Coinciding with the release of her seventh full-length album, Empty Hands, Poppy has unveiled the music video for the third single, "Time Will Tell." Turns out yesterday's spoken word piece was a sneak peek of the music video. The full clip fleshes out the visuals a bit, but it's really the lyrics that take benefit from the additional context of "the dogs are already biting." She's trapped in a situation and trying to break out. The specifics are elided, but "the dogs are already biting" makes clear the people, and the harm they cause, inhabit every facet of our modern world. More, she sees through their facade:
"Why does every loser think they're brave?"
There's pain mixed with a sense of culpability that makes the situation all the more fraught.
"Why do all the crooks keep calling me home?"
Poppy is keenly aware that the danger is close—and only getting closer. Still, violence tends to reveal a person's true character. No secret stays buried forever:
...cause time will tell / If violence follows you to hell / And time will tell / Pulling the veil of who you are
But she also makes clear, earlier in the track, that she's more than willing to take matters into her own hands, screaming:
I'll drag you to hell / If time won't tell / I'll find you myself
In the meantime, the Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter is currently on her Constantly Nowhere Tour with Ocean Grove and Inertia and will soon be heading over to Europe and the UK with Ocean Grove and Fox Lake. After a stop at Upheaval Fest, she'll join Evanescence on their world tour. Check out tour dates and the full Orie McGinness-directed video below.
Empty Hands is out now on Sumerian Records.
Constantly Nowhere Australian Tour with Ocean Grove and Inertia:
01/24 Adelaide, AUS @ Hindley Street Music Hall
01/26 Fremantle, AUS @ Metropolis
Constantly Nowhere European/UK Tour with Ocean Grove and Fox Lake
03/04 Glasgow, UK @ Galvinizers SWG3
03/06 Manchester, UK @ O2 Ritz
03/08 Birmingham, UK @ 02 Institute Birmingham
03/09 Bristol, UK @ Electric Bristol
03/10 London, UK @ Roundhouse
03/13 Eindhoven, NL @ Headbangers Parade
03/14 Cologne, DE @ Carlswerk Victoria
03/15 Paris, FR @ L'Olympia
03/17 Zurich, CH @ Komplex 457
03/18 Milan, IT @ Alcatraz
03/19 Munich, DE @ Backstage
03/21 Vienna, AT @ Raiffeisen Halle im Gasometer
03/22 Budapest, HU @ Barba Negra
03/24 Prague, CZ @ SaSaZu
03/25 Berlin, DE @ Huxleys Neue Welt
03/27 Warsaw, PL @ Klub Progresja
03/29 Frankfurt, DE @ Batschkapp
03/30 Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique
04/01 Luxembourg, LU @ den Atelier
04/04 Hamburg, DE @ Grosse Freiheit 36
04/05 Copenhagen, DK @ Vega – Musikkens Hus – Store VEGA
04/07 Oslo, NO @ Sentrum Scene
04/08 Stockholm, SE @ Fållan
04/10 Helsinki, FI @ House Of Culture
Upheaval Festival
07/17 Grand Rapids, MI @ Belknap Park
Evanescence 2026 World Tour
09/08 Leeds, UK @ First Direct Arena +
09/10 Manchester, UK @ Co-op Live +
09/11 Birmingham, UK @ Utilita Arena Birmingham +
09/13 London, UK @ The O2 +
09/16 Brussels, BE @ Forest National #
09/18 Paris, FR @ Accor Arena #
09/19 Frankfurt, DE @ Congress Center Messe Frankfurt #
09/20 Dortmund, DE @ Westfalenhallen Dortmund #
09/22 Amsterdam, NL @ Ziggo Dome #
09/23 Hamburg, DE @ Barclays Arena #
09/25 Berlin, DE @ Velodrom #
09/26 Munich, DE @ Olympiahalle #
09/28 Bologna, IT @ Unipol Arena #
09/29 Zurich, CH @ Hallenstadion Zurich #
10/01 Barcelona, ES @ Palau Olimpic Badalona #
10/02 Madrid, ES @ Palacio Vistalegre #
10/04 Lisbon, PT @ MEO Arena #
+ Poppy and K.Flay
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