPlante of Spiritbox. Fans who caught her Worcester, Massachusetts show in September may find the track familiar, she performed it live long before confirming the album, fueling speculation that something bigger was incoming.

“Empty Hands” will clock in at 13 tracks; so far, only ‘Unravel’ and ‘Bruised Sky’ are confirmed, but the rollout suggests Poppy isn’t done expanding her metallic, mercurial world. If 2025 marked her busiest year yet, 2026 seems intent on keeping her in motion, louder, stranger, and further out into the cosmos. You can pre-order “Empty Hands” at this link.