Alice Glass has dropped her latest single, “MERCY KILL,” and it lands with that unmistakable edge she’s carried her whole career: sharp, unvarnished, and completely her own.

The track arrives alongside a video by Yulia Shur, shot on 16mm film and then literally damaged by hand. No digital tricks, no smoothing things over. The film is scraped, corroded, and chemically stressed until it turns into something warped and uneasy, which fits Glass’ world perfectly. It feels like watching a memory deteriorate in real time, messy, human, and impossible to look away from.

“MERCY KILL” follows her earlier 2025 single “CATCH AND RELEASE,” both part of a larger project set to drop in 2026. If these two songs are any indication, she’s building something that doesn’t cater to anyone’s expectations, and that’s exactly why people still pay attention.

Glass has been a defining voice in electronic and experimental music since the late 2000s, when she fronted Crystal Castles and helped shift the landscape with a mix of noise, pop, and punk influences. Her voice, fragile one moment, razor-sharp the next, became instantly recognizable, and her presence onstage set a new bar for intensity and honesty.

Since going solo in 2014 and speaking publicly about the abuse she endured, Glass has reclaimed her work on her own terms. Her 2022 album PREY//IV made that clear, and she’s kept pushing forward, from the 2024 track “REMAINS”with CLIP to her cover of Smashing Pumpkins’ “Drown.”

“MERCY KILL” is another step in that ongoing evolution: no nostalgia, no pandering, just an artist who’s not interested in repeating herself.

More from Alice Glass is on the way, and this feels like the setup for something bigger, darker, and more focused.

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