Lizzy McAlpine is back, and she’s once again tearing us apart with her signature raw lyricism. Following the rollout of her previous track, McAlpine has officially dropped “Ugly Things” giving us another taste of her upcoming fourth studio album, Angel, set for September 18 via Columbia Records.

If you know anything about McAlpine, you know she has this uncanny ability to translate bruising, messy emotional landscapes into devastatingly intimate melodies—and “Ugly Things” is no exception.

The track digs right into that specific, quiet agony of watching someone you used to be close to move on and build a completely foreign life without you. It’s that desperate internal monologue where you’re grappling with the reality of distance, wishing their path would somehow loop back to yours even when you know it won’t.

To match that heavy energy, McAlpine skipped the high-budget studio production for the music video. She filmed it entirely by herself at home using a vintage camcorder, capturing a grainy, unfiltered sense of isolation. It feels like a throwback to the DIY roots that first made us fall in love with her music, proving her vision is at its sharpest when it’s kept close to home.

“Ugly Things” makes Angel feel like one of the most anticipated releases of the year. McAlpine is leaning into a mature, unflinching space, and if this single is any indication, her fourth record is going to hurt—in the absolute best way possible.